THE MATIC SONGS IN EDUCATION A BIBLIOMETRICS ANALYSIS (2010-2019)

Abstract

Thematic songs are an urgent research topic in many countries. Mapping the studies on
thematic songs, specificallyon the publication trends, most cited articles, keywords used, and
author collaboration, is needed to give directions for future studies, especially in academic
world. This article aims atidentifyingand analyzingstudies of thematic songs in reputable
international journals in the period of 2010-2019 through a bibliometrics study, hence, it is
expected that this research can practically direct teachers or academician to develop learning
using songs. This study employs a systematic and structured mind mapping method, which
was done in four stages, namely: (1) article searching in the Scopus database using the
Publish or Perish application; (2) article filtering to be included in the bibliometrics analysis;
(3) article metadata examination and completion; and (4) bibliometrics analysis using
VOSviewer. The analysis carried out resulted in six findings. To conclude, this research
found that in the period 2009-2019, there were 555 authors, 555 keywords, 12 author
collaborations, and 122 institutions involved in the research on thematic song publication.
Thesefindings can provide direction to other researchers to conduct future studies on thematic
songs.