ABSTRACT

The field of gifted education emerged in 1920s. Since that time, it has evolved from an emerging research area to a relatively mature field with regular regional and international conferences and key journals publishing main theoretical developments and empirical explorations in the field. This descriptive bibliometric study examines the state and development of international research on gifted education using publication and citation data from four specialized journals in the field between 1957 and 2017. The study reveals the dynamics of publication and citation on gifted education research over time, as well as the distribution of articles across the four journals. The analysis also provides an idea of the countries/regions and institutions leading the research on gifted education and information about the most productive authors, as well as the most influential articles over the last 60 years. In addition, the study uncovers the snapshot of collaboration networks between countries/regions, institutions, and individual researchers. Finally, the findings about the state and development of research on gifted education are discussed and the implications for the development of the field are presented.

摘要

资优教育领域出现于1920年代。从那时起，它已经从一个新兴的研究领域发展到一个相对成熟的领域，定期召开区域和国际会议，并出版主要期刊，出版重要的理论进展和实证研究。这项描述性的文献计量研究使用了1957年至2017年间该领域的四种专业期刊的出版物和引文数据，研究了国际天才教育研究的现状和发展。该研究还揭示了随着时间的推移，关于天才教育研究的出版物和引文的动态。作为四种期刊中文章的分布。该分析还提供了一个想法，即领导天才教育研究的国家/地区和机构以及有关生产力最高的作者的信息，以及过去60年来最具影响力的文章。此外，该研究还揭示了国家/地区，机构和个人研究人员之间的协作网络的概况。最后，讨论了关于资优教育研究现状和发展的发现，并提出了对这一领域发展的启示。