ABSTRACT This review of research employed science mapping to analyse the intellectual structure of the knowledge base on educational leadership and management in Africa. The review analysed 645 Scopus-indexed documents on EDLM in Africa published between 1960 and 2018. Meta data associated with these documents were analysed using the VOSviewer software. The complementary use of citation and co-citation analysis determined that 95% of the African literature in EDLM has been published since 2000. Geographical distribution of African scholarship was highly skewed with South African scholarship accounting for 74% of the corpus. Citations analyses also identified highly cited scholars and documents within this literature. Analysis of the intellectual structure of the African EDLM knowledge base identified four main Schools of Thought. Three of these were comprised primarily of Africa-based scholarship and determined to be 'distinctively African' in terms of topical foci. The ‘research front’ or most current topical trend in this literature concerns leadership for educational and social transformation. Recommendations are made for building capacity among African EDLM scholars as well as for next steps in advancing the literature.

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科学绘制了关于非洲教育领导和管理的知识库，1960–2018年

摘要本研究综述采用科学制图分析了基于非洲教育领导和管理的知识库的知识结构。该评价分析了1960年至2018年之间发布的645份Scopus索引的非洲EDLM文献。使用VOSviewer软件分析了与这些文献相关的元数据。自2000年以来，对引文和共引分析的补充使用确定了EDLM中95％的非洲文献已经出版。非洲奖学金的地理分布严重偏向，南非奖学金占全集的74％。引文分析还确定了这些文献中引用率很高的学者和文献。通过对非洲EDLM知识库的知识结构进行分析，确定了四个主要思想流派。其中三项主要由基于非洲的奖学金组成，并被确定为“重点非洲人”。该文献中的“研究前沿”或当前最新的话题趋势涉及教育和社会转型的领导力。对于非洲EDLM学者之间的能力建设以及推进文学发展的下一步工作提出了建议。