ABSTRACT

The academic literature pertaining to the discipline of international education acknowledges that the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme is expanding globally. Given the growing influence of the IB on international schooling, our study seeks to map the field of IB research drawing on a systematic review of 295 documents published from January 1967 through August 2018. Specifically, we conducted a bibliographic coupling analysis on the identified sample of IB-related literature. The results allowed us to unveil the most influential articles, academic outlets, and scholars along with some rankings, networks of collaborators, and bundles of contributions to the specialised literature. Our review uncovered three main research clusters that have formed in the IB field, including “growing the IB brand”, “student success for the IB”, and “the international identity of the IB”. This bibliographic analysis is important for both offering insight into the intellectual structure of the field and assisting with the identification of new research directions within the IB domain that warrant further scholarly consideration.

摘要

与国际教育学科相关的学术文献承认，国际文凭 (IB) 课程正在全球范围内扩展。鉴于 IB 对国际学校的影响越来越大，我们的研究试图通过对 1967 年 1 月至 2018 年 8 月出版的 295 份文件的系统回顾来绘制 IB 研究领域的地图。具体来说，我们对确定的样本进行了书目耦合分析IB相关文献。结果使我们能够揭示最具影响力的文章、学术渠道和学者，以及一些排名、合作者网络和对专业文献的贡献。我们的审查发现了在 IB 领域形成的三个主要研究集群，包括“发展 IB 品牌”、“IB 的学生成功”、和“IB 的国际身份”。这种书目分析对于深入了解该领域的知识结构和协助确定 IB 领域内值得进一步学术考虑的新研究方向都很重要。