The concept of literacy in primary education: A bibliometric study

In this research, it is aimed to determine and evaluate the trends of the articles published in the Web of Science on the concept of literacy in primary education. The research data is based on the Web of Science database, with similar concepts as primary education, literacy, primary school, elementary education, 1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th grade concepts. Descriptive and bibliometric analyzes were used together to obtain the data of the study. In the first stage, 4783 articles were reached, and in the second stage, 459 articles were reached. These data were processed with the Vosviewer program and descriptive and bibliometric content tables and network maps were obtained. According to the findings of the research, the most studies were conducted in the field of primary education and literacy in 2020, the majority of the studies were published in the education/education categories in the Web of Science database in the field of primary education and literacy, the most frequently published languages were English and then Spanish. findings have been reached. In addition, it has been concluded that the keywords 'literacy, primary education, primary school, digital literacy' are mostly used as keywords in studies conducted in the field of primary education and literacy. In the articles reviewed within the scope of the research, the first five researchers who were active among the researchers were Philip C. Abrami with forty connection strength, Fernando Guzman-Simon with seven link strength, Lori E. Skibbe with seven link strength, Lisa Zimmerman with seven link strength, and six link strength. Eduardo Garcia-Jimenez is among the other findings reached. In studies on primary education and literacy, Reading and Writing journal ranks first with 10 articles and 290 citations. Education 3-13, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy and Journal of Research in Reading have 7 articles and the same number of publications. However, the Journal of Research in Reading received more citations (192). While the Early Childhood Research Quarterly journal has 6 articles and 290 citations, the Elementary School Journal has 6 publications and 436 citations. According to the results of the research, the USA is the most active country in the field of primary education and literacy with 97 articles in the WoS database. In addition, it is the country with the highest link strength and number of citations among the publications in the relevant field. Spain is second with 52 articles, England is third with 32 articles, Canada is fourth with 27 articles, and Australia is fifth with 24 publications. Türkiye has 21 articles. As a result, this research; it has created a general framework for many components that stand out in the field of literacy in primary education, including publication, author, publication language, journal, country, number of citations, collaborations, current research topics and future research trends.