A scientometric review of disaster education: Does it matter?

Muhammad Zickryl Hakim  Roslan; Davi Sofyan; Ibraheem Musa  Oluwatoyin; Jeferson Roberto  Rojo; Khairul Hafezad  Abdullah

doi:10.56916/jmsss.v1i2.241

Authors

Muhammad Zickryl Hakim Roslan School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Davi Sofyan Universitas Majalengka
Ibraheem Musa Oluwatoyin Department of Human Kinetic Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Jeferson Roberto Rojo Department of Physical Education, Universidade Estadual de Maringadisabled, Maringa, Brazil
Khairul Hafezad Abdullah Department of Academic Affairs, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis Branch, Arau Campus, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56916/jmsss.v1i2.241

Keywords:

disaster education, scientometric, publication growth, Scopus, Web of Science

Abstract

Disaster preparedness and response require education and training; unavoidable disasters necessitate efficacious disaster education. It is still a new field of education, despite previous research in disaster risk management and environmental studies. This study examines the evolution of disaster education by using the renowned Scopus and Web of Science databases via ScientoPy. The parameters examined included publication growth, top source titles, countries, institutions, and analysis of author keywords. This study demonstrated that researchers in Japan are constantly engaged in active disaster education research to raise disaster awareness throughout the country. Between 2020 and 2021, the University College London produced the most publications and depicted that its top priorities are risk management, disaster mitigation, and emergency response. The IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science had the highest annual growth rate of publications. The primary terms associated with disaster education are “disaster”, “disaster preparedness”, “disaster risk reduction”, and “earthquake”. Future researchers should examine these keywords in greater detail to comprehend their relationship through scoping or systematic literature reviews. This study may be fascinated practitioners and researchers interested in advancing or discovering new knowledge in this field and developing rigorous disaster education research theories and practices.

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