Abstract:

In this study, it is aimed to reveal the social, conceptual and intellectual structure of the field of reading skills through scientific mapping analysis of articles on reading skills in the last two decades. In this research the general survey model, which is a descriptive research model, was adopted through bibliometric analysis. A search was made in the Web of Science (WoS) database with the keyword "reading skills" for the period covering the last twenty years in the field of reading skills between 2001 and 2020, and 127 articles were obtained. The data were analyzed with the bibliometric analysis method. Collaboration networks between the scientific elements of the research field have been revealed with scientific field mapping. The data were analyzed with the VOSviewer software program and network maps were created. In co-author analysis, it was determined that Lerkkanen among the authors, Eastern Finland University and Jyvaskyla University among the institutions, and the USA and England among the countries have high cooperation values on scientific articles. In co-citation analysis, it was determined that the most cited reference was Adams and Journal of Educational Psychology was the journal. In bibliographic matching analysis, it was determined that the journal named Reading and Writing had a strong relationship with other journals. It was determined that the most frequently used keywords in the articles were "reading skills", "reading comprehension" and "comprehension" and "pre-reading skills". As a result of the research, through the articles obtained on reading skills authors, institutions, journals, countries that contributed to the field were determined and more preferred keywords were determined. Current trends in the field, dominant research topics, scientific elements in the center have been identified.

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