Keyword Survey and Thematic Focuses in Educational Research: A Review of 2023

Education is constantly evolving as a field that shapes the future of societies, so identifying the key topics and prominent studies of educational research in 2023 will help move in the right direction. This study aims to identify the most important and current topics in the field of education through a bibliometric analysis of articles published on education in 2023. In the search in the Web of Science database, 2917 articles on the subject published in 2023 were reached. The articles obtained were evaluated by bibliometric analysis methods. When the frequency distribution of keywords was analyzed, it was seen that keywords such as "higher education", "education", and "teacher education" stood out. In addition, with thematic cluster analysis, the keywords were divided into four different regions, which reflect the thematic foci in the field of education. The study also analyzed the top 10 most cited articles among the articles published on education in 2023. These articles had a wide impact on the field of education and focused on various topics. In the analyzed studies, especially topics such as "diversity in education, learning approaches, and artificial intelligence" played an important role. This study provides essential information for researchers and practitioners in the field of education to help them identify thematic foci in education and important cited studies. [For the full proceedings, see ED656038.]