A bibliometric analysis on fractions as part-whole and fractions as measures in primary education

This study utilizes bibliometric analysis with a systematic review of fractions as part-whole and fractions as measures in academic literature. Since the term ‘fraction’ belongs to various disciplines, it is indeed challenging to get specific articles; therefore, 25 keywords related to fractions as part-whole and fractions as measures in primary education were utilized in the searching strategy. A total of 27 articles were retrieved from the Scopus database and later emerged with VOSviewer software to generate and visualize the data. Bibliometric indicators include the number of articles and citations, h-index, co-citation analysis and co-occurrence of all keywords presented in this study. Results indicated that the trends of article publication have increased since 2016; however, in previous years, varying frequency of publication was reported. It reflects that recent researchers in this field have focused on developing a solid foundation of fractions in primary education. Prior studies on fractions in primary education emphasized equivalence fractions and reasoning of fractions, also reported.