Mapping the Scholarly Discourse on National Education Policy (NEP) 2020: A Bibliometric Study

Kushwaha, Aman Kumar and Kumar, Vinit Mapping the Scholarly Discourse on National Education Policy (NEP) 2020: A Bibliometric Study., 2025 . In National Conference on Revamping Academic Libraries in the Context of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020: Prospects and Challenges, Kangra, Himchal Pradesh, India, 17-18 October 2024. [Conference paper]

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The study aims to identify the growth of research, contributing subject areas, relevant journal sources, prolific authors, affiliations, and map the co-authorship and co-occurrence network of publications on New National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 using a bibliometric approach based on the data retrieved from Scopus. Analysis of dataset and its visualization is performed using multiple tools, including MS Excel, Matplotlib library in Python, Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. Some major findings of the study are that growth of publications on NEP 2020 spiked after 2021 and continued. Additionally, the research on NEP 2020 is fragmented, as many isolated authors work independently or in small, disconnected groups. This study attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of research on NEP 2020, including an analysis of co-occurrence and co-authorship networks. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no prior study has made an attempt to fill this gap.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: NEP 2020, National Education Policy, Indian Education Policy, Bibliometric, Network Analysis
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
B. Information use and sociology of information > BF. Information policy
Depositing user: Mr. Aman Kumar Kushwaha
Date deposited: 02 Jul 2025 09:33
Last modified: 02 Jul 2025 09:33
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/46900

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