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Blockchain Based Services in Education: A Bibliometric Analysis

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Blockchain technology promotes immutability, transparency, integrity, and enhanced security. Recently blockchain-based applications and associated technologies have been noticeable in various domains such as finance, healthcare, education, transportation, supply chain, and access control. Blockchain in the education sector is a newly explored topic; the nature of research and the trend should provide useful directions for future research. Motivated by this factor, this work presents a bibliometric analysis of the blockchain in the education sector by investigating 512 research articles from the Scopus database. In particular, we had 335 Conference Papers, 150 Articles, and 27 Book chapters that were published between the year 2016 to 2022. This study provides a comprehensive visual analysis of research trends in subject areas, author contribution, citation, publication channels and venues, country-based research output, and other bibliometric data. To identify the gaps and expand the current scope of knowledge on blockchain technology in the education system, we have used the bibliometric data extracted from the Scopus database. Finally, the investigation concludes with guidelines for future research directions.

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    Md. Shariar Hossain

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    A. K. M. Bahalul Haque

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Hossain, M.S., Haque, A.K.B. (2023). Blockchain Based Services in Education: A Bibliometric Analysis. In: Satu, M.S., Moni, M.A., Kaiser, M.S., Arefin, M.S. (eds) Machine Intelligence and Emerging Technologies. MIET 2022. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 491. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34622-4_28

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