DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF QUR’ANIC EDUCATION: A BIBLIOMETRIC AND THEMATIC EVOLUTION ANALYSIS
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https://doi.org/10.35631/IJMOE.832002Keywords:
Bibliometric Analysis, Digital Transformation, Educational Technology, Qur’anic Education, VOSviewerAbstract
The rapid expansion of digital technologies has created new opportunities for transforming Qur’anic education and reshaping the ways Qur’anic knowledge is accessed, interpreted, taught, and disseminated across contemporary educational contexts. Despite growing scholarly interest, the intellectual development, publication trajectory, thematic structure, and international research landscape of this field remain insufficiently mapped. This study therefore examines research trends related to the digital transformation of Qur’anic education through a bibliometric approach. Bibliographic data were retrieved from the Scopus database using an advanced title-based search centred on the main keyword “Qur’anic,” covering English language journal articles published between 2017 and August 2026 within the Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences. Of 1,692 initially identified records, 1,171 were excluded following screening, resulting in a final dataset of 521 articles. Scopus Analyzer was employed to examine publication and citation patterns, OpenRefine was used for data cleaning and standardization, and VOSviewer was applied to visualize keyword co-occurrence and country-level co-authorship networks. The findings reveal substantial growth in scholarly output, increasing from 15 publications (2.88%) in 2017 to a peak of 96 (18.43%) in 2025, while 61 articles (11.71%) had already been published by August 2026. Indonesia emerged as the leading contributor with 131 publications (25.14%), followed by Malaysia with 84 (16.12%) and the United States with 51 (9.79%). Keyword analysis identified Qur’an, translation, Islam, and exegesis as prominent conceptual nodes, while international collaboration was particularly strong among major Muslim-majority research centres. Overall, the findings demonstrate an expanding yet thematically diverse research landscape and highlight opportunities for stronger integration of digital technologies, educational innovation, and international collaboration in future Qur’anic education research.
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