E-learning Quality Literature: A Bibliometric Review

The popularity of e-learning has changed education and demands a comprehensive study of its quality, user satisfaction, and behavioural intentions. This study uses RStudio and VosViewer to analyse 805 Scopus-indexed papers from 2015 to 2024. This paper also identifies periodic trends in publications, prominent journals, countries, institutions, articles, authors, conceptual and social frameworks and intellectual networks. E-learning research is growing at 25.43% a year, with a large increase after 2020 due to global digital education reforms. Most of the contributions come from China, the US, and Malaysia, particularly Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Universiti Malaysia Pahang. Liu J. and Back D.A. are significant authors in this area. The main journals publishing research in this area are “Sustainability (Switzerland)”, “Education and Information Technologies”. Kintu et al. (2017) and Baber (2020) receive the most global citations for their work. "Blended learning," "online education," and "COVID-19" emerge as the most popular keywords. Thematic mapping identifies technical fields like "technology acceptance models" and "engineering education," as well as essential subjects like "teaching systems" and "educational computing." E-learning research is global, as collaboration analysis shows close connections between China, the US, and Pakistan. The current study also analysed journal productivity through Bradford’s, and the results align with the rules of the law. The survey found significant growth, global collaboration, and theme diversity in e-learning research, indicating its multidisciplinary nature. The findings can help educators, politicians, and academicians to enhance e-learning systems.