Abstract:
Education is a fundamental right of all human beings all over the world in all conditions and all ages. Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education is one of the challenging goals of the world’s agenda for 2030. This study aims to portray the publication trends in relation to students with disabilities (SWDs) in higher education (HE) using a bibliometric analysis by taking academic publications as a key source. The Biblioshiny package in the R software and VOS Viewer tools were used for the statistical computing and visualization of data obtained through the Scopus database. A total of 760 documents (Date acquisition: 23rd April 2023) from all languages were refined from 1993-2022 for the analysis. The results depicted that the annual scientific production of literature was growing in number and accelerated after 2007. The Journal of Disability and Society proved to be the most significant source in the field. The authors with the highest level of productivity originate from Spain. The themes were more diversified after 2004. Students (111), human (73) and disability (57) were the most frequently used keywords. Keywords are grouped into 7 dominant clusters. Scientific production in this area involved contributions from 71 countries, with the most substantial contributions coming from the USA (560), Spain (242), and the United Kingdom (166). There is ongoing research potential in this field, indicating the need for a sustained long-term research agenda to address evolving challenges and opportunities in the global context. There is ample room for further development and exploration in this domain.
