Análisis bibliométrico de la producción académica en Educación Ambiental para Colombia en el período 2015-2022

Abstract

This project was developed with the purpose of analyzing the current state or scientific activity of research in Environmental Education in Colombia, this was done from the review and analysis of scientific articles published in the SciELO, Web of Science databases. and Scopus, within a time range of 2015 to 2022. For this, a mixed approach methodology is used, which allows mixing quantitative and qualitative data (1. Exploration of databases. 2. Definition of indicators and laws bibliometrics and 3 systematization and analysis of information). Among the outstanding results of this study, it is obtained that the academic production of Environmental Education in Colombia tends to have an eco-educational current; sustainable/sustainable, bringing to the imaginary a traditional pedagogical system of Environmental Education In addition to this, it can be stated that the production of articles declines after one year, but doubles after three or more years. In this sense, it can be described that when there is exponential growth: The field becomes a research front, but when there is linear growth: Growth slows down. It is concluded that the quantitative and qualitative analysis of research articles on specific topics, allow obtaining more information on databases and fields of knowledge, this for the strengthening of present and future research of the corresponding discipline -in this case, Environmental Education-.