A Public policy in Islamic education: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis

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10.62941/irce.v1i3.138

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2025): May
Received: 2025-05-27
Accepted: 2025-07-29
Published: 2025-07-31

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Subakat, R. (2025). A Public policy in Islamic education: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis. International Review of Community Engagement, 1(3), 197–206. https://doi.org/10.62941/irce.v1i3.138

Abstract

Issues related to public policy in Islamic education have become a topic that has been widely discussed by scholars to date. Public policy is the core driving force of the development of Islamic educational institutions in general. This study aims to discuss various literature and map the trend of article themes related to public policy in Islamic education using bibliometric analysis. This research is based on 189 Scopus indexed article documents from 2014 to 2023. Bibliometric analysis is used in this study to describe several trends related to public policy in Islamic education, including; the number of documents per year, the most popular author, the author's country of origin, and the themes discussed related to public policy in Islamic education. In addition, this study presents visualizations related to potential research areas as well as information about several public policy concepts in Islamic education. The United States has the most writers as many as 34 people. The most popular subject areas; Social Sciences, Art and Humanities dan Medicine. Meanwhile, the dominant theme is the implementation of public policy in Islamic education, Islamic higher education policy and the relationship between education policy and Islamic society.

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Rahayu Subakat, Department of Islamic Education, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Takengon, Takengon, Indonesia

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