Studying engagement in educational settings: a mapping review on high-impact academic engagement research

IntroductionAcademic engagement provides opportunities and resources for students to engage in socio-educational interactions and learning. Our study provides an overview of high-impact research in academic engagement and the potential causes of its high valuation in the scientific community.Methods...

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Main Authors: Paola Loyola-Carrillo, Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda, Miseldra Gil-Marín, José Adsuar-Sala
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1519509/full
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description IntroductionAcademic engagement provides opportunities and resources for students to engage in socio-educational interactions and learning. Our study provides an overview of high-impact research in academic engagement and the potential causes of its high valuation in the scientific community.MethodsWe conducted a mapping review using bibliometric analysis of 1,607 articles indexed in Web of Science, processed mainly by VOSviewer software.ResultsThe publication of selected articles grew exponentially year by year, presenting concentration levels of 1% in authorship, 49% in a single country, and 5% in journals, identified as outstanding Keywords plus® central aspects of academic engagement (classroom-social environment and school engagement), in addition, 6% were in highly cited articles.ConclusionThese highly cited articles (6%) are associated with authors with high levels of publication. The most cited current topics relate to the motivation and emotional aspects of academic engagement.
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spelling doaj-art-28be4801b51c4461821ef7af4113eba82025-01-31T06:41:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15195091519509Studying engagement in educational settings: a mapping review on high-impact academic engagement researchPaola Loyola-Carrillo0Alejandro Vega-Muñoz1Alejandro Vega-Muñoz2Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda3Guido Salazar-Sepúlveda4Miseldra Gil-Marín5José Adsuar-Sala6José Adsuar-Sala7Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago, ChileCentro de Investigación en Educación de Calidad para la Equidad, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago, ChileFacultad de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, ChileFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, ChileFacultad de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad de Las Américas, Concepción, ChilePublic Policy Observatory, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, ChileFaculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, SpainFaculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, PortugalIntroductionAcademic engagement provides opportunities and resources for students to engage in socio-educational interactions and learning. Our study provides an overview of high-impact research in academic engagement and the potential causes of its high valuation in the scientific community.MethodsWe conducted a mapping review using bibliometric analysis of 1,607 articles indexed in Web of Science, processed mainly by VOSviewer software.ResultsThe publication of selected articles grew exponentially year by year, presenting concentration levels of 1% in authorship, 49% in a single country, and 5% in journals, identified as outstanding Keywords plus® central aspects of academic engagement (classroom-social environment and school engagement), in addition, 6% were in highly cited articles.ConclusionThese highly cited articles (6%) are associated with authors with high levels of publication. The most cited current topics relate to the motivation and emotional aspects of academic engagement.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1519509/fullengagementeducational researchbehavioral studiesprolific authorh-index
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José Adsuar-Sala
José Adsuar-Sala
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