A Bibliometric Analysis of Scienti! c Publications on Cultural-Historical Psychology from 2010 to 2020: Dynamics, Geography, and Key Ideas

Abstract

Background. ! is paper presents the results of a study into the breadth, dynamics, and diversity of the interdisciplinary branch of cultural-historical psychology. ! e scatter of thematic areas within the cultural-historical approach indicates the urgent need to continue a systematic and holistic analysis of research related to cultural-historical topics in the context of its various directions and research groups. Design. A bibliometric analysis of scienti" c publications indexed by the Web of Science CC was carried out for the 2010–2020 period . Our previous bibliographic study (Rubtsov et al., 2019) revealed that the number of publications on cultural-historical psychology and citations of them, has recently increased, although unevenly. Results. According to our results, the number of publications on cultural-historical psychology is growing unevenly; publications from Russia and the United States made up almost equal shares of the sample, and third place was taken by England, followed by Finland and Sweden. ! e top 10 journals fell into two subject areas: Psychology and Education and Educational Research. With regard to the geographical location of the publishing houses of the top 10 journals, the highest number was taken by England and Russia. ! e dominant areas of research were teacher education, university education, and learning activity. Conclusion. ! e most frequently used terms were Vygotsky, activity approach, CHAT, CHP, ZPD, and learning activity.