Bibliometric analysis of scientific production on rural schools in Ibero-America

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of specific publications on rural schools, a subject that has been relegated to the background. The purpose of this study was to analyse and describe the scientific production in Ibero-America related to rural schools in the period 2000 to 2020. Using a descriptive methodological design, a bibliometric and thematic study of articles indexed in the databases with the greatest impact in Spanish was carried out, organising the process in two phases: 1) initial search with descriptors and 2) analysis according to established criteria and variables. The results show that the most frequent documentary typology is the article, with a growth rate of 500% in the last 20 years, coming mostly from universities. The conclusions indicate that this is a subject area with little scientific production, although with a considerable increase.