Metaverse in Education: Bibliometric analysis to explore future scope of research in Edu-Metaverse

The paper aims to investigate the future scope and research in Metaverse in Education. The emergence of the metaverse as a novel technological frontier has brought about transformative changes across various domains, including education. Concerning the application of the metaverse to education and learning, this bibliometric analysis attempts to present a thorough picture of the scholarly environment. This paper aims to identify important research trends, prominent publications, and thematic clusters in the subject by a methodical approach to data gathering, analysis, and visualization of the relevant literature. The bibliographies data of 359 documents published on Metaverse in Learning and Education was extracted from the Scopus database. The data was analysed using VOSviewer software and the results suggest that the most productive year was 2022, leading journals and conferences in this field include "IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies", the most cited author is Tlili (2022) and the most influential country is South Korea. The analysis provides insights into the direction of future research in this area and highlights the metaverse's growing significance in influencing education's future.