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Research on the intersection of Digital Citizenship Education and Competencies for a Democratic Culture is growing and currently dominated by attitude-oriented themes, while pedagogical dimensions such as learning models and assessments remain significantly underexplored. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To map the global research landscape, conceptual structure, and thematic evolution linking Digital Citizenship Education with Competences for Democratic Culture.

September 8, 2026F1000ResearchOpen Access

A Bibliometric Analysis of Digital Citizenship Education and Competences for Democratic Culture: Global Trends, Knowledge Structure, and Future Research Agenda

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KKKokom KomalasariIndonesia University of Education SUSri UntariState University of Malang JIJunaidi IndrawadiState University of Padang

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Bibliometric analysis reveals expanding scholarship on digital citizenship education in academic literature, highlighting a critical absence of pedagogical models and assessments.

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To map the global research landscape, conceptual structure, and thematic evolution linking Digital Citizenship Education with Competences for Democratic Culture.
Analyzed 217 peer-reviewed documents published between 2008 and 2026 retrieved from the Scopus database.
Conducted network and thematic co-occurrence mapping using VOSviewer, Bibliometrix, and Publish or Perish alongside Excel 2021 and Datawrapper.
Annual publications showed an accelerating trajectory from 2023 to 2025, with the United States leading overall document volume and citation impact.
The dominant co-occurring knowledge clusters centered on digital citizenship, rights, and attitude-related constructs such as digital empathy.
Pedagogical frameworks remained largely absent from the thematic network, with zero co-occurrence observed for learning models or classroom assessments.

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Komalasari et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd70a58e84d0ff5b459a0 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.187288.2

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Bibliometric analysis reveals expanding scholarship on digital citizenship education in academic literature, highlighting a critical absence of pedagogical models and assessments.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Digital Citizenship Education and Competences for Democratic Culture: Global Trends, Knowledge Structure, and Future Research Agenda

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