E-learning bibliometric analysis from 2015 to 2020

This study aims to comprehensively examine the e-learning research field by conducting a bibliometric analysis of 12,272 publications between 2015 and 2020 from the WoS database. The study aims to highlight collaborations between authors, universities, and countries in the field, to identify the most influential authors, universities, countries, and reference papers; to know the research topics on which researchers have been working in recent years, and to examine African contribution in the field. The findings showed that the USA, Spain, England, and China are the most productive countries on e-learning. A. Tarhini is the most influential author, and e-Learning researchers host Universities are mainly from the UK, USA, and China. Computers in Human Behavior, Computers & Education, and International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning are the most represented journals; Islamic Azad University, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and King Abdulaziz University are the most influential universities. The analysis shows that the collaboration between authors, universities, and countries working on e-learning is low, and COVID-19 has a significant impact on e-learning. African contribution and research on e-learning and its security are feeble.