ARAB WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022

Abstract

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of publications on the leadership of Arab women from the Scopus database between 2018 and 2022. Based on the keywords used, which are related to women's leadership in the article title, abstract and keywords of the study, 188 documents were retrieved for further analysis using various tools. We used Microsoft Excel to conduct the frequency analysis, VOS viewer for data visualization, and Harzing's Publish or Perish for citation metrics and analysis. This study reports the results using standard bibliometric indicators such as the growth of publications, authorship patterns, collaboration, prolific authors, country contributions, most active institutions, preferred journals, and top-cited articles. The findings show a continuous growth of publications on Arab women's leadership research for the selected timeframe. The United Arab Emirates was the largest contributor to Arab women's leadership research, followed by Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The International Journal of Leadership in Education remained the foremost publication associated with Arab women's leadership research. Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, is expected to be a good candidate for collaborative research in this field.