國際化是高等教育領域的重要議題,本研究旨在透過VOSviewer、CiteSpace、HistCite Pro等三種文獻計量繪圖軟體,應用引文分析、共被引分析、群集分析、共現分析、突發性探測分析等文獻計量學方法,揭示高等教育國際化研究領域之發展現況、知識基礎、研究熱點、演進脈絡及研究前沿。 本研究採用SSCI資料庫所收錄之期刊文章作為資料分析來源,以高等教育("higher education*" OR "post secondary education*" OR "post-secondary education*" OR "postsecondary education*")與國際化("internationalis*" OR "internationaliz*")之交集於主題欄位進行檢索,在不限制出版年份的條件下,共獲取1,231篇主題文獻(文獻發表時間為1989年至2021年)。 研究結果發現,高等教育國際化研究領域:(一)於近十年快速成長並持續受到關注,其中英國和香港大學分別為發表數量最多的國家與機構;(二)知識基礎涵蓋「定義、動機與現象」、「全球、國家和機構等各層級間在國際化中的動態關係」、「課程、教學與研究等實踐層面」、「全英語授課」和「省思與未來展望」等五項主題;(三)研究熱點為「全球化」、「課程、教學與研究」和「學生與教職員的流動」等議題;(四)演進脈絡從「現象分析」到「實踐層面」,再流向「倫理議題」;(五)研究前沿為「大學語言政策」、「東亞」和「國際教育」。
Internationalization is an important issue in the field of higher education. The study aims to reveal the current development, intellectual base, research hotspots, evolutionary path, and research fronts of higher education internationalization research. We apply citation analysis, co-citation analysis, cluster analysis, co-occurrence analysis, burst detection analysis and other bibliometric methods by bibliometric mapping software of VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and HistCite Pro. We use journal articles recorded in the SSCI database as the data source of analysis. The research subjects in this study are the 1,231 documents (publication year from 1989 to 2021) collected from the topic search of ("higher education*" OR "post secondary education*" OR "post-secondary education*" OR "postsecondary education*") AND ("internationalis*" OR "internationaliz*") without limiting the publication year. The results of the study reveal that research on internationalization of higher education: (1) In the past ten years, it has grown rapidly and continued to attract attention. Among them, the United Kingdom and The University of Hong Kong are respectively the country and institution with the largest number of publications. (2) The intellectual base consists of five themes, “definition, motivation and phenomenon”, “dynamic relationships between global, states, and institutions in internationalization”, “practical dimension of curriculum, teaching, research, and other”, “English-medium instruction”, and “reflection and future prospects”. (3) Research hotspots include topics such as “globalization”, “curriculum, teaching, and research”, and “mobility of students and academic staff”. (4) Evolutionary path starts from “phenomenon analysis” to “practice level”, and then to “ethical issues”. (5) Research fronts point to three issues, “university language policy”, “East Asia”, and “international education”.