A Scientometric Mapping of Indonesian Myth Research

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate at previous studies themes related to Indonesian myth. So that it can map the trend of previous research themes and identify the topic of Indonesian myth that still have the opportunity to be investigated. This study utilized a descriptive methodology, which is carried out at Bina Nusantara University's Visual Communication Design Department between September 2022 and January 2023. This study uses scientometric analysis. The results study indicate that the trend production intend rapidly with the largest number published documents at 2021. Most dominant type of the publication is in article type with 67.1%. Archipel is the dominant publication source with 2 documents. The most productive countries, affiliations, and subject area in Indonesian myth research include the Indonesia with 31 documents, The Australian National University with 4 documents, and social sciences area with 45 documents. The visualization study indicate that the keywords implemented for the Indonesian myth study were categorized into ten clusters. From 2010 to 2020, these clusters act as the path map for Indonesian myth study. Additionally, depending on the visualization results, it is definite that there are still opportunities to perform studies on the topic of Indonesian myth using a wide - range of other themes and perspectives besides the terms previously depicted.