Systematically visualizing ChatGPT used in higher education: Publication trend, disciplinary domains, research themes, adoption and acceptance
Since it was released in November 2022, ChatGPT has been exerting revolutionary influence on the realm of higher education. In order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the research landscape, we conduct a systematic literature review on the studies of ChatGPT used in higher education. Both q...
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| description | Since it was released in November 2022, ChatGPT has been exerting revolutionary influence on the realm of higher education. In order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the research landscape, we conduct a systematic literature review on the studies of ChatGPT used in higher education. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were adopted to bibliometrically examine the included literature selected from Web of Science and Scopus through the PRISMA protocol. Tools of VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer were employed to visualize the citation information. Our findings showed that the recent two years witnessed an ever-growing popularity of this research theme. Citation information analysis reveals the most influential authors, countries, sources, organizations and four focused topics. The disciplinary distribution of related research indicates a wide range of categories. More importantly, ChatGPT was found to be versatile in assisting teachers, students and researchers with a variety of tasks, and the factors influencing the acceptance of this technology among college students could be investigated through models like TAM, UTAUT and their extensions. We suggest future studies to focus on the ways to address the limitations and ethical issues of ChatGPT through AI literacy cultivation and joint efforts of all stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-59e4f6230ec84d38a287e10b6b0783c52024-12-19T11:01:43ZengElsevierComputers and Education: Artificial Intelligence2666-920X2025-06-018100336Systematically visualizing ChatGPT used in higher education: Publication trend, disciplinary domains, research themes, adoption and acceptanceTing Ma0201 Jufeng Road, Licang District, Qingdao, Shandong Province, 266000, China.; Department of International Languages and Business, Shandong Foreign Trade Vocational College, ChinaSince it was released in November 2022, ChatGPT has been exerting revolutionary influence on the realm of higher education. In order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the research landscape, we conduct a systematic literature review on the studies of ChatGPT used in higher education. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were adopted to bibliometrically examine the included literature selected from Web of Science and Scopus through the PRISMA protocol. Tools of VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer were employed to visualize the citation information. Our findings showed that the recent two years witnessed an ever-growing popularity of this research theme. Citation information analysis reveals the most influential authors, countries, sources, organizations and four focused topics. The disciplinary distribution of related research indicates a wide range of categories. More importantly, ChatGPT was found to be versatile in assisting teachers, students and researchers with a variety of tasks, and the factors influencing the acceptance of this technology among college students could be investigated through models like TAM, UTAUT and their extensions. We suggest future studies to focus on the ways to address the limitations and ethical issues of ChatGPT through AI literacy cultivation and joint efforts of all stakeholders.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666920X24001395Systematic reviewBibliometric analysisChatGPTGenerative artificial intelligenceHigher education |
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| title | Systematically visualizing ChatGPT used in higher education: Publication trend, disciplinary domains, research themes, adoption and acceptance |
| title_full | Systematically visualizing ChatGPT used in higher education: Publication trend, disciplinary domains, research themes, adoption and acceptance |
| title_fullStr | Systematically visualizing ChatGPT used in higher education: Publication trend, disciplinary domains, research themes, adoption and acceptance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systematically visualizing ChatGPT used in higher education: Publication trend, disciplinary domains, research themes, adoption and acceptance |
| title_short | Systematically visualizing ChatGPT used in higher education: Publication trend, disciplinary domains, research themes, adoption and acceptance |
| title_sort | systematically visualizing chatgpt used in higher education publication trend disciplinary domains research themes adoption and acceptance |
| topic | Systematic review Bibliometric analysis ChatGPT Generative artificial intelligence Higher education |
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