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Research Trend on Newton’s Law Misconceptions from Scopus Database using Bibliometric
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The purpose of this study is to present the development of research on the topic of student misconceptions of Newton's law. The database was obtained through the Scopus website for 10 periods (2015-2024). The data search resulted in 59 relevant research articles. The results showed that the development of misconception research on Newton's law has not been widely carried out, as shown by the average publication of 5.9 articles per year. The development of misconception research on Newton's law is most popular in 2020, where the COVID-19 pandemic forces learning to be done online, increasing the potential for misconceptions in learning. There are 6 clusters resulting from data visualization analysis. The country that produced the most articles about misconceptions in Newton's law came from Indonesia, with the affiliation that produced the most research articles on Newton's law misconceptions published in the most Scopus-indexed journals coming from the Indonesian Education University. The published articles are mostly journal articles and international conference proceedings. The visualization results using VOSviewer show that there are still many opportunities in the future for misconception research on Newton's law. Through this study, there is an overview for researchers to get research updates on student misconceptions research on Newton's law.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/ijert.v5i3.88015
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