Social partnerships among academia, industry, and government in education: a bibliometric analysis


Sadykova A. Berikkhanova A. Atabekova B. Sholpankulova G. Abdykhalykova Z.
2025Frontiers Media SA

Frontiers in Education
2025#10

This paper employed a bibliometric analysis technique to explore the literature on social partnership in education, aiming to uncover historical trends, research focus areas, influential publications, and contributors. Adopting a retrospective observational design, this study examined 1,208 journal articles in the Lens database from 1983 to 2023 related to education-practice partnerships. The research on the topic showed limited activity until late years, with a surge in publications. Key areas of interest included government involvement, healthcare-related partnerships, and collaborative approaches. Research methodologies such as qualitative research and empirical approaches were evident. Top-cited publications demonstrated enduring impact, while institutions and countries represented the multidimensional nature and global relevance of this field. The outcomes of this bibliometric analysis suggest that community-institutional partnerships, cooperative behavior, interprofessional relations, and government are the most important aspects of social partnerships embracing education entities. The results also imply that qualitative research is a valuable approach for investigating academic-practice collaborations. The findings of this study can inform policymakers about the need to consider strategies that promote interdisciplinary collaboration and address the evolving healthcare landscape. Copyright

academic-practice partnership , bibliometric analysis , education-practice partnership , government , university-industry cooperation

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Department of Foreign Languages, L.N. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Pedagogy, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Deparment of Pedagogy, L.N. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Psychology, L.N. Gumilyov, Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan

Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Pedagogy
Deparment of Pedagogy
Department of Psychology

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