A Bibliometric Analysis of School Effectiveness Research

School effectiveness research has received considerable attention for over half a century, resulting in abundant literature. However, there is a gap in the literature in terms of presenting this knowledge base through a bibliometric analysis. To fill this gap, the current study examines the articles on school effectiveness published in journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) database between 1981 and 2021. The search was conducted using the terms "school* effectiv*", "effectiv* school*", "effectiv* of school*", "effectiv* in school*" and "or" between them. Only articles published in the English language were included in the analysis. The initial search yielded a total of 3089 articles, but when the studies that did not satisfy the study's inclusion criteria were excluded, a total of 1102 studies remained. The research findings include the general profile of the articles, the annual frequency distribution of the articles by year, the most productive researchers, journals, and countries by the number of articles, the most influential articles in terms of the number of citations, the most frequently occurring author keywords, and their co-occurrence pattern. The findings also reveal co-authorship and cross-country collaboration patterns. The findings are anticipated to provide substantial implications for researchers to develop a deeper and more detailed insight into school effectiveness as a research field by structuring the existing literature. Additionally, some suggestions were made based on the findings.