Bibliometric Analysis of Articles on Assistant Principalship Published Between 1946-2022

Abstract

The vice-principal is a critical position in the functioning of schools. However, it does not receive equal attention in the literature with the importance of its responsibilities and functions. On the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected education, schools and school management. The wave of change that has been going on in the last few decades has become evident in the extraordinary period that emerged with the pandemic. In this transformation cycle, the level of interest researchers have shown in the subject of vice- principalship, from which perspectives they have addressed it and which results they have focussed on can help to understand the transformation of vice-principalship. For this purpose, bibliometric analysis of articles published in refereed journals between 1946-2022 and scanned in SCOPUS was conducted. As a result of the analysis in terms of quantity, impact and scope, it was observed that the number of articles on assistant principalship has increased in recent years. It was found that articles published mostly in the USA and the UK focused on leadership, roles, personal competence, context, organisational psychology, career and professional development.