A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ORANG ASLI RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA: A STUDY BASED ON SCOPUS DATABASE

Abstract: This study aims to identify the research progress and trends in Orang asli scientific publications indexed in the Scopus database with the help of the Biblioshiny (Rstudio). The bibliometric analysis of 685 articles was focused on describing the characteristics and trend of the publications performance, word co-occurence, authors and journal. The main results show that the research publications on Orang asli were limited but experienced a positive growth trend from 1968-2022. The existing publications in the Orang asli research domain are mainly discussed on subject categories of medicine, social sciences, agricultural and biological science,and also the arts and humanities related to Orang asli. The most frequently used words in the publications on Orang asli were found to focus on health with a broad range of themes. “child” and “rural areas” were widely used to conclude that the research on children was quite extensive in various aspects such as illness, genetics and school. This finding will benefit future studies on creating a solid insight on similar areas or to fill the knowledge gaps in the current literature on Orang asli research over time. Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis; Orang Asli; Scopus; Malaysia