Leadership in higher education institutions: An analysis through Bibliometrix R

Abstract

The aim of this article is to identify the main research lines of leadership in higher education institutions that have emerged in the period 2019-July 2020. For this, a bibliometric analysis of the Web of Science, Scopus, and SciELO databases was carried out under the terms of leadership, and institutions of higher education, universities, and community colleges. Similarly, the Bibliometrix R-tool was used to describe trends in the field. The findings suggest four main areas of study associated with leadership: 1) the effects that leadership styles have on different aspects of interest, 2) the learning and development programs to encourage leadership, 3) women leadership in academia, and 4) the attitudes, competencies, and characteristics leaders must have to be effective in the academic field.