International Journal of Research on Multidisciplinary Studies
From Clinical Treatment to Classroom Interventions: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Evolution of Speech Anxiety
Speech anxiety serves as a significant barrier to language acquisition and communicative competence; however, a systematic mapping of its evolving research landscape remains limited. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of speech anxiety literature from 1955 to 2025 to map keyword co-occurrence networks, publication trends, and influential works, capturing the field’s trajectory from early clinical investigations to contemporary educational applications. Using Harzing’s Publish or Perish software, 200 docum …