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(2023) . Gamification in education: A citation network analysis using CitNetExplorer.  \nContemporary Educational Technology, 15(2), ep405. [https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/12863](https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/12863)  \nARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT  \n\n| Received: 1 Sep 2022\u003Cbr>Accepted: 18 Nov 2022 | Gaming is becoming a popular method of engaging students in learning processes across all levels of the educational community. The effective integration of gaming activities into course curricula has the potential to enhance student learning, motivation, and knowledge acquisition in a range of disciplines. However, gamification of education is not without its opponents, with many educators concerned about the negative impacts of game use on effective learning. This study enhances our understanding of contemporary practices related to the areas, usage and characteristics of gamification in education. It is of particular relevance to educational institutions with a focus on developing innovative teaching methods and curricula that utilize gamification techniques in a multi-disciplinary, cross-national context across all stages of formal learning. Through the use of bibliometric analysis techniques, our study of the citation relations of 3,617 publications identified ten prominent themes dominated by gamification: mobile gaming, physical education, health and medicine, business, learning performance, programming and computing, English language, teacher adoption, primary & secondary education, and mathematics. Clear evidence of increased student motivation to learn and improved course results were evident in the examined literature. This study will benefit serious game designers, educators, and educational institutions to develop more inclusive and engaging pedagogies that exploit the ubiquitous availability of gaming technologies for inclusion in more traditional course delivery methods.\u003Cbr>Keywords: learning strategies, information and communication technology, teaching practices, knowledge creation, gamification, bibliometric analysis |\n| --- | --- |\n| INTRODUCTION |  |\n\nPrinciples and Purpose of Gamification  \nEducators often employ gamification to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and skills in a range of subject areas. Gamification can be described as the deployment of game-based strategies to engage users in problem-solving that can be used in educational settings to improve student motivation to engage in learning (Nah et al., 2013) . Other terms associated with gamification include game-inspired design–the use of gamerelated ideas and ways of thinking in curriculum design that does not explicitly use game-based activities, serious games–games that are created for a specific educational purpose rather than for leisure, and simulations–games that recreate real-world phenomena (Kiryakova et al., 2014) . The proper deployment of games in an educational setting requires the availability of appropriate technological infrastructure and an instructional framework that can accommodate gaming activities (Dicheva et al., 2015) . Measurement and data collection are also important considerations when designing gaming frameworks, as discovered in Mora et al.’s (2017) systematic review of gamification design characteristics. For gamification to be an effective  \npedagogical tool, the underlying gaming activities must have a sound educational base. Nah et al. 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