CAET Journal
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 106-118
This bibliometric analysis aimed to identify trends in art therapy publications in special education. The analysis included 183 publications indexed in Arabic databases between 2010 and 2025. The results indicated that 14.75% of the publications were published in 2025, 84.15% of the publications were peer-reviewed articles, and that Arabic dominated 92.35% of these publications. The results also showed that 69.40% of the publications were indexed in the Almandumah database, and that Egypt accounted for 56.83% of the publications. Of the publications, 64.48% targeted autism spectrum disorder (ASD) category, and 50.82% focused on visual and fine arts. The study recommended that Arab researchers conduct studies on the effectiveness of digital arts in special education, as well as other studies addressing special education categories such as sensory impairment (SI), learning disabilities (LDs), and communication disorders (CDs).
本文献计量学分析旨在识别特殊教育领域中艺术治疗相关出版物的趋势。该分析涵盖了2010年至2025年间收录于阿拉伯语数据库中的183篇出版物。结果显示，2025年发表的出版物占14.75%，同行评审期刊论文占84.15%，阿拉伯语占全部出版物的92.35%。研究还发现，69.40%的出版物被收录于Almandumah数据库，埃及贡献了全部出版物的56.83%。在这些出版物中，64.48%以自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）为目标群体，50.82%聚焦于视觉与造型艺术。本研究建议阿拉伯学者开展数字艺术在特殊教育中有效性的研究，并开展涵盖感官损伤（SI）、学习障碍（LDs）和沟通障碍（CDs）等其他特殊教育群体的相关研究。
Arabic databases, Arabic publications, Art therapy, Bibliometric analysis, Special education.
阿拉伯语数据库, 阿拉伯语出版物, 艺术治疗, 文献计量学分析, 特殊教育.
Received July 2026
Accepted July 2026
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
