Tendencias investigadoras en enseñanza de las ciencias en revistas españolas 2014-2018

A review of the papers published in the main Spanish research journals in science education from 2014 to 2018 is shown. A total of 504 papers from the reviews Didactica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, Ensenanza de las Ciencias, Revista Electronica de Ensenanza de las Ciencias and Revista Eureka sobre Ensenanza y Divulgacion de las Ciencias were analyzed with the aim of identifying research trends. The analysis has focused on 1) authors; 2) type of collaboration; 3) type of publication; 4) educational stage; and 5) thematic. The results show that most of the authors belong to Latin American institutions; research is usually carried out in secondary education; and the preferred theme is teaching, teaching knowledge for teachers, scientific content and textbooks.