A Global Bibliometric Analysis of Soft Skills in Higher Education (1922–2023): Trends, Gaps and Regional Perspectives

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Bibliometric analysis reveals soft skills' role in employability among university students, suggesting integration into curricula.

A significant increase in publications on soft skills post-2007 highlights growing interest in higher education.
The use of the Scopus database revealed limited contributions from Latin America, despite emerging participation from Ecuador.
The study identified two key clusters in research: employability in the digital age and socio-emotional development.
Linguistic inclusion is essential for improving soft skills integration in non-English-speaking and developing countries.

Verdugo-Arcos et al. (2025) studied this question.

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