Heradio Gil, RubénTorre Cubillo, Luis de laGalán, DanielCabrerizo, Francisco Javier2025-07-012025-07-012016-07Ruben Heradio, Luis de la Torre, Daniel Galan, Francisco Javier Cabrerizo, Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Sebastian Dormido, Virtual and remote labs in education: A bibliometric analysis, Computers & Education, Volume 98, 2016, Pages 14-38, ISSN 0360-1315, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.03.0100360-1315https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.03.010https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/26960Este es el manuscrito aceptado del artículo. La versión registrada fue publicada por primera vez en Computers & Education, Volume 98, 2016, Pages 14-38, ISSN 0360-1315, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.03.010. This is the accepted manuscript of the article. The registered version was first published in Computers & Education, Volume 98, 2016, Pages 14-38, ISSN 0360-1315, and is available online from the publisher's website: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.03.010.Laboratory experimentation plays an essential role in engineering and scientific education. Virtual and remote labs reduce the costs associated with conventional hands-on labs due to their required equipment, space, and maintenance staff. Furthermore, they provide additional benefits such as supporting distance learning, improving lab accessibility to handicapped people, and increasing safety for dangerous experimentation. This paper analyzes the literature on virtual and remote labs from its beginnings to 2015, identifying the most influential publications, the most researched topics, and how the interest in those topics has evolved along the way. To do so, bibliographical data gathered from ISI Web of Science, Scopus and GRC2014 have been examined using two prominent bibliometric approaches: science mapping and performance analysis.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess12 Matemáticas::1203 Ciencia de los ordenadores ::1203.17 Informáticajournal articleVirtual laboratoryRemote LaboratoryWeb-based ExperimentationBibliometricsScience Mapping