The purpose of this study is to examine research trends in the field of science education in early childhood. In line with this purpose, 669 articles published between 2013 and 2023 in the Web of Science (WoS) database were analyzed according to year of publication, journal publication and citation counts, H-index impact, as well as publishing authors, countries, and institutions. During the review process, the R programming language and its bibliometrix package were used for data analysis and visualization of the analysis results. Based on the analysis of the obtained data, it was determined that the year with the highest number of publications between 2013 and 2023 was 2022 (116). Furthermore, when the studies related to science education in early childhood published over the last ten years were examined, it was found that studies published after 2017 constituted 75.81% of all publications. The countries with the highest number of publications were the United States (N = 210), Spain (N = 83), and Türkiye (N = 67). When the journals publishing in the WoS database were examined in terms of H-index impact, it was observed that the International Journal of Science Education ranked first (H = 15), followed by the Early Childhood Education Journal (H = 14), and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching (H = 13). Based on the analysis results, it can be stated that interest in science education during early childhood has been increasing at a significant pace. In this context, recommendations for future studies have been provided within the scope of current global trends.