The article "A systematic review of the educational use of mobile phones in times of COVID-19" aims to review what research has delved into the educational use of mobile phones during the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, 38 papers indexed in the Journal Citation Reports database between 2020 and 2021 were analyzed. These works were categorized into the following categories: the mobile phone as part of educational innovation, improvement of results and academic performance, positive attitude towards mobile phone use in education, and risks and/or barriers to mobile phone use. The conclusions show that most teaching innovation experiences focus more on the device than on the student. Beyond its innovative nature, the mobile phone became a tool to allow access and continuity of training during the pandemic, especially in post-compulsory and higher education. This data set is composed of the table with the references used for the review.

USMOV PROJECT Grant "Young people and mobile phones in the classroom. Discourses and dynamics of prohibition, promotion, and indeterminacy" [PID2019-108041RB-I00] funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033.