Educational Research in Türkiye: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Global Literature

Abstract

This study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of Türkiye's present role and contributions to international education research literature. For this purpose, a total of 8630 publications covering the years 1992-2021 in four categories in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) covering to educational research were analyzed. The investigation used a variety of metrics to examine the number of publications, publication impacts, publication citation histories, the most influential publications, publishers, institutions, and the international collaboration structure. According to the study's findings, almost all of the publications were released after 2006, and there was a significant increase in the number of publications until 2012. Despite this growth, however, the impact of the publications declined. Productivity and publication impact values have further decreased since 2013. The highest number of publications was in the journal Education and Science. The majority of international collaboration has been with the USA, but the most impactful publications have been with Canada. Middle East Technical University has the greatest impact on publications, while Hacettepe University is the most productive institution. The six main areas of educational research that Türkiye has concentrated on are common issues in education, learning and teaching, psychology, science education, teacher training, and scale development.