Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS Example

INTRODUCTION[|]As a very wide and complex subject by nature, there is now a broader literature on bioethics. It is taking time to keep up with the developments in such an expanding literature. For this reason, bibliometric analysis can be one of the leading quantitative researches that are applied i...

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Main Author: Sercan Kürklü
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Language:English
Published: Turkish Bioethics Association 2020-05-01
Series:Türkiye Biyoetik Dergisi
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description INTRODUCTION[|]As a very wide and complex subject by nature, there is now a broader literature on bioethics. It is taking time to keep up with the developments in such an expanding literature. For this reason, bibliometric analysis can be one of the leading quantitative researches that are applied in the field of bioethics to investigate, research and present literature knowledge and to create awareness in this field. The aim of this study is to reveal the bibliometric analysis and trends of 10085 studies published in bioethics between 1975 and 2019. In this way, it is aimed to provide the researchers with a basic knowledge about the field in which bioethics researches are carried out the most, in which countries and in which journals they are published. [¤]METHODS[|]Using the Web of Science Core Collection Database, "bioethics" was searched and the studies were examined as countries, journals, publication years, number of publications, publication types, publishing languages and subject trends, and universities supporting the research by bibliometric analysis. The data also includes; It has also been thoroughly analyzed with some tools such as Google Trends, Carrot and Google Ngram.[¤]RESULTS[|] As a result of the analyzes; Most publication in bioethics were 2015 (n = 733, 7.26%), the highest number of studies were conducted in English (n=8441; %83,69), Spanish (n=762, %7,55), French (n=246, %2,44), Most of the researches were conducted in USA (n=3682; %36,51), England (n=757; %7,50) and Canada (n=666; %6,60). Turkey's contribution to the literature by providing 51 articles was 0.50% which ranks 31 and, there are 7 published studies in Turkish. [¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]The University of Toronto is ranked first in the list of universities that support bioethics studies, and we see that Ankara University from Turkey contributes 11 articles, Gaziantep University 8 articles and Gazi University and Hacettepe University contribute 5 articles. Bibliometric Analysis on bioethics, it will create time management and goal-oriented awareness by creating a roadmap for the studies.[¤]
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spelling doaj.art-383831150f4a45409d15127288ae34a62023-02-15T16:15:50ZengTurkish Bioethics AssociationTürkiye Biyoetik Dergisi2148-59172020-05-0163879910.5505/tjob.2019.52297TJOB-52297Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS ExampleSercan Kürklü0Saglik Bilimleri University, Institute of Health Sciences, History of Medicine And Deontology,AnkaraINTRODUCTION[|]As a very wide and complex subject by nature, there is now a broader literature on bioethics. It is taking time to keep up with the developments in such an expanding literature. For this reason, bibliometric analysis can be one of the leading quantitative researches that are applied in the field of bioethics to investigate, research and present literature knowledge and to create awareness in this field. The aim of this study is to reveal the bibliometric analysis and trends of 10085 studies published in bioethics between 1975 and 2019. In this way, it is aimed to provide the researchers with a basic knowledge about the field in which bioethics researches are carried out the most, in which countries and in which journals they are published. [¤]METHODS[|]Using the Web of Science Core Collection Database, "bioethics" was searched and the studies were examined as countries, journals, publication years, number of publications, publication types, publishing languages and subject trends, and universities supporting the research by bibliometric analysis. The data also includes; It has also been thoroughly analyzed with some tools such as Google Trends, Carrot and Google Ngram.[¤]RESULTS[|] As a result of the analyzes; Most publication in bioethics were 2015 (n = 733, 7.26%), the highest number of studies were conducted in English (n=8441; %83,69), Spanish (n=762, %7,55), French (n=246, %2,44), Most of the researches were conducted in USA (n=3682; %36,51), England (n=757; %7,50) and Canada (n=666; %6,60). Turkey's contribution to the literature by providing 51 articles was 0.50% which ranks 31 and, there are 7 published studies in Turkish. [¤]DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION[|]The University of Toronto is ranked first in the list of universities that support bioethics studies, and we see that Ankara University from Turkey contributes 11 articles, Gaziantep University 8 articles and Gazi University and Hacettepe University contribute 5 articles. Bibliometric Analysis on bioethics, it will create time management and goal-oriented awareness by creating a roadmap for the studies.[¤]https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tjob&un=TJOB-52297bioethicsbibliometricsocial network analysis.
spellingShingle Sercan Kürklü
Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS Example
Türkiye Biyoetik Dergisi
bioethics
bibliometric
social network analysis.
title Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS Example
title_full Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS Example
title_fullStr Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS Example
title_full_unstemmed Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS Example
title_short Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Bioethics; WOS Example
title_sort bibliometric analysis of research on bioethics wos example
topic bioethics
bibliometric
social network analysis.
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