SCIENCE MAPPING OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES ON TURKEY-BASED SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

In this study, international researches on social studies education based on Turkey were investigated. The samples were selected among published journals of education indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database, such as Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded). The obtained data were analyzed via bibliometric analysis method using version 1.6.17 of VOSviewer software. The results revealed that the first publication in the relevant indexes was published in 2005, and after the year of 2007 the number of publications showed an increasing trend. In addition, it was found out that “Educational Sciences-Theory & Practice” and “Education and Science” were the most published journals; Kaya Yılmaz, Arife Figen Ersoy and Handan Deveci were the most cited and most cited authors. Anadolu University, Marmara University and Gazi University were recorded as the institutions that published the most, sources affiliated with the Ministry of Education as the studies cited together, and the most frequently used common keywords were determined as "social studies", "social studies education", "pre-service social studies teachers"; "academic achievement", "citizenship education" and "values ​​education".