A Bibliometric Analysis of Laboratory Safety: Its Significance for the Discipline of Chemistry

Year 2024, , 271 - 290, 27.12.2024

Mustafa Tuğbay Emiroğlu , Ayhan Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.17522/balikesirnef.1519282

Abstract

Laboratory safety is a multidisciplinary field of research that is highly significant for science education, and especially for the discipline of chemistry. This study addresses the developments, primary fields of study, and research tendencies related to the scope and application of laboratory safety in chemistry. The study utilized a survey research design from among descriptive methods and applied a bibliometric analysis technique. To this end, a total of 279 works published on laboratory safety between 1965 and 2024 and indexed in the Web of Science database were analyzed. The analyses encompassed 60 countries, 279 publications, 51 authors, and 43 subject categories. Findings were analyzed using VOSviewer via the bibliometric analysis method. According to the obtained results, the country with the highest number of relevant publications is the United States, the institution with the highest number of published articles is the University of California system, the journal with the highest number of articles is Journal of Chemical Education, and the researchers with the highest numbers of publications are Nancy L. Wayne and Xiaoyan Wang, followed by Imke Schröder, James H. Gibson, and Xinglong Jin. Although many researchers study the subject of laboratory safety, it is seen that the cooperation among authors is extremely weak. The most commonly used keywords were identified as “laboratory safety,” “safety hazards,” and “laboratory management.”

Keywords

Bibliometric mapping, VOSviewer, laboratory safety, chemistry

Laboratuvar Güvenliğinin Bibliyometrik Analizi: Kimya Disiplini için Önemi

Abstract

Laboratuvar güvenliği fen eğitimi ve özellikle kimya disiplini için oldukça önemli ve multidisipliner bir araştırma alanıdır. Bu çalışmada, kimya disiplininde laboratuvar güvenliğinin kapsamına ve uygulanmasına ilişkin gelişmeler, odak çalışma alanları ve eğilimler incelenmiştir. Araştırmada, betimsel yöntemlerden tarama modeli kullanılmış ve bibliyometrik analiz tekniği uygulanmıştır. Bu amaç kapsamında, 1965 ve 2024 yılları arasında laboratuvar güvenliği alanında Web of Science (WoS) Veri Tabanı’nda yayınlanan toplam 279 makale incelenmiştir. İncelemelerde 60 ülke, 279 araştırma, 51 yazar ve 43 konu kategorisi bulunmaktadır. Bulgular, VOSviewer ile bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre ; araştırma alanı ile ilgili en fazla yayın yapılan ülkenin Amerika Birleşik Devletleri(ABD) olduğu, en fazla makale yayınlayan kurum University of California System , en fazla makale yayınlanan dergi Journal of Chemical Education, en fazla çalışma yapan araştırmacı Nancy L. Wayne ve Xiaoyan Wang olduğu ve bu araştırmacıları, Imke Schröeder, James H. Gibson ve Xinglong Jin izlediği tespit edilmiştir. Laboratuvar güvenliği konusunda çok sayıda bilim insanı araştırma yapmış olsa da yazarlar arasında işbirliğinin son derece zayıf olduğu saptanmıştır. En fazla kullanılan anahtar kelimeler laboratory safety, safety hazards laboratory management olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Bibliyometrik analiz, VOSviewer, laboratuvar güvenliği, kimya disiplini

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