Analysis of Published Manuscripts on Napoleon Bonaparte

Abstract

Napoleon Bonaparte stands out as one of the most important characters of the 19th century. This study was conducted to evaluate the manuscripts written for Napoleon Bonaparte. The number of publications, document types, the most attractive journals, the most chosen keywords, the most productive authors, the most cited articles, collaborative information about the studies, co-citation report, and the conceptual structure map for keywords used together were examined in this study. As a conclusion of this bibliometric study, it can be understood that the number of studies about Napoleon Bonaparte will increase. The results showed that overwhelming majority of the works on Bonaparte are single country publications. It can be suggested that multiple country publications can bring new scientific interpretations and reveal historical findings with the help of cooperation among researchers with different perspectives on the Napoleon Bonaparte who is one of the most influential character of the 19th century.

Keywords

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Bibliometric study
• History

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