DISABILITY AND GENDER IN THE SOCIAL WORK LITERATURE: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

This study aims to examine the development, structure, and change in academic research on the intersection of disability and gender in the social work literature using bibliometric analysis. A total of 274 academic articles published between 1992 and 2025 and indexed in SSCI and ESCI databases were analyzed. These 274 academic studies were evaluated using the Bibliometrix package and the Biblioshiny web interface. The findings show that scientific output in the field has grown at an average annual rate of 8.55%. This growth accelerated in 2016 and peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was determined that most of the output in the field is centered in Anglophone countries such as the USA, the UK, Canada, and Australia, and that co-authorship networks remain limited. The most productive journal in the field was found to be “Health & Social Care in the Community”. Thematic mapping analyses revealed that “domestic violence,” “assessment,” and “social work” are the driving themes in the field. In conclusion, the intersection of disability and gender has become an increasingly important area of study in the social work literature. However, there is a need for studies in different geographical contexts and for the development of international research networks.

Keywords

• Intersectionality
• Gender
• Bibliometric analysis
• Disability
• Biblioshiny

Ethical Statement

This research is a bibliometric analysis conducted using secondary metadata from the WoS Core Collection database. Since it does not include human or animal participants and no primary data was collected, ethics committee approval was not required.

SOSYAL HİZMET LİTERATÜRÜNDE ENGELLİLİK VE TOPLUMSAL CİNSİYET: BİBLİYOMETRİK BİR ANALİZ

Abstract

Bu çalışmada bibliyometrik analiz yöntemiyle sosyal hizmet literatüründe engellilik ve toplumsal cinsiyet kesişiminde yer alan akademik çalışmaların gelişimini, yapısını ve değişimini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada 1992 ila 2025 yılları arasında yayımlanmış SSCI ve ESCI dizinlerinde taranan toplam 274 akademik makale analiz edilmiştir. İlgili filtreler sonucunda elde edilen 274 akademik çalışma Bibliometrix paketi ve Biblioshiny web arayüzü kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada ulaşılan bulgular alandaki bilimsel üretimin yıllık ortalama %8,55 oranında büyüdüğünü göstermiştir. Büyümenin 2016 yılında hız kazandığı ve COVID-19 pandemisi döneminde zirve noktasına ulaştığı görülmüştür. Alandaki üretimin ağırlıklı olarak ABD, Birleşik Krallık, Kanada ve Avustralya gibi Anglo-Sakson ülkeleri merkezinde olduğu ve ortak yazarlık ağlarının sınırlı kaldığı tespit edilmiştir. Alandaki en üretken derginin “Health & Social Care in the Community” olduğu görülmüştür. Tematik haritalama analizleri neticesinde “aile içi şiddet”, “değerlendirme” ve “sosyal hizmet” kavramlarının alandaki yönlendirici motor temalar olduğu ortaya konmuştur. Sonuç olarak engellilik ve toplumsal cinsiyet kesişimi sosyal hizmet literatüründe zamanla daha çok ilgi gören bir çalışma alanı hâline gelmiştir. Bununla birlikte farklı coğrafi bağlamlarda çalışmalara ve uluslararası araştırma ağlarının geliştirilmesine ihtiyaç olduğu görülmüştür.

Keywords

• Kesişimsellik
• Toplumsal Cinsiyet
• Bibliyometrik analiz
• Engellilik
• Biblioshiny

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