The Academic Structure of Management Information Systems in Türkiye: A Descriptive Analysis of Institutional Distribution and Co-Authorship Pattern

Abstract

This study maps the academic structure of Management Information Systems (MIS) in Türkiye using cleaned YÖK Academic profile data compiled in April 2026. The dataset covers academics and universities in Türkiye and identifies 705 academics whose current department is MIS across 94 universities, 42 cities, and seven regions. Descriptive statistics are combined with a conservative co-authorship analysis based only on YÖK-resolved profile records for publications, books, and proceedings. Results show concentration in Marmara and Central Anatolia, a rank profile led by assistant professors and research assistants, and institutional placement mainly in economics-administrative sciences, business, and applied sciences faculties. Co-authorship is most frequent with business, computer engineering, industrial engineering, education, economics, and software engineering. Because YÖK Academic profiles are dynamic and self-updated, the findings should be read as an April 2026 descriptive baseline.

Keywords

• management information systems
• academic mapping
• interdisciplinary collaboration
• co-authorship
• Türkiye

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

126K044

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval is not required for this study, as it does not involve any human or animal subjects, clinical trials, or personal data collection requiring ethical clearance. The study was conducted in strict adherence to academic and ethical principles.

Thanks

This study was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK) under Grant Number 126K044. The authors thank TUBITAK for its support. This article was prepared from the master's thesis titled Mapping the Turkish Academic Ecosystem Through Big Data and Social Network Analysis: Development and Evaluation of Intelligent Academic Collaboration Recommendation Systems, conducted by Mehmethan Erduran under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kadir Demir.

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