Bibliometric profile of graduate theses regarding “Medical and aromatic plants” in Türkiye

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 118 - 128, 30.03.2024

Nadir Ersen , İlker Akyüz

https://doi.org/10.18182/tjf.1382731

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to reveal the bibliometric profile of graduate (master's and doctorate) studies written on "Medical and Aromatic Plants" in Türkiye in terms of various criteria. For this purpose, the thesis search engine of the Council of Higher Education (CoHE) was searched with the keywords "medical and aromatic plants, aromatic plants and medical plants” in Turkish. As a result of the scanning, 149 graduate theses were identified and 7 of these theses are not open to access. Of the 142 theses, 118 are master's thesis, 23 are doctoral thesis, and 1 is a specialization in medicine. 42% of the graduate theses were conducted under the advisor of professors. The theses were written in many different universities and departments. It has been determined that biology is the subject most covered in graduate theses. Four graduate theses were written in English. 36% of the graduate theses used between 51-100 references. Foreign references were used more in the majority of theses. 77% of the theses were written in the range of 51-150 pages. Quantitative method was used as a method in the majority of theses. In terms of keywords, there is not keywords were used in 8 theses. The most frequently used keywords are medicinal plant(s), medicinal and aromatic plant(s) and aromatic plant(s), respectively. This study guides scientists who want to work on medicinal and aromatic plants.

Keywords

Bibliometrics, Doctoral, Medical and aromatic plants, Master

Türkiye'deki “Tıbbi ve aromatik bitkiler” konulu lisansüstü tezlerin bibliyometrik profili

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'de "Tıbbi ve Aromatik Bitkiler" üzerine yazılan lisansüstü (yüksek lisans ve doktora) çalışmaların çeşitli kriterler açısından bibliyometrik profilinin ortaya konulması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Yükseköğretim Kurulu'nun (YÖK) tez arama motorunda Türkçe "tıbbi ve aromatik bitkiler, aromatik bitkiler ve tıbbi bitkiler" anahtar kelimeleri ile arama yapılmıştır. Yapılan tarama sonucunda 149 adet yüksek lisans tezi tespit edilmiş ve bu tezlerden 7'si erişime açık değildir. 142 tezin 118'i yüksek lisans tezi, 23'ü doktora tezi ve 1'i tıpta uzmanlık tezidir. Lisansüstü tezlerin %42'si profesörlerin danışmanlığında yürütülmüştür. Lisansüstü tezlerin farklı üniversite ve bölümlerde tamamlanmıştır. Lisansüstü tezlerinde en çok biyoloji konusunun işlendiği tespit edilmiştir. Tezlerden sadece dört adet yükseklisans tezi ingilizce olarak yazılmıştır. Lisansüstü tezlerin %36'sında 51-100 arası referans kullanılırken, tezlerin çoğunluğunda yabancı referanslardan daha fazla yararlanıldığı belirlenmiştir. Tezlerin %77'si 51-150 sayfa aralığında yazılmıştır. Tezlerin büyük çoğunluğunda nicel yöntem kullanılmıştır. Anahtar kelime açısından 8 tezin özetinde anahtar kelime kullanılmamıştır. En sık kullanılan anahtar kelimeler ise sırasıyla tıbbi bitki(ler), tıbbi ve aromatik bitki(ler) ve aromatik bitki(ler)dir. Bu çalışma tıbbi ve aromatik bitkiler üzerinde çalışmak isteyen bilim insanlarına yol göstermektedir.

Keywords

Bibliyometri, Doktora, Tıbbi ve aromatik bitkiler, Yüksek lisans

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