@article{article_1623548, title={Motivational Interviewing in Nursing: Bibliometric Analysis}, journal={Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={14}, pages={341–351}, year={2025}, DOI={10.53424/balikesirsbd.1623548}, author={Çiçek Özdemir, Sevil and Karakışla, Fatmanur Sena}, keywords={Bibliyometrik Analiz, Motivasyonel Görüşme, Hemşirelik, Hemşirelik Araştırmaları}, abstract={Objective: There is increasing interest in motivational interviewing techniques in nursing research. This study aimed to define the present state of publications related to motivational interviewing in nursing and identify gaps in literatüre. Materials and Methods: This study is a descriptive bibliometric analyses. The study on the motivational interviewing and nursing in the Web of Science (WoS) database and using Bibliometrix Package in R software. Results: Within the scope of the study, 564 articles published in 139 different journals between 1998-2025 were reached. Articles published in WoS were mostly published in 2019 (49 articles) and 2021 (47 articles). The most published journal is Journal of Clinical Nursing and the most productive author is Barbara Riegel. The most frequent author keywords were motivational nursing (134 times), nursing (45 times), motivational (32 times), heart failure and motivation (21 times). Conclusion: The number of studies on the motivational interviewing in nursing has gradually increased over the years. While motivational interviewing was applied in cases of illness and problematic behavior in previous years, today it is also applied in breastfeeding and healthy individuals.}, number={2}, publisher={Balıkesir Üniversitesi}