Bibliometric and scientometric analysis of acarological publications in Türkiye between the years 1992-2023

Abstract

A bibliometric and scientometric analysis of acarological studies conducted in Türkiye between 1992 and 2023 were performed by searching the Clarivate Thomson Reuters WoS database using 525 keywords. The first publication from Türkiye appeared in WoS in 1992. A total of 1,344 articles, 52 reviews, 30 progress reports, eight letters, eight early access documents, seven editorials, three conference abstracts and one note were found. The 1,453 articles written by Turkish scientists were published in 420 different sources (books, journals, etc.) with an annual growth rate of 16.3% and an average number of references of 10.39. Overall, 149 (10.25%) of the publications were written by a single author, while the remaining 1,304 articles had an average of 4.36 authors and 23.47% of them were written in collaboration with international experts. With some slight fluctuations, the number of publications increased over the years, with the highest number of publications being recorded in 2021 and 2023. Again, a steady increase in total and annual citations was observed, with some slight fluctuations. Systematic and Applied Acarology and International Journal of Acarology were the journals with the highest number of publications, while Experimental and Applied Acarology (n=1,202) was the journal with the highest number of citations to Turkish publications. Experimental and Applied Acarology and Veterinary Parasitology were the journals with the highest H-index. The most prolific authors were Salih Doğan (n=77), İsmail Döker (n=67) and Sultan Çobanoğlu (n=64), while the most cited publications were those of Salih Doğan, Nusret Ayyıldız and Adem Keskin. Münir Aktaş, Salih Doğan and Adem Keskin were the authors with the highest H-index. With 199 publications, Ankara University was the institution with the highest number of publications. The 1,453 publications were produced in collaboration with researchers from 87 countries. The highest number of collaborative publications was with researchers from the United States of America (n=89). The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye was the institution that founded the highest number of studies.

Keywords

• Bibliometric analysis
• scientometric analysis
• acarology
• Türkiye

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