Küresel Ölçekte Siyaset Bilimi Araştırmalarının Bibliyometrik Analizi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 20 Sayı: 1, 51 - 67

Emre Aydilek

https://doi.org/10.17550/akademikincelemeler.1577215

Öz

Bu araştırma, Siyaset Bilimi alanını bibliyometrik analiz yöntemiyle derinlemesine inceleyerek, içinde gizlenen epistemolojik kavrayışları, disiplindeki çalışmaların temel boyutlarını keşfetmeye ve entelektüel temellerinin daha derinlemesine anlaşılmasına katkıda bulunmayı hedeflemektedir. Bu çalışmada, siyaset bilimi alanında evrensel ölçekte gerçekleşen saygın dergilerde yayınlanmış ve impact faktörü yüksek akademik çalışmaların eğilimleri, yöneldikleri konu başlıkları ve genel temaları tespit edilmeye çalışmış, böylece siyaset bilimi disiplini metodolojisi üzerine çalışan araştırmacılara görece bir altyapı sağlamak ve yol göstermek amaçlanmıştır. Disiplinin ulusal ve uluslararası literatürdeki ilk kapsamlı bibliyometrik çalışma olması makalenin özgün değerini anlamlı kılmaktadır. Çalışmada öncelikle siyaset bilimi alanında metodoloji üzerine gerçekleşen ve genel eğilimi yansıtan temel bilimsel metinler (kitap ve makaleler) incelenerek kısa bir literatür okuması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ardından iki farklı veritabanından (Scopus ve WoS) elde edilen datalar metin madenciliği uygulamaları (WOSviewer ve R Studio) aracılığıyla bulguya dönüştürülmüş ve analiz edilerek yorumlanmıştır. Gerçekleştirilen analiz sonucu 15 adet veriseti ve anlamlı örüntü ortaya çıkmış; çalışmaların yıllara, alanlara, türlerine, en çok çalışma veren ülkelere göre dağılımının yanı sıra kelime bulutları, bibliyometrik haritalar, ısı haritaları ve kelime haritalarını içeren matrisler elde edilmiştir. Sonuç bölümünde bulgular yorumlanarak disiplinin genel eğilimi ortaya konmaya çalışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Siyaset Bilimi, Siyaset Bilimi Metodolojisi, Bibliyometrik Analiz

A Bibliometric Analysis of Political Science Research on a Global Scale

Öz

This research aims to contribute to a macro-level understanding of the intellectual foundations of the field of political science by examining it in depth through bibliometric analysis and discovering the epistemological insights hidden in it, as well as the basic dimensions of studies in the discipline. Thus, it is objectives to provide basic data and guidance to academics working on the methodology of the discipline of political science. Accordingly, the trends, topics, and general themes of academic studies published in universally respected journals with high-impact factors in the field of political science will be identified. The article's original value is the first thorough bibliometric study of the discipline in Turkish national literature and one of the first few thorough bibliometric studies in international literature. This study conducted a brief literature review to examine key scientific texts on political science methodology that reflect general trends. Subsequently, data retrieved from two selected databases (Scopus and WoS) were analyzed and interpreted using text-mining tools (WOSviewer and R Studio). As a result of this analysis, 17 datasets and meaningful patterns emerged. Word clouds, bibliometric maps, heat maps, and word maps were obtained, which include the analysis of studies according to years, fields, types, impact values, factors, themes, trends, and countries with the most studies. The findings are interpreted in the conclusion, and a general trend in the discipline is presented.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Political Science, Political Science Methodology, Bibliometric Analysis

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