METAVERSE VE KENT KESİŞİMİNDEKİ LİTERATÜRÜN BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZİ (2012-2026)

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, metaverse ve kent konusundaki çalışmaları nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden birisi olan bibliyometrik analiz yöntemiyle incelemektir. Çalışmada Web of Science (WoS) veri tabanında yer alan ve İngilizce dilinde yayınlanan makaleler, örneklem olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu örneklem aynı zamanda çalışmanın veri setini oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada belirlenen örneklem, R programının bir web arayüzü olan Biblioshiny’da analiz edilmiştir. Analiz, metaverse ile kent konusunda yayımlanmış 184 makalenin incelenmesini sonucunda elde edilen bulguları içermektedir. Bulgular, bu alanda çalışan toplam yazar sayısının 575, ortalama makale yaşının 1,32 ve makale başına ortalama alıntının ise 10,57 olduğunu tespit etmiştir. Bunun yanında analiz bulguları yayın, yazar, atıf, ülke ve dergilerin ilişkisine yönelik birtakım tespitler içermektedir. Kavram-tema ilişkisinin incelendiği kısımda elde edilen bulgular, metaverse ve kent konusundaki makalelerde öne çıkan kavramların “metaverse”, “zorluklar”, “dijital ikiz”, “sanal gerçeklik”, “akıllı kentler”, “blokzincir” ve “yapay zeka” olduğu sonucunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Metaverse
• Kent
• Bibliyometrik Analiz
• Biblioshiny

Bibliometric Analysis of Literature at the Intersection of Metaverse and Urban (2012-2026)

Öz

The aim of this study is to examine research on the metaverse and cities using bibliometric analysis, one of the quantitative research methods. Articles published in English and included in the Web of Science (WoS) database were selected as the sample for this study. This sample also constitutes the study's dataset. The sample identified in the study was analysed using Biblioshiny, a web interface of the R program. The analysis includes findings obtained from examining 184 articles published on the metaverse and cities. The findings revealed that the total number of authors working in this field is 575, the average article age is 1.32 years, and the average number of citations per article is 10.57. In addition, the analysis findings include several observations regarding the relationship between publications, authors, citations, countries, and journals. The findings obtained in the section examining the concept-theme relationship reveal that the concepts that stand out in articles on the metaverse and cities are “metaverse”, “challenges”, “digital twin”, “virtual reality”, “smart cities”, “blockchain” and “artificial intelligence”.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Metaverse
• Urban
• Bibliometric Analysis
• Biblioshiny

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