FİNANSAL ESNEKLİK KAVRAMINA İLİŞKİN BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZ

Yıl 2026, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 13 , 1 - 15 , 31.03.2026

Aslı Yıkılmaz

https://doi.org/10.51727/tbj.1902960

https://izlik.org/JA42SH55RN

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, finansal esneklik alanında gerçekleştirilen akademik yayınların bibliyometrik analizini yapmaktır. Bu kapsamda Web of Science veri tabanı incelenerek, finansal esneklik alanındaki 738 yayına ulaşılmış ve VOSviewer programı kullanılarak atıf analizi, ülkeler arası işbirliği analizi, yazar işbirlikleri analizi ve anahtar kelime analizleri yapılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre finansal esneklik literatüründe, en çok ortak çalışma yapan araştırmacı Naseer Mirza ve Muhammad ve Bagh Tanveer olduğu; en çok yayının ABD ve Çin Halk Cumhuriyetinde yapıldığı; en sık kullanılan anahtar kelimenin finansal esneklik olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca en çok atıf alan yazarın Graham (2001) olduğu ve atıf sayısı bakımından en çok atıf alan derginin Journal of Financial Economics dergisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Finansal Esneklik , Bibliyometrik Analiz , Finans

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY

https://izlik.org/JA42SH55RN

Öz

The objective of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of academic publications within the field of financial flexibility. In this context, the Web of Science database was examined, identifying 738 publications related to financial flexibility. Utilizing the VOSviewer software, citation analysis, international collaboration analysis, author collaboration analysis, and keyword analyses were performed. According to the analysis results, it was determined that Naseer Mirza, Muhammad, and Bagh Tanveer are the most collaborative researchers in the financial flexibility literature. Furthermore, the highest number of publications originated from the USA and the People's Republic of China, while the most frequently used keyword was identified as financial flexibility. Additionally, Graham (2001) was found to be the most cited author, and the Journal of Financial Economics was identified as the most cited journal in terms of total citations

Anahtar Kelimeler

Financail Flexibility , Bibliometric Anaysis , Finance

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