Bibliometric Analysis of Incomplete Graduate Theses on Tourism with Data Visualization Technique: The Case of 2006-2020 Cover Image

Hazırlanmakta Olan Turizm Konulu Lisansüstü Tezlerin Veri Görselleştirme Tekniği ile Bibliyometrik Analizi: 2006-2020 Yılları Örneği
Bibliometric Analysis of Incomplete Graduate Theses on Tourism with Data Visualization Technique: The Case of 2006-2020

Author(s): Mehmet Boyraz, Ali Kabakulak, Asilhan Semih Mutlu
Subject(s): Higher Education , Tourism
Published by: Gazi Üniversitesi- Turizm Fakültesi
Keywords: Tourism Literature; YOK; Postgraduate Theses; Data Visualization; Bibliometric Analysis;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research is to examine the postgraduate theses on the subject of tourism, which are in the Council of Higher Education (YOK) Thesis Center, by using data visualization technique. Dissertations were evaluated in terms of various bibliometric parameters such as the author's gender, year, thesis type, consultant (number, title, gender), institution (university, institute, major, branch of science), field of study / subject and study titles in Turkish and English. The population of the study covers 538 tourism-related graduate theses in the thesis category that are being prepared as of January 17th, 2020 in YOK National Thesis Center database. In the research, secondary data sources were used by using the document-archive scanning technique, which is one of the qualitative research methods, as the data collection technique. Data visualization analysis was used in the evaluation of the accessed theses. Dissertations were discussed in the accompanying bibliometric parameters via cross tables, making it more understandable with the graphics. Preparation stage of 18 June 2018 in accordance with regulations issued in Turkey significantly postgraduate thesis dissertation at the entrance to the national database has reached the conclusion that an increase occurred.

  • Issue Year: 4/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 1434-1453
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish