IDIOM STUDIES IN THE LAST DECADE: A BIBLIOMETRIC MAPPING OF RESEARCH TRACES BASED ON WEB OF SCIENCE
IDIOM STUDIES IN THE LAST DECADE: A BIBLIOMETRIC MAPPING OF RESEARCH TRACES BASED ON WEB OF SCIENCE

Author(s): Nurbanu KORKMAZ
Subject(s): Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Turkic languages
Published by: Artsürem Bilim Sanat Danışmanlık A.Ş (Artsürem Yayıncılık)
Keywords: Idiom; Bibliometric analysis; VOSviewer; Citation; Web of science;
Summary/Abstract: This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of idiom research published between 2015 and 2025, utilising data from the Web of Science Core Collection. Despite increasing academic interest in idioms across linguistics, psycholinguistics, education, and applied linguistics, no previous study has systematically explored the intellectual structure, thematic development, and collaborative patterns of this field. To fill this gap, VOSviewer software was used to analyse 2,260 articles with the phrase "idiom" in their titles. Disciplinary distribution, research and citation trends over time, authorship and co-authorship networks, author, country, organisation, and document citation performance, bibliographic coupling of documents and authors, and cooccurrence of author keywords are all included in the study. The results demonstrate the multidisciplinary nature of idiom studies, which are prevalent in linguistics, education, cognitive science, and cultural studies. In terms of publication output and citation impact, the United States, England, and China rank at the top. Idiom, phraseology, figurative language, and translation are common keywords that illustrate the field's wide conceptual scope and its connections to applied linguistics and figurative meaning. Significant conceptual coherence is revealed by bibliographic coupling analyses, suggesting a solid intellectual foundation backed by common ideas and approaches. This study offers the first comprehensive, data-driven review of idiom research over the last ten years, providing insightful information on its major contributors, structural dynamics, and developing topics. Although limited to the Web of Science database and a single analytical tool (VOSviewer), the results establish a solid foundation for future cross-database and multi-tool research. The results can also help scholars identify important works, promote global cooperation, and investigate underrepresented fields such as idioms in digital conversations and cross-linguistic situations.

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