Bibliometric Analysis of Istanbul University Journal of Geography

Abstract

This study presents a bibliometric analysis in the Journal of Geography. It was obtained through information derived from the website of the Istanbul University "Geography Journal", which includes the name of each article, authors, year it was published, and challenges. The citations made in the Google Scholar database to the articles published in the journal were examined and analyzed using the bibliographic data obtained. Hence, through the aforementioned programs, the article, author, institution, subject, the distribution of the fields under study, and citation analysis of the studies published in the Journal of Geography were made. As a result of these studies, it is seen that the number of articles and studies with numerous authors has increased in recent years and the authors have diversified on an institutional basis. A total of 253 authors from 79 institutions supported this journal. It was determined that 66 different universities, institutes, and higher education institutions stand out among the institutions. The total number of citations to articles published in the journal is 2,229, and a significant percentage of the citations made to the Google Scholar database was made in the 2000s.