Bibliometric Assessment Based on Web of Science Database: Educational Research Articles on Botanic Gardens, National Parks, and Natural Monuments

Dilek ŞAHİNPINAR,Abdulkerim DEMİR,Aykut Emre BOZDOĞAN

doi:10.17275/per.22.17.9.1

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https://doi.org/10.17275/per.22.17.9.1

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Abstract

It was purposed in this study to reveal the trend in the relevant field by making a bibliometric evaluation of the educational research articles published on botanic gardens, national parks, and natural monuments in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Within the scope of quantitative methodology, the bibliometrics was applied in the study. The data were taken from the WoS database generated by Clarivate Analytics. The study data covered the years between 1975 and 2020. Bibliometric analysis techniques were used in the analysis of the data. 44,138 records related to the study subject were obtained in the WoS database, and 98 of them were determined in the category of educational research. Analyses were conducted on 58 articles in the category of educational research. As a result of the analyses, it was observed that half of the articles were published in the last 5 years. It was also concluded that the publication language of the articles was predominantly English and that the researchers working in the United States provided the highest contribution to the related literature by producing 20 articles. In addition, it was determined that the most effective journals related to the study subject were “Environmental Education Research” and “Journal of Environmental Education”. A total of 180 different keywords were included in the analyzed articles, and the most used ones were “environmental education” and “botanic garden”. It was also concluded that 1885 different publications, 1596 authors, and 1309 sources were cited in the articles examined within this research. The articles in the WoS database were examined in this study, and it is important to carry out similar studies in different publication types and databases in terms of revealing the trend in this subject.

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At present, upon the schools’ no longer being a learning environment on their own, educational activities have become possible to be carried out in many out-of-school environments, and this situation has brought out-of-school education to a more important position in educational aspect (Bozdoğan, 2008)
Within the scope of the study, an online search was conducted in the Web of Science (WoS) database through the keywords “botanic garden, national park, and natural monument”, and the articles in the WoS Education/Educational Research category were analyzed through the bibliometric analysis technique
Within the scope of the study, the distribution of the publications scanned with the keywords “botanic gardens”, “national parks”, and “natural monuments” by WoS categories was examined

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Upon the schools’ no longer being a learning environment on their own, educational activities have become possible to be carried out in many out-of-school environments, and this situation has brought out-of-school education to a more important position in educational aspect (Bozdoğan, 2008). Educational activities that are implemented in out-of-school learning environments provide students the opportunity to gain experiences with the related knowledge directly. National parks, and natural monuments, which are the subject of the study, are included in out-of-school learning environments in addition to such environments as museums, science and art centers, libraries, factories, government institutions, nongovernmental organizations, historical sites, zoos, planetariums, aquariums, and art galleries (Gerber, Cavallo, & Marek, 2001; Hannu, 1993; Howe & Disinger, 1988; Özgen, 2011; Şimşek & Kaymakcı, 2015)

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