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The papers published by Ozcan Konur in Energy Education Science and Technology Journals

A number of papers were published by Ozcan Konur in Energy Education Science and Technology Journals between 2011 and 2013. These journals were discontinued after the death of their Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Ayhan Demirbas, in 2018. As a result, the abstracts for these papers listed in the websites of these journals were removed.

For the sake of ensuring the scientific communication, these abstracts were provided below along the major topical headings: Information Science and Technology, Higher Education, Finance, Social Sciences, Disability Studies, Education, Terrorism, Arts and Humanities, Energy and Fuels, and Bioenergy and Biofuels.

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Information Science and engineering

The evaluation of the research on the cryptography: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2013) The evaluation of the research on the cryptography: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(1-2), 1-12.

This paper provides the scientometric evaluation of the research on the cryptography based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). The research output on the information security and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period. The US, China, and Taiwan have been the three most prolific countries. The “IBM Corp” of the US has been the most prolific institution and “Chang CC” has been the most prolific author. “Lecture Notes in Computer Science” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Computer Science” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 99 and a paper on use of elliptic curves in cryptography has had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the information security.

Keywords: Cryptography, Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge.

The evaluation of the research on the data protection and privacy: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2013) The evaluation of the research on the data protection and privacy: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(1-2) pp. 13-28.

This paper provides the scientometric evaluation of the research on the data protection and privacy based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). The research output on the data protection and privacy and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period. The US, Germany, and England have been the three most prolific countries. The “Univ Edinburgh” of Scotland and “Univ Victoria” of Canada have been the most prolific institutions and “Bennett CJ” has been the most prolific author. “Lecture Notes in Computer Science” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Computer Science” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 30 and a paper on k-anonymity as a model for protecting privacy has had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the data protection and privacy.

Keywords: Data protection and privacy; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge.

The evaluation of the research on the information security: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2013) The evaluation of the research on the information security: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(1-2), pp. 55-66.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the information security published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the information security and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period especially during the last decade with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. The US, China, and Taiwan have been the three most prolific countries. The “Rand Afrikaans Univ” of South Africa has been the most prolific institution and “Kim S” has been the most prolific author. “Lecture Notes in Computer Science” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Computer Science” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 26 and a paper by Javidi & Nomura (2000) has had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the information security, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields of the renewable energies such as biofuels and higher education providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Information security; Cybersecurity; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the research on the cryptography: A scientometric approach.

Keywords: Cryptography, Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge.

Higher Education

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 4.

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 4. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(2), pp. 365-380.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals at a global scale in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Marmara Region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the final part of these serial papers, it was found that the most collaborating country was the US and the extent of the overseas collaboration was substantial whilst TUBITAK and University of California System were the most prolific collaborated institutions. 97% of these papers were written in English, followed by the low-impact Turkish papers. The research output spectacularly increased over time starting with two papers in 1952 and 1954 reaching a peak with 6,640 papers in 2011. The number of papers comprised 0.6%, 2.1%, 11.0%, 58.9%, and 29.0% of the regional research output for the periods of 1946-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2012, respectively. It was hypothesized that the key driver for the research output growth was the huge higher education spending in the first place. Indeed, the numbers of the academic force increased in recent years from 5,147 in 1995 to 13,953 in 2010 with 171% increase with differential increase rate for the state and foundation universities. “Water Sci. & Technol.” was the most publishing journal, followed by “J. Appl. Polym. Sci.”. The subject category with the highest degree of citation impact was Engineering, followed by Chemistry. The research productivity of the Medical Faculties was behind the Faculties of Engineering and Natural Sciences. The Natural and Applied Sciences dominated both the most prolific journals and most prolific subject categories lists in contrast to Social Sciences and Humanities & Arts. A paper on ZnO materials and devices was the most cited paper with 2,868 citations and the most cited paper list was dominated by the Natural and Applied Sciences and the top universities. A paper on the European guidelines on hypertension management was the hottest paper with 393 citations and the Natural and Applied Sciences and the top universities dominated the hottest papers list too. The results of the final part in the serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Marmara Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; higher education spending; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 3

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 3. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(2), pp. 349-364. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Marmara Region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the third part of these serial papers, it was found that the placement of incorrect names for the university name in the affiliation section of the abstract pages of the papers was a serious problem especially for the institutions with more than two words in their names resulting in the lack of visibility in the institutional rankings. The preferred name format for the name of the institutions was “x univ” rather than “univ x”. There were 57,860 articles and reviews published by these universities and 94.6% of these papers were indexed by the SCIE as they were related to Natural and Applied Sciences. Only 7.5% and 1.1% of these papers were indexed by SSCI and A&HCI, respectively as they were concerned with Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities. There were strong Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities deficits in the research output of Marmara Universities. These results were in line with the results relating to the research productivity of Turkish Universities at a national scale. The most prolific author was “Sen Z” of the Department of the Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University and the most prolific authors were from Istanbul Technical University (5), Koc University (1), Kadir Has University (1), Istanbul University (2), and Gebze Institute of Advanced Technology (1). The most prolific authors were from the Natural Sciences departments, the Engineering departments and Health Sciences departments. It is thus notable that there were not any most prolific authors from Social Sciences as well as Humanities & Arts. It was found that the top most prolific institution in terms of the number of publications was Istanbul University and the SSCI and A&HCI-related relative subject dominance was pronounced for the Yeditepe University, Marmara University, and Sakarya University. The top university in terms of the H-index was Istanbul University with H-index of more than 100, closely followed by the Bogazici University, Istanbul Technical University, Marmara University, and Koc University with H-index of 83, 78, 60, and 55, respectively. The results found in the third part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Marmara Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Social Sciences, Humanities, Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 2

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(2), pp. 333-348. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Marmara Region of Turkey, the most developed region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the second part of these serial papers, it was found that there were 58 universities founded between 1933 and 2012. There were 13,953 senior members of the academic staff in these universities, comprising 31% of the national academic force. There were 15 universities established in 2000s and 2010s each 8.3% and 0.3% of the regional academic force, respectively and 13 universities had no academic staff as of November 2010. 25 of these newly founded universities were established as foundation universities and 24 of them were established in Istanbul. There were five medical faculties among these biggest ten faculties of the regional universities headed by Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine and Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine whilst there were 56 different faculties or 4-year colleges. There was a heavy dominance of the academic staff in the medical sciences, engineering sciences, and natural sciences among ten largest faculty groups of the regional universities. It was found that 56% of the academic staff was from the faculties and departments related to SCIE and 24% and 19% of them were from the faculties and departments related to SSCI and A&HCI, respectively. The female representation rate in Marmara higher education institutions was above the national representation rate of 33% by a difference of 5%. Whilst 17 universities were gender-positive with the female representation rate larger than 38%, 24 universities had gender deficit with the female representation rate smaller than 38% and 4 universities were gender-neutral with 38% female representation rate. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University was the best gender positive university with 58% female representation (FR) rate among its academic staff. It was followed by Bogazici University and Istanbul Arel University (48% FR each). The results found in the second part of these serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Marmara Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation gender deficit; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 1

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Marmara Universities- Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(2), pp. 317-332. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Marmara Region of Turkey, a most developed region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the first part of these serial papers, it was found that there were 58 universities founded between 1933 and 2011 in 11 cities including Istanbul and there were 13,953 senior members of the academic staff in these universities, comprising 31% of the national academic force. 39 (67.3%) and 19 (32.7%) of these universities were state and foundation universities, respectively. Four, four, twenty, fifteen, and fifteen of these universities were pre-1980, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 universities, respectively. 35.2% of the regional academic force was employed by the pre-1980 universities whilst 19.3%, 36.9%, and 8.3% of them were affiliated with the 1980, 1990, and 2000 universities, respectively. Only three of the 2010 universities had academic staff entry as of November 2010. Istanbul University was the first established university of the region, founded in Istanbul in 1933. As a state university, it had 2,650 academic staff comprising 19.0% of the regional academic force. The top university in terms of the number of the academic staff was Istanbul University, followed by Marmara University, Istanbul Technical University, Uludag University, and Sakarya University. The foundation universities in general did not follow a heavy expansion strategy whilst most state universities did with a few exceptions. Istanbul had 45 universities whilst Bursa and Kocaeli had 3 and 2 universities, respectively. The results found in the first part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities as there were huge range of structural differences among the regional universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Marmara Universities; Turkey; SSCI; SCIE; A&HCI; Incentive structures; Research evaluation geography; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Ege Universities- Part 3

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Ege Universities- Part 3. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(1), pp. 83-98. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals at a global scale in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Ege (Aegean) Region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the final part of these serial papers, it was found that the most prolific collaborating country was the US whilst Erciyes University and Hacettepe University were the most prolific collaborating domestic institutions. 96% of these papers were written in English, followed by the low-impact Turkish papers. The research output spectacularly increased over time starting with four papers in 1973 and reaching a peak with 3,264 papers in 2011. The research output rose exponentially between 1991 and 2011 with a spectacular rise after 2000. It was hypothesized that the key driver for the research output growth was the huge higher education spending in the first place. Indeed, the numbers of the academic force increased by 208% in recent years. The share of the foundation universities was small with 5.3% of the regional academic force. “Journal of Hazardous Materials” in the subject categories of Engineering and Environmental Sciences & Ecology was the most publishing journal, whilst the subject category with the highest degree of citation impact was Chemistry followed by Engineering. The Natural and Applied Sciences as well as the top universities dominated both the most prolific journals and most prolific subject categories lists in contrast to Social Sciences and Humanities & Arts. The research productivity of the Medical Faculties was behind the Faculties of Engineering and Natural Sciences. A paper on the medical treatment patients with renal-cell carcinoma in the subject category of the General & Internal Medicine was the most cited paper whilst a paper on the development of classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis in the subject category of Rheumatology was the hottest paper. The results of the final part in the serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity. Further research areas were highlighted.

Keywords: Ege Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; higher education spending; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Ege Universities- Part 2

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Ege Universities- Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(1), pp. 67-82. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Ege (Aegean) Region of Turkey with wide ranging socio-economic development indices, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the second part of these serial papers, it was found that roughly 61% of the academic staff was from the faculties and departments related to SCIE with wide range of institutional differences. The Ege Universities as a whole were 3% gender positive in relation to the national the academic force (36% v. 33%) with wide range of institutional differences. The placement of incorrect names for the university name in the affiliation section of the abstract pages of the papers was a serious problem especially for the institutions with more than two words in their names resulting in the lack of visibility in the institutional rankings. There were 27,047 articles and reviews and 96% of these papers were indexed by the SCIE as they were related to Natural and Applied Sciences with strong Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities deficits. “Kargi F” from the Department of Environmental Engineering of the Dokuz Eylul University was the most prolific author. The top most prolific institution in terms of the number of publications per academic staff was Izmir Institute of Advanced Technology with the heavy dominance of the SCIE-related papers (99%). The SSCI and A&HCI-related subject dominance was pronounced for the Izmir University of Economics (46%) and Mugla Sitki Kocman University (12%). However, the top university in terms of the H-index was Ege University with H-index of 73, closely followed by the Dokuz Eylul University with H-index of 62. The results found in the second part of these serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework. The areas for further research were highlighted.

Keywords: Ege Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation gender deficit; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Ege Universities- Part 1

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Ege Universities- Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(1), pp. 51-66. Scopus c8

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Ege (Aegean) Region of Turkey with wide ranging socio-economic development indices, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the second part of these serial papers, it was found that roughly 61% of the academic staff was from the faculties and departments related to SCIE with wide range of institutional differences. The Ege Universities as a whole were 3% gender positive in relation to the national the academic force (36% v. 33%) with wide range of institutional differences. The placement of incorrect names for the university name in the affiliation section of the abstract pages of the papers was a serious problem especially for the institutions with more than two words in their names resulting in the lack of visibility in the institutional rankings. There were 27,047 articles and reviews and 96% of these papers were indexed by the SCIE as they were related to Natural and Applied Sciences with strong Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities deficits. “Kargi F” from the Department of Environmental Engineering of the Dokuz Eylul University was the most prolific author. The top most prolific institution in terms of the number of publications per academic staff was Izmir Institute of Advanced Technology with the heavy dominance of the SCIE-related papers (99%). The SSCI and A&HCI-related subject dominance was pronounced for the Izmir University of Economics (46%) and Mugla Sitki Kocman University (12%). However, the top university in terms of the H-index was Ege University with H-index of 73, closely followed by the Dokuz Eylul University with H-index of 62. The results found in the second part of these serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework. The areas for further research were highlighted.

Keywords: Ege Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation gender deficit; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Akdeniz Universities- Part 3.

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Akdeniz Universities- Part 3. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(1), pp. 151-166. Scopus.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals at a global scale in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Inner Anatolian (Mediterranean) Region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the final part of these serial papers, it was found that the most collaborated country was the US whilst Orta Dogu Technical University and Hacettepe University were the most collaborated domestic institutions. 96% of these papers were written in English, followed by the low-impact Turkish papers. The research output spectacularly increased over time starting with two papers in 1978 and reaching a peak with 2,191 papers in 2011. The research output rose exponentially between 1995 and 2011 with a spectacular rise after 2000. It was hypothesized that the key driver for the research output growth was the huge higher education spending in the first place. Indeed, the numbers of the academic force increased by 283% in recent years. The share of the foundation universities was small with 1.2% of the regional academic force. “International Journal of Neuroscience” was the most prolific journal, followed by “Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences” whilst the subject category with the highest degree of citation impact was Engineering followed by Chemistry. The Natural and Applied Sciences as well as the top universities dominated both the most prolific journals and most prolific subject categories lists in contrast to Social Sciences and Humanities & Arts. The research productivity of the Medical Faculties was behind the Faculties of Engineering and Natural Sciences. A paper on CMS physics technical design by a large group of Authors was the most cited paper whilst a paper on the treatment of hemodialysis patients was the hottest paper. The results of the final part in the serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Akdeniz Universities; Turkey; SSCI; SCIE; A&HCI; Incentive structures; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Higher education spending; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Akdeniz Universities- Part 2

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Akdeniz Universities- Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(1), pp. 135-150. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Akdeniz (Mediterranean) region of Turkey with wide ranging socio-economic development indices, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the second part of these serial papers, it was found that roughly 70% of the academic staff was from the faculties and departments related to SCIE with wide range of institutional differences. The Akdeniz Universities as a whole had 2% gender deficit in relation to the national the academic force (31% v. 33%) with wide range of institutional differences. The placement of incorrect names for the university name in the affiliation section of the abstract pages of the papers was a serious problem especially for the institutions with more than two words in their names resulting in the lack of visibility in the institutional rankings. There were 18,103 articles and reviews and 97% of these papers were indexed by the SCIE as they were related to Natural and Applied Sciences with strong Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities deficits. “Baskurt OK” from the Department of Physiology of the Akdeniz University was the most prolific author. The top most prolific institution in terms of the number of publications was Cukurova University with the heavy dominance of the SCIE-related papers (98%). The SSCI and A&HCI-related subject dominance was pronounced for the Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Akdeniz University, and Mersin University. The top university in terms of the H-index was Cukurova University with H-index of 60, closely followed by the Akdeniz University, Mersin University, and Suleyman Demirel University. The results found in the second part of these serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework. The areas for further research were highlighted.

Keywords: Akdeniz Universities; Turkey; SSCI; SCIE; A&HCI; Incentive structures; Research, evaluation geography; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Akdeniz Universities- Part 1

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Akdeniz Universities- Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(1), pp. 119-134. Scopus 2013.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Akdeniz (Mediterranean) region of Turkey with wide ranging socio-economic development indices, to examine the development of the regional research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these regional universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the first part of these serial papers, it was found that there were 13 universities founded in 8 cities between 1973 and 2011. There were 3,829 senior members of the academic staff in these universities, comprising 8.5% of the national academic force. One, one, five, three, and three of these universities were pre-1980, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 universities, respectively. 19%, 22%, 54%, and 5% of the regional academic force was employed by the pre-1980, 1980, 1990, and 2000 universities, respectively. The 2010 universities had no academic staff as of November 2010. Cukurova University was the first established university of the region in Adana in 1973. The top university was Akdeniz University (22%) followed by Suleyman Demirel University (21%), Cukurova University (19%), Mersin University (14%), and Mustafa Kemal University (11%). These universities were founded in the Akdeniz region of Turkey with varying socio-economic development indices (SEDI) ranging from 4 for Antalya to 60 for Kahramanmaras. Antalya and Mersin had 3 regional universities each whilst Adana had 2 universities and the other cities had only one university each. The state universities adapted an aggressive expansionist policy whilst the foundation universities did not. In this respect, Suleyman Demirel University’s rapid expansion was especially notable becoming the second largest university of the region although it was founded in 1992. Akdeniz University was notable with its aggressive expansionist policies in the towns like Alanya. The first four groups of faculties including faculties of medicine employed 60.1% of the academic staff. The results found in the first part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Akdeniz Universities; Turkey; SSCI; SCIE; A&HCI; Incentive structures; Research, evaluation geography; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Inner Anatolian Universities- Part 4

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Inner Anatolian Universities- Part 4. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(2), pp. 267-282. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals at a global scale in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Inner Anatolian Region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the final part of these serial papers, it was found that the most collaborating country was the US and the extent of the overseas collaboration was substantial whilst Cukurova University was the most prolific collaborated institution. 96.4% of these papers were written in English, followed by the low-impact Turkish papers. The research output spectacularly increased over time starting with five papers in 1966 and reaching a peak with 7,773 papers in 2011. The number of papers comprised 1.0%, 2.7%, 13.9%, 59.1%, and 23.4% of the regional research output for the periods of 1946-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2012, respectively. It was hypothesized that the key driver for the research output growth was the huge higher education spending in the first place. Indeed, the numbers of the academic force increased in recent years from 5,861 in 1995 to 12,126 in 2010 with 107% increase with differential increase rate for the state and foundation universities. “Physical Review B” was the most publishing journal, followed by “Journal of Hazardous Materials”. The subject category with the highest degree of citation impact was Chemistry, followed by Engineering. The research productivity of the Medical Faculties was behind the Faculties of Engineering and Natural Sciences. The Natural and Applied Sciences dominated both the most prolific journals and most prolific subject categories lists in contrast to Social Sciences and Humanities & Arts. A paper on ATM gene in ataxia telangiectasia was the most cited paper with 1,696 citations and the most cited paper list was dominated by the Natural and Applied Sciences and the top universities. A paper on the genetic diagnosis of congenital chloride diarrhea was the hottest paper with 212 citations and the Natural and Applied Sciences and the top universities dominated the hottest papers list too. The results of the final part in the serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Inner Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; higher education spending; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Inner Anatolian Universities- Part 3

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Inner Anatolian Universities- Part 3. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 5(2), pp. 251-266. Scopus

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Inner Anatolian Region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the third part of these serial papers, it was found that the placement of incorrect names for the university name in the affiliation section of the abstract pages of the papers was a serious problem especially for the institutions with more than two words in their names resulting in the lack of visibility in the institutional rankings. The preferred name format for the name of the institutions was “x univ” rather than “univ x”. There were 79,150 articles and reviews published by these universities and 91.6% of these papers were indexed by the SCIE as they were related to Natural and Applied Sciences. Only 7.2% and 1.2% of these papers were indexed by SSCI and A&HCI, respectively as they were concerned with Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities. There was a strong Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities deficit in the research output of Inner Anatolian Universities. These results were in line with the results relating to the research productivity of Turkish Universities at a national scale. “Turker L” was the most prolific author and the most prolific authors were from Baskent University (2), Erciyes University (2), Hacettepe University (2), Orta Dogu Technical University (2), Bilkent University (1), and Anadolu University (1). The most prolific authors were from the natural sciences departments (Physics-3, Chemistry-4) and from the Health Sciences departments (Surgery-1, Obstetrics-1, Pharmacy-1). It is thus notable that there were not any most prolific authors from Social Sciences as well as Humanities and Arts. It was found that the top most prolific institution in terms of the number of publications was Hacettepe University and the SSCI and A&HCI-related subject dominance was pronounced for the Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University. Overall, in terms of the research productivity, the top university was Hacettepe University with a five-year H-index of 44, closely followed by the Orta Dogu Technical University and Ankara University with H-index of 43 each. The results found in the third part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Inner Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Social Sciences, Humanities, Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Inner Anatolian Universities- Part 2

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research. The Inner Anatolian Universities- Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(3), pp. 137-152.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Inner Anatolian Region of Turkey with wide ranging socio-economic development indices, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the second part of these serial papers, it was found that there were 35 universities founded between 1946 and 2011. There were 12,126 senior members of the academic staff in these universities, comprising 27% of the national academic force. Seven and six of these universities were founded in the 2000s and 2010s, respectively and 6% of the academic staff were affiliated with the 2000 universities. Besides, eight new universities had no academic staff as of November 2010. There were six medical faculties among these biggest ten faculties of the regional universities headed by Hacettepe University whilst there were 50 different faculties or 4-year colleges. There were 15 Faculties of Medicine in these universities comprising 22.2% of the regional academic force. Roughly, 63% of the academic staff was from the faculties and departments related to SCIE and 23% and 14% of them were from the faculties and departments related to SSCI and A&HCI, respectively. The female representation rate in Inner Anatolian higher education institutions was above the national representation rate by 3%. Whilst 7 universities were gender-positive, 19 universities had gender deficit. Hacettepe University was the best gender positive university. The results found in the second part of these serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Inner Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research

evaluation gender deficit; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Inner Anatolian Universities-Part 1.

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Inner Anatolian Universities-Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(3), pp. 165-178.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Inner Anatolian Region of Turkey with wide ranging socio-economic development indices, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of four papers. In the first part of these serial papers, it was found that there were 35 universities founded between 1946 and 2011 and there were 12,126 senior members of the academic staff in these universities, comprising 27% of the national academic force. Seven, two, seven, thirteen, and six of these universities were pre-1980, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 universities, respectively. 58% of the regional academic force was employed by the seven pre-1980 universities whilst 19%, 18%, and 6% of them were affiliated with the 1980, 1990, and 2000 universities, respectively. Eight new universities had no academic staff as of November 2010. The 1990 state universities and the state universities founded later generally overtook faculties established previously under the name of the other universities. Ankara University was the first established university of the region, founded in Ankara in 1946. As a state university, it had 1,729 academic staff comprising 14.3% of the regional academic force. The top university in terms of the number of the academic staff was Gazi University, followed by Ankara University, Selcuk University, Hacettepe University, and Orta Dogu Technical University. The Orta Dogu Technical University and Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University were among the regional universities who did not adapt the aggressive expansion policies in terms of the academic force whilst most of the state universities like Gazi University and Selcuk University adapted the aggressive expansion policies. Ankara had 16 universities whilst Kayseri and Konya had 4 universities, each. The results found in the first part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities as there were huge range of structural differences among the regional universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Inner Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation geography, research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Karadeniz Universities-Part 3.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Karadeniz Universities-Part 3. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4, Special Issue 1, 850-856.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals at a global scale in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Karadeniz region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the third part of these serial papers, it was found that the most collaborating country was the US and the extent of the overseas collaboration was limited. Erciyes University was the most collaborated institution, followed by the pre-1980 universities. 96.3% of these papers were written in English, followed by Turkish. The research output spectacularly increased over time starting with two papers in 1977 and reached a peak with 2,232 papers in 2011. The research output rose exponentially between 1995 and 2011. The number of papers comprised 0.1%, 0.6%, 6.7%, 58.0%, and 34.1% of the regional research output for the periods of 1955-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, and 2010-2012, respectively. It was hypothesized that the key driver for the research output growth was the huge higher education spending in the first place. “Acta Crystallogrophica E” was the most publishing journal and the subject category with the highest degree of citation impact was Chemistry, followed by Engineering. The Natural and Applied Sciences dominated both the most prolific journals and most prolific subject categories lists. A paper on the biodiesel fuels from vegetable oils was the most cited paper and this most cited paper list was dominated by the Natural and Applied Sciences and the top universities. A paper on the environmental impacts of biofuels was the hottest paper and the Social Sciences and the top universities as well as the Energy Education Science and Technology Part A and Part B dominated the hottest papers list. The results of the third part in the serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Karadeniz Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; underdeveloped regions; Social Sciences deficit; Humanities deficit; Arts deficit; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Karadeniz Universities-Part 2.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Karadeniz Universities-Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies. 4 Special Issue 1, 844-849.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Karadeniz region, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the second part of these serial papers, it was found that the placement of incorrect names for the university name in the affiliation section of the abstract pages of the papers was a serious problem especially for the institutions with more than two words in their names resulting in the lack of visibility in the institutional rankings. The preferred name format for the name of the institutions was “xu” rather than “ux”. There were 15,141 articles and reviews published by these universities and 97.3% of these papers were indexed by the SCIE as they were related to natural and applied sciences. Only 4.3% and 0.3% of these papers were indexed by SSCI and A&CI, respectively as they were concerned with Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities. There was a strong Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities deficit in the research output of Karadeniz Universities: 0.6 paper per academic staff was produced in Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities whilst 6.6 papers per academic staff were produced in Natural and Applied Sciences. “Buyukgungor O” from the Physics Department of Ondokuz Mayis University was the most prolific author with 108.9 adjusted numbers of papers. The most prolific authors were from Karadeniz Technical University (3), Gaziosmanpasa University (3), and Ondokuz Mayis University (2) and nine most prolific authors were from the natural sciences departments (Physics-2, Chemistry-7) with only one author from medical departments. Karadeniz Technical University was the most prolific institution with 4,468 articles and reviews and with H-index of 49, followed by the Ondokuz Mayis University and the three 1992 universities with the H-index between 27 and 43. Abant Izzet Baysal University had strong social sciences publications with 10.6% of its publications. Rize University (H-index: 13) and Giresun University (H-index: 9) had super research performance although they were established in 2006. However, the other 2006 universities as well as the 2007 and 2008 universities had poor research performance.

Keywords: Karadeniz Universities; SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, Incentive structures; Research Evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Social Sciences, Humanities, Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Karadeniz Universities-Part 1.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Karadeniz Universities-Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4 Special Issue 1, 836-843.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Karadeniz region of Turkey, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of three papers. In the first part these serial papers, it was found that there were 18 universities founded between 1955 and 2008, all of them state universities with 3,883 senior members of the academic staff. The biggest five regional universities were two pre-1980 universities (Karadeniz Technical University and Ondokuz Mayis University) and three 1992 universities (Abant Izzet Baysal University, Zonguldak Karaelmas University (Bulent Ecevit University), and Gaziosmanpasa University) with 62% of the regional academic staff. There were also seven 2006 universities, three 2007 universities, and three 2008 universities with differing degrees of institutional development. There were nine regional medical faculties and three big universities had seven big faculties. There were 32 different faculties or 4-year colleges in the Karadeniz Universities. Medical Faculties, faculties of Natural Sciences & Literature, Faculties of Engineering, Faculties of Education, and Faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences were the biggest groups of the regional faculties comprising 52% of the regional academic staff. Roughly 70% and 30% of the regional academic staff were from the departments related to SCIE and SSCI and A&HCI, respectively. There was a 10% gender deficit in Karadeniz Universities on average with the exception of Abant Izzet Baysal and Sinop Universities. The results found in the first part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Karadeniz Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, Incentive structures; Research evaluation

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Eastern Anatolian Universities- Part 2.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Eastern Anatolian Universities- Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4 Special Issue 1, 813-819.

Keywords: Eastern Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, Incentive structures; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Underdeveloped regions, Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Eastern Anatolian Universities- Part 1.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Eastern Anatolian Universities- Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4 Special Issue 1, 794-802.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the scholars, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities in the Eastern Anatolia, one of the most deprived regions of Turkey with the lowest socio-economic development indices, to examine the development of the research over time. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by these universities using three indices in a series of two papers. In the first part of these serial papers, it was found that there were 14 state universities founded between 1957 and 2008. There were 3,461 senior members of the academic staff in these universities and 82% of these staff was employed by the big four universities: Ataturk University, Firat University, Inonu University, and Yuzuncu Yil University. The Eastern Anatolian universities employed 7.7% of the academic staff employed in Turkish universities and the female representation in the academic staff employed by these regional universities was 15% below the national rate of 33%. The similar skewed distribution of academic staff was observed on the basis of the types of the faculties and indices, dominated with faculties focusing on natural and applied sciences. The research output in Social Sciences (3.3%) and Humanities and Arts (0.3%) was not significant. There were 18,692 articles and reviews published by these universities and “Yakuphanoglu F” was the most prolific author whilst Ataturk University was the most prolific institution and the other most prolific institutions were Inonu University, Firat University, Yuzuncu Yil University, and Kafkas University. The results found in the first part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework.

Keywords: Eastern Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, Incentive structures; Research evaluation; Gender deficit; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Southeastern Anatolian Universities- Part 2.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Southeastern Anatolian Universities- Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(sp. is. 1), pp. 776-781. ISSN 13087711 Also published: 5(3), 1567-1578 2013.

Keywords: Southeastern Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, Incentive structures; Research

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Southeastern Anatolian Universities- Part 1.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Southeastern Anatolian Universities- Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(sp. is. 1), pp. 763-769. ISSN 13087711 Also published: 5(3), 1523-1534 2013.

Keywords: Southeastern Anatolian Universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, Incentive structures; Research

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The 2008 Universities- Part 2.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The 2008 Universities- Part 2. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(sp. iss. 1), pp. 568-574. ISSN 13087711 Also published: 5(2), 1101-1112 2013.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the individual researchers, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities founded in 2008 to examine the development of the research since the inception of these universities in 2008. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by the 2008 universities using the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) for the period from 2009 to 2012 in two-part papers. In the second part of these serial papers, it was found that 97.3% of the papers were articles and 97% of them were written in English. The USA was the most prolific collaborating country and Karadeniz Technical University was the most prolific collaborating institution. The number of papers published varied from 97 papers in 2009 to 333 papers in 2011. “Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances” was the most prolific journal with 32 papers and “Energy and Fuels” was the most prolific subject area. The citation impact of the research output was relatively moderate with 1.8 citations per paper and H-index of 16. A paper on the energy issues in energy education by the most prolific Author was the most cited paper and a paper on the scientometric portrait of the most prolific Author was the hottest paper. The results of the second part in the serial papers suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework. These results suggest overall that the scientometric analysis has great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the institutional research as in the case of 2008 universities over time, complementing the scientometric studies of countries, authors, journals, and topical areas, thus, providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key relevant stakeholders in the higher education sector.

Keywords: 2008 universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The 2008 Universities- Part 1.

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The 2008 Universities- Part 1. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(sp. is. 1), pp. 547-553. ISSN 13087711 Also published: 5(2), 1059-1070 2013.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the individual researchers, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by the universities founded in 2008 to examine the development of the research since the inception of these universities in 2008. Hence, the purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by the 2008 universities in Turkey using the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) for the period from 2009 to 2012 in a series of two papers. In the first part of these serial papers, it was found that there were 15 universities founded in 2008 and 6 of them were the foundation universities. There were 560 senior members of the academic staff in these universities. 42% of these staff was employed by the Bartin and Gumushane Universities. The similar skewed distribution of academic staff was observed on the basis of the types of the faculties. There were 766 papers published by these universities and “Demirbas A” was the most prolific author with 22.7 adjusted numbers of papers. Sirnak University was the most prolific institution with 58 papers. The results found in the first part suggest that there was a close structure-research performance relationships for these universities hinting the strong effect of the formal and informal rules adapted by these universities on their respective research productivity following North’s new institutional theoretical framework. These results suggest overall that the scientometric analysis has great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the institutional research as in the case of 2008 universities over time, complementing the scientometric studies of countries, authors, journals, and topical areas, thus, providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key relevant stakeholders in the higher education sector.

Keywords: 2008 universities, Turkey, SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Sirnak University case

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the institutional research: The Sirnak University case. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(sp. is. 1), pp. 521-529. ISSN 13087711 Also published: 5(2), 1011-1026 2013.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the individual researchers, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the institutional research carried out by Sirnak University to examine the development of the research since the inception of this university in 2008 in relation to its comparators over time. The purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the research performed by Sirnak University using the Social Sciences Citation Index database (SSCI), Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) for the period from 2009 to 2012. There were 58 studies in total for the whole period with adjusted number of 52.8. “Demirbas A” was the most prolific author with 24 papers, comprising 41.4% of the sample and the Faculty of Engineering was the most prolific academic unit with 46 papers comprising 79.3% of the papers produced. 98% of the papers were articles and 98% of them were written in English. The number of papers published varied from 0 in 2009 to 21 papers in 2012. “Energy Education Science and Technology Part A” was the most productive journal publishing 23 papers during the relevant period and “Energy and Fuels” and “Engineering” were the most prolific subject areas comprising 79.3% and 63.8% of the sample, respectively, showing the dominance of the Faculty of Engineering in the research output. The citation impact of the research output was significant with 9.6 citations per paper and H-index of 14. A paper on the energy issues in energy education by the most prolific Author was the most cited paper with 75 citations. Additionally, a paper on the scientometric portrait of the most prolific Author was the hottest paper with 39 citations. Furthermore, a comparative study of the research productivity of 15 universities founded in 2008 showed that the Sirnak University was the most prolific institution in terms of H-index, followed by Bartin University and Gumushane University, provided the fact that all three faculties of the Sirnak University were founded from the scratch with no inherited faculties unlike many other 2008 universities. These results suggest that the scientometric analysis has great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the institutional research as in the case of Sirnak University over time in relation to its comparators, complementing the scientometric studies of countries, authors, journals, and topical areas, thus, providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key relevant stakeholders in the higher education sector.

Keywords: Sirnak University; SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the research on the doctoral education: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the doctoral education: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(sp. is. 1), pp. 593-600. ISSN 13087711 Published also: 5(2), 1145-1160 2013.

The present study explores the characteristics of the doctoral education literature published between 1945 and 2011 based on the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the doctoral education research output and the citations received have grown steadily during this period, with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. The US, England, and Australia have been the three most prolific countries. The “Ohio State Univ” and “Univ So Calif” of the US have been the most prolific institutions with 26 papers each and “Stock WA” has been the most prolific author. “Studies in Higher Education” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Education Educational Research” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” has been 28 and a review paper on the undergraduate institution effects on natural science doctorates has had the highest impact on the literature with 99 citations. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the doctoral education, complementing the scientometric studies in the fields of the renewable energies as well as other dynamic research fields providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Doctoral education; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

Finance

The scientometric study of the financial research in Turkey.

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric study of the financial research in Turkey. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(1-2), pp. 41-54.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the finance published in Turkey during the last three decades, based on the database of the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature in this field has grown exponentially during this period with 342 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape, albeit producing only 0.9% of the global research output in this area. Papers are mostly journal articles and predominantly in English. The US is the most collaborating country and “Bilkent Univ” is the most contributing institution. The most publishing author is “Aktan B” whilst “African Journal of Business Management” is the most publishing journal and “Business & Economics” is the most published subject area. The number of citations per paper was 3.73 and H-index of 16. A paper by “Isik I” and “Hassan MK” has had the highest impact on the literature. The results of this first ever such study of its kind, show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the finance in Turkey.

Keywords: Finance, Financial Research, Turkey, Scientometrics, Research Evaluation, SSCI

JEL: Z00

The scientometric study of the global financial research

Konur, O. (2013) The scientometric study of the global financial research. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(1-2), pp. 67-80.

The present study explores the characteristics of the global literature on the finance published during the last three decades, based on the database of the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature in this field has grown exponentially during this period with 40,906 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers are mostly journal articles, book reviews, reviews, editorial materials, and proceedings, being predominantly in English. The US is the most publishing country producing 46% of the output and the “Harvard Univ” is the most contributing institution. The most publishing author is “Wright M” with 50 papers. “Journal of Banking and Finance” is the most publishing journal with 1,038 papers whilst, “Business & Economics” is the most published subject area. A paper by “Barney J” on the resource planning in the firms with 5,650 citations has had the highest impact on the literature. The results of this first ever such study of its kind, show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the finance at a global scale.

Keywords: Finance, Financial Research, Scientometrics, Research Evaluation, SSCI

JEL: Z00

What have we learned from the research on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? a mixed study

Konur, O. (2013) What have we learned from the research on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? a mixed study. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(1-2), pp. 29-40.

The content analysis and review of the research have become some of the most used methods to learn from the research carried out in a specific field in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive content analysis and review of the global research on the international financial reporting standards to examine the content of the research in this area. The purpose of this study was to carry out a content analysis and review of the global research in this area using the Social Sciences Citation Index database (SSCI) for the period from 1980 to 2011. There were a core group of 230 studies in total for the whole period. But only 22 most influencing papers with 5 or more citations were reviewed. The content analysis and review have a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the global research on the international financial reporting standards, providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field. North’s Institutional Theory was deployed briefly to put the critical issues raised in 22 papers in a meaningful conceptual framework. It was concluded that the research in this area has been very new and limited but a core group of experiences relating to the development and application of the IFRS have been obtained to learn from these experiences for the successful adoption of the IFRS in the Turkish Heartland.

Keywords: international financial reporting standards (IFRS); SSCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; content analysis; Institutional Theory, Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the research on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): a scientometric approach

Konur, O. (2013) The evaluation of the research on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): a scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part D: Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 5(1-2), pp. 81-92.

Keywords: International Financial Reporting Standards; IFRS; SSCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

Social Sciences

The evaluation of the research on the social sciences in Turkey: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the social sciences in Turkey: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies, 4(4), pp. 1893-1908. SSCI. SCIE.

The present study explores the characteristics of the research on the Social Sciences carried out by the researchers in Turkey and published during the last three decades based on the Social Sciences Citation Index(SSCI) together with the underlying incentive structures and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the Social Sciences and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period especially during the 2000s with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. However, the research performance of the researchers in Turkey in the fields of Social Sciences (11,835 papers and 54,447 citations) has lagged significantly behind the comparative performance of Turkey in the Sciences indexed by the Science Citation Index-Expended (SCI-E). The US, England, and Canada have been the three most prolific collaborating countries. The “Middle East Tech Univ” has been the most prolific institution and “Tan U” of “Cukurova Univ” has been the most prolific author. “Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri” (Theoretical and Applied Educational Sciences) has been the most prolific journal, whilst “Education & Educational Research” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 65 and “Rosser et al.” [1] had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the Social Sciences in Turkey, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields such as renewable energies as well as higher education providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field. It was concluded in this context that the incentive structures have not been well designed to produce superior research performance in Social Sciences in Turkey as in Sciences indexed by the SCI-E such as Engineering and Health Sciences especially in the design of the rules for the academic appointments and promotions in universities as the number of papers and number of citations received per member of staff in 2010 for 11,518 researchers were 0.17 and 0.07, respectively.

Keywords: Social Sciences, SSCI, incentive structures, research evaluation, research productivity, scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

Disability Studies

The policies and practices for the academic assessment of blind students in higher education and professions

Konur, O. (2012) The policies and practices for the academic assessment of blind students in higher education and professions. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies. 4(sp. is. 1), pp. 240-244. Also published:. 5(1), pp. 463-472 2013 2012*

Disabled students in general and blind students in particular have been increasingly participating in higher education and professions worldwide in recent years. Teaching but in particular academic assessment of these students has been controversial in terms of both policies and practices. A number of adjustments would need to be made during the academic assessment of these students to ensure that their true knowledge and competence are measured instead of their disabilities whilst maintaining academic and professional standards. A case study is used to highlight the current policies and practices regarding the high-stakes academic assessment of these students and it is argued that the “best ensure standard” developed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) would be the most appropriate approach in academic assessment of these students as this approach ensures that these students’ true knowledge and competence are measured rather than their disabilities according to their learning modalities.

Keywords: blind students, visually impaired students, higher education, professional licensure examinations, testing, academic assessment, learning modalities/styles

The research on the attitudes toward disabled people in the educational settings: a scientometric evaluation

Konur, O. (2012) The research on the attitudes toward disabled people in the educational settings: A scientometric evaluation. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies, 4(sp. Is. 1), pp. 250-257. Also published: 5(1), pp. 483-498. 2013. Scopus 2013. 2012*

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the attitudes toward the disabled people published during the last three decades, based on the databases of Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature in this field has grown steadily during this period reaching to 655 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers were mostly journal articles, reviews, and proceedings, and being predominantly in English. The US was the most publishing country producing 54% of the output. The “Bar Ilan University” of Israel was the most contributing institution and the most publishing author was “Livneh H”. “Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin” was the most publishing journal whilst “Rehabilitation” was the most published subject area. The total number of citations was 5,262 resulting in 8.03 average citations per paper and “H-index” of 29. “Donaldson J” [1] had the highest impact on the literature. The results of this first ever such study of its kind showed that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the attitudes toward disabled people.

Keywords: attitudes toward disabled people; SSCI, SCI-E, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The gradual improvement of disability rights for the disabled tenants in the UK: The promising road is still ahead

Konur, O. (2012) The gradual improvement of disability rights for the disabled tenants in the UK: The promising road is still ahead. Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 4(3), pp. 71-112.

The anti-discriminatory disability legislation in the form of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) has been in force in the UK since 1996, as a pioneering piece of legislation in Europe to ensure the inclusion of disabled people in the society. The DDA has been revised in the light of the European Framework Directive 2000/78/EC and has been integrated into to the Equality Act 2010 (EA). The protection of the disabled people in the housing context by the new legislation has been especially important in the light of their unmet needs in the past, partly because of the inefficient design of the discrimination tests in the DDA as there was no duty on the landlords to make reasonable adjustments to the houses and the communal areas especially in cases where the modification of a physical feature such as installation of a stair-lift is required during the pre-2007 period. Despite its high public importance, there has not been any study looking into the development of these rules and the inefficiencies of these rules over time in the legal literature. Therefore, this paper reviews the Williams case as a primary example of the pre-2007 disability legislation in the UK and a number of discrimination tests devised in the EA (2010) focusing on the duty to make reasonable adjustments tests in more detail as these tests are becoming increasingly important for the inclusion of the disabled people especially in the housing context. It is found that the post-2007 disability legislation in terms of the EA (2010) has provided the duty to make reasonable adjustments in the communal areas subject to a number of steps in relation of to physical modifications, but not within the houses suggesting that the rules under the EA (2010) has been better in relation to the rules under the DDA (1995) during the pre-2007 period where there was no such duty for the landlords. This duty has been most important especially for the wheelchair using tenants for their full inclusion in the housing context. It is recommended that the reasonable adjustment duty relating to the modification of physical features should be extended to the modifications inside the house as well and in a more straightforward way. It is concluded that the disability legislation should de designed to ensure the full inclusion of the disabled people in all contexts including housing with the full set of information and with the full participation of all the key stakeholders following North’s institutional theory with the promising road ahead.

Keywords: Disabled people, discrimination tests, duty to make reasonable adjustments, Disability Discrimination Act (1995), Equality Act (2010), European Directive (2000/78/EC), Europe, housing, modification of the physical features, the UK.

The scientometric evaluation of the research on the students with learning disabilities in higher education

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the research on the students with learning disabilities in higher education. Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 4(1-2), 1-69.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the students with learning disabilities in higher education published during the last three decades, based on the databases of SCIE and SSCI and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature in this field has grown exponentially during this period reaching to 552 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers are mostly journal articles, reviews, and proceedings, predominantly in English. The US is the most publishing country producing nearly three-quarters of the output. The “University of Connecticut” is the most contributing institution and the most publishing author is “Sparks RL.” “Journal of Learning Disabilities” is the most publishing journal whilst, “Rehabilitation” is the most published area. The total number of citations is 4,891, giving a ratio for the “Average Citations per Item” as 9.7 and “H-index” as 29. “Ramus et al.” (2003) has had the highest impact on the literature. The results of this first ever such study of its kind, show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the students with learning disabilities in higher education.

Keywords: Students with learning disabilities, higher education, disabled students, dyslexia, scientometrics, research evaluation

The scientometric evaluation of the research on the deaf students in higher education

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the research on the deaf students in higher education. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(3), pp. 1573-1588. SSCI. SCIE. Scopus.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the deaf students in higher education published during the last three decades, based on the databases of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature in this field has grown exponentially during this period with 312 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers are mostly journal articles, reviews, and proceedings, being predominantly in English. The US is the most publishing country producing three-quarters of the output. The “Rochester Institute of Technology” is the most contributing institution. The most publishing author is “Kelly RR”. “American Annals of the Deaf” is the most publishing journal whilst, “Rehabilitation” is the most published subject area. The total number of citations is 1,356, giving a ratio for the “Average Citations per Item” as 4.5 and “H-index” as 18. Hanson et al. [1] has had the highest impact on the literature. The results of this first ever such study of its kind, show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the deaf students in higher education.

Keywords: Deaf students, students with hearing impairments, higher education, disabled students,

scientometrics, research evaluation

The scientometric evaluation of the research on the students with ADHD in higher education

Konur, O. (2012) The scientometric evaluation of the research on the students with ADHD in higher education. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(3), 1547-1562. SSCI. SCIE. Scopus.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) in higher education published during the last three decades and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The study employs the scientometric methods using the databases of SCIE and SSCI. The literature in this field has grown exponentially during this period reaching to 276 papers in total. Papers are mostly journal articles, reviews, and proceedings, predominantly in English. The US is the most publishing country and the “University of Michigan” is the most contributing institution. The most publishing author is “McCabe SE”. “Journal of Attention Disorders” is the most publishing journal whilst, “Psychiatry” is the most published subject area. “H-index” is 32 and Logan et al. [1] has had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the students with ADHD in higher education.

Keywords: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, higher education, students, scientometrics, research evaluation

The scientometric evaluation of the research on the students with disabilities in higher education.

Konur, O. (2011) The scientometric evaluation of the research on the students with disabilities in higher education. Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 3(2), pp. 81-148.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the students with disabilities in higher education published during the last three decades, based on the databases of SCIE and SSCI and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature in this field has grown exponentially during this period reaching to 402 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers are mostly journal articles, reviews, and proceedings, predominantly in English. The US is the most publishing country producing 63% of the output. The “University of Wisconsin” is the most contributing institution where the most publishing author is “Fichten CS”. “Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin” is the most publishing journal whilst, “Rehabilitation” is the most published subject area. The total number of citations is 2,428, giving a ratio for the “Average Citations per Item” as 6 and “H-index” as 21. “Blackorby & Wagner” (1996) has had the highest impact on the literature. The results of this first ever such study of its kind, show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the students with disabilities in higher education.

Keywords: Students with disabilities; Higher education; Disabled students; Scientometrics; Research evaluation

Education

The evaluation of the educational research: A scientometric approach

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the educational research: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(4), pp. 1935-1948. SSCI. SCIE.

The scientometric analysis of the research has become one of the most used methods to assess the research performance of the individual researchers, departments, faculties, universities, countries, and journals in recent years. However, there has not been an extensive scientometric evaluation of the global research on the education to examine the development of the research in this area. The purpose of this study was to carry out a scientometric evaluation of the global research performed by the higher education institutions on the education using the Social Sciences Citation Index database (SSCI) for the period from 1980 to 2011. There were 179,832 studies in total for the whole period and 128,929 of them were articles, reviews, and proceedings papers. “Matson JL” was the most prolific author with 172 papers and the USA was the most prolific country with 79,566 papers comprising 61.7% of the papers produced globally. 97.1% of the papers were articles and 97.3% of them were written in English. “University of Wisconsin” was the most prolific higher education institution with 2,388 papers leading the top 19 US institutions. The number of papers published varied from 3,561 papers in 1980 to 7,945 papers in 2010 suggesting a gradual increase in the number of publications over time rather than an exponential growth as in biofuels and nanotechnology. “Phi Delta Kappan” was the most productive journal publishing 2,511 papers during the last three decades. A paper related to the acquisition of the literacy was the most cited paper with 1,285 citations [1]. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the global research on the education, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields such as renewable energies as well as students with disabilities providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field. It was concluded in this context that the incentive structures may have not been well designed to produce superior research performance in educational research as in hard sciences such as Engineering and Health Sciences especially in the design of the rules for the academic appointments and promotions in universities.

Keywords: Education; SSCI, incentive structures; research evaluation; research productivity; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

Terrorism

The evaluation of the interdisciplinary research on the terrorism: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the interdisciplinary research on the terrorism: A scientometric approach. Social Political Economic and Cultural Research 4(3-4), pp. 113-144.

The present study explores the characteristics of the interdisciplinary studies on the terrorism published during the last three decades and their implications using the scientometric techniques. The number of the studies on the terrorism has grown exponentially during this period with 9,165 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers have mostly been journal articles, reviews, book reviews, editorial materials, and proceedings papers being published predominantly in English. The US, England, and Israel, have been the three most prolific countries and the “Columbia University” has been the most prolific institution. “Galea S” has been the most prolific author and “Studies in Conflict Terrorism” has been the most prolific journal publishing whilst “Government Law” has been the most prolific subject area. The total number of citations has been 67,792 with 7.4 citations per paper and with “H-index” of 80. A paper by Galea et al. (2002) has had the highest impact on the literature. Both the research output and the citations have increased spectacularly after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City in 2001, making a peak in 2009. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the high-profile interdisciplinary research on the terrorism.

Keywords: Terrorism, research evaluation, interdisciplinary research, scientometrics, Web of Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

The evaluation of the research on the Arts and Humanities in Turkey: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the Arts and Humanities in Turkey: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part B: Social and Educational Studies 4(3), pp. 1603-1618. SSCI SCIE Scopus.

The present study explores the characteristics of the research on the Arts & Humanities carried out by the researchers in Turkey and published during the last three decades based on the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the Arts and Humanities and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period especially during the 2000s with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. However, the research performance of the researchers in Turkey in the fields of Arts and Humanities (1,705 papers and 1,745 citations) have lagged significantly behind the comparative performance of Turkey in the Social Sciences but especially in Hard Sciences like Engineering and Health Sciences. The US, England, and France have been the three most prolific collaborating countries. The “Bilkent Univ” has been the most prolific institution and “Almond I” of “Bogazici Univ” has been the most prolific author. “Milli Folklor” (National Folklore) has been the most prolific journal whilst “Archaeology” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 16 and “Kita & Ozyurek” [1] has had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the Arts and Humanities in Turkey, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields such as renewable energies as well as students with disabilities providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field. It was concluded in this context that the incentive structures have not been well designed to produce superior research performance in Arts & Humanities in Turkey as in Hard Sciences such as Engineering and Health Sciences especially in the design of the rules for the academic appointments and promotions in universities.

Keywords: Arts, Humanities, Architecture, A&HCI, incentive structures, research evaluation, research productivity, scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

Energy and Fuels

What have we learned from the citation classics in Energy and Fuels: A mixed study

Konur, O. (2012) What have we learned from the citation classics in Energy and Fuels: A mixed study. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 30(sp. is. 1), pp. 255-268. Also published. 30(2), 1307-1322 2013.. Scopus

The present study explores the content of 50 citation classics in Energy and Fuels published between 1945 and 2011 based on the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques, complementing a scientometric study of the global Energy and Fuels research as well as a scientometric study of 100 citation classics in Energy and Fuels. It was found that 50 citations classics included 9 papers on biofuels, 12 papers on combustion, 10 papers on energy storage and fuel cells, 8 papers on petroleum, 8 papers on solar cells, and 3 papers on waste treatment. These seminal papers provided a context for the stimulation of the future research in these dynamic areas with a focus on environment-friendly biofuels, fuel cells, and solar cells as a viable alternative for the fossil-based fuels for the key stakeholders. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the citation classics in Energy and Fuels, complementing the scientometric studies in the fields of the renewable energies as well as other dynamic research fields providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Energy; Fuels; Citation classics, Literature review, Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the global energy and fuels research: A scientometric approach

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the global energy and fuels research: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 30(1), pp. 613-628. SCIE Scopus.

The present study explores the characteristics of the global energy and fuels literature published between 1945 and 2011 based on the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the energy and fuels research output have grown spectacularly starting with 86 papers in 1972 and ending with 16,333 papers in 2011, showing superb performance in the 2000s triggered by the 2001 Twin-Tower terrorist attacks renewing the global anxiety on the energy supplies, with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. There were 150,253 papers published between 1972 and 2011 comprising 0.5% of the global literature indexed by the A&HCI, SSCI, and SCIE between 1945 and 2011. The US, China, and Japan have been the three most prolific countries. The “Indian Inst Technol” of India has been the most prolific institution and “Probert SD” of the Cranfield University has been the most prolific author. “Journal of Power Sources” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Energy Fuels” has been the most prolific subject area. A review paper on the nitrogen chemistry in combustion has had the highest impact on the literature with 1,565 citations. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the global research on the energy and fuels, complementing the scientometric studies in the fields of the renewable energies as well as other dynamic research fields providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Energy; Fuels; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

100 citation classics in Energy and Fuels

Konur, O. (2012) 100 citation classics in Energy and Fuels. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 30(s.i. 1), pp. 319-332. Also published: 30(2), pp. 1347-1362 2013. Scopus 2012

The present study explores the characteristics of 100 citation classics in Energy and Fuels published between 1945 and 2011 based on the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques, complementing a scientometric study of the global Energy and Fuels research. The results of this study reveal that a paper by Miller & Bowman (1989) on the nitrogen chemistry in combustion published in Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (journal ranking no: 1) had 1,565 citations with 65.2 citations per year. 56 of these classics were published after 2000 and 44 of them were published between 1972 and 1999. The number of publications made a peak between 2000 and 2004 with 37 papers. 44 and 56 of the citation classics were reviews and articles, respectively. The US and Europe were the major players with 45 and 31 citation classics, respectively, together having 76 classic papers. The US was over-represented and Europe, China, and Japan were under-represented in citation classics. There were 75 institutions worldwide producing citation classics in Energy and Fuels and 13 of them produced 38 citation classics. University of California was the most prolific institution with 8 classics. 5 journals published 65% of the citation classics and Journal of Power Sources (journal ranking no: 10) was the most prolific journal publishing 17 citation classics mostly in the area of energy storage and fuel cells. These five most prolific journals were over-represented in citation classics where 18 journals produced 100 citation classics. “Krebs FC” and “Westbrook CK” had 4 classics each. 69 of the classics had 2 or more authors. Engineering, Electrochemistry, and Thermodynamics were other prolific subject areas. Citation classics had more applied sciences and interdisciplinary focus. There were 25 papers on the energy storage and fuel cells, closely followed by 24 papers on the biofuels and 19 papers on the combustion, 14 papers each on petroleum and solar cells, and 5 papers on waste treatment. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the citation classics in Energy and Fuels, complementing the scientometric studies in the fields of the renewable energies as well as other dynamic research fields providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Energy; Fuels; Citation classics, Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

Bioenergy and Biofuels

The evaluation of the research on the microbial fuel cells: A scientometric approach

Konur O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the microbial fuel cells: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 29(1), pp. 309-322. SCIE. Scopus.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the MFCs has grown exponentially during this period with 1,185 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers mostly have been journal articles, reviews, and proceedings papers, published predominantly in English. The US, China, and South Korea have been the three most prolific countries. The “Penn State Univ” has been the most prolific institution and “Logan BE” of the US has been the most prolific author. “Bioresource Technology” has been the most prolific journal publishing 10.4% of the research output on the MFCs whilst, “Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology” has been the most prolific subject area covering 38.6% of the research output. There have been 24,743 citations with 20.88 citations per paper and “H-index” of 79. “Logan BE et al.” [1] has had the highest impact on the literature with 514 citations and 85.7 citations per year. Both the research output and the citations have increased spectacularly after 2004 making a respective peak in 2010. The results of this first-ever full scientometric study of its kind for the MFC research show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the high-profile edge-cutting research on the MFCs, complementing other research techniques such as literature reviews, meta-analyses, and content analyses as well as complementing the scientometric research on the other types of renewable energies such as bioenergy and biohydrogen.

Keywords: Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs); bioenergy, research evaluation; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

Prof. Dr. Ayhan Demirbas’ scientometric biography

Konur, O. (2012) Prof. Dr. Ayhan Demirbas’ scientometric biography. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 28(2), pp. 727-738. SCIE. Scopus

It is well established fact that Turkish scientists have increasingly contributed to the literature on the bio-energy in recent years. However, there has not been any biographic study of these scientists as well as scientists working in the field of bio-energy. Therefore, as a first-ever case study of Turkish scientists, this paper presents a scientometric biography of Prof. Dr. Ayhan Demirbas working in the area of bio-energy since 1980s. He produced 454 articles and reviews in the interdisciplinary areas relating to the bio-energy between 1984 and 2010 where 379 of them were indexed by the SCI or the SSCI. He received 7,309 citations for his 545 papers giving a ratio for the “Average Citations per Item” as 16.1 and “H-index” over 39 as of July 2011, suggesting that the scientific impact of his research on the relevant literature has been significant. This paper suggests that scientometric methods are useful for the evaluation of individual researchers and for publicizing their scientific achievement.

Keywords: Prof. Dr. Ayhan Demirbas; Bio-energy; Scientometric biography; Research productivity; Research evaluation

The evaluation of the biogas research: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the biogas research: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 29(2), pp. 1277-1292. SCIE. Scopus.

Abstract. The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the biogas published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the biogas and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period especially during the last decade with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. India, the US, and Germany have been the three most prolific countries. The “Indian Inst Technol” of India has been the most prolific institution and “Angelidaki I” of Denmark has been the most prolific author. “Bioresource Technology” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Engineering” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 70 and a paper on the pseudo-second order model for sorption processes has had the highest impact on the literature with 1,673 citations. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the biogas, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields of the renewable energies such as biofuels and higher education providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Biogas; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the bio-oil research: A scientometric approach

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the bio-oil research: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 30(s.i. 1), pp. 379-392. Also published: 30(2), pp. 1411−1424 2013. [Ener Educ Sci Tech-A] Scopus 2012.

The present study explores the characteristics of the bio-oil literature published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the bio-oil research output and the citations received have grown exponentially during the last decade after two decades of low performance with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. The US, China, and Turkey have been the three most prolific countries. The “Univ Sci Technol China” of China has been the most prolific institution and “Park YK” of South Korea has been the most prolific author. “Energy & Fuels” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Energy Fuels” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 63 and a paper on the pyrolysis of wood biomass for bio-oil has had the highest impact on the literature with 567 citations. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the bio-oil research, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields of the renewable energies and other dynamic research fields providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Bio-oil; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the biorefinery research: A scientometric approach.

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the biorefinery research: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 30(sp. is. 1), pp. 347-358. Also published: 30(2), pp. 1377-1390 2013. Scopus 2012.

The present study explores the characteristics of the biorefinery literature published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the biorefinery research output and the citations received have grown exponentially during the last decade after low performance of two decades triggered by the 2001 Twin-Tower terrorist attacks renewing the global anxiety on the energy supplies, with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. The US, Canada, and England have been the three most prolific countries. The “Michigan State Univ” of the US has been the most prolific institution and “Dale BE” of this university has been the most prolific author. “Bioresource Technology” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Biotechnology Applied Microbiology” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” has been 51 and a review paper on the biorefinery as a new manufacturing paradigm has had the highest impact on the literature with 994 citations. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the biorefinery, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields of the renewable energies as well as other dynamic research fields providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Biorefinery; Biomass; Biofuels; Bioenergy; Research evaluation; Research productivity; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the research on the biodiesel: A scientometric approach

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the biodiesel: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 28(2), pp. 1003-1014. SCIE. Scopus

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the biodiesel published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the biodiesel and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period especially after 2004 with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. The US, China, and Brazil have been the three most prolific countries. The “USDA” has been the most prolific institution and “Demirbas A” of Turkey has been the most prolific author. “Bioresource Technology” has been the most prolific journal whilst, “Energy & Fuels” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 102 and Ma & Hanna [1] has had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the biodiesel, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields of the renewable energies such as biohydrogen, bioenergy, biofuels, and microbial fuel cells, providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Biodiesel; Renewable fuels; Research evaluation; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the research on the bioethanol: A scientometric

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the bioethanol: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 28(2), pp. 1051-1064. SCIE. Scopus

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the bioethanol published during the last three decades based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the research output on the bioethanol and the citations received have grown exponentially during this period especially after 2004 with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. The US, China, and Japan have been the three most prolific countries. The “Tech Univ Denmark” has been the most prolific institution and “Zacchi G” of Sweden has been the most prolific author. “Bioresource Technology” has been the most prolific journal whilst “Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology” has been the most prolific subject area. “H-index” was 61 and “Demirbas A” [1] has had the highest impact on the literature. The scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the research on the bioethanol, complementing the scientometric studies in the other fields of the renewable energies such as biohydrogen, biodiesel, bioenergy, biofuels, and microbial fuel cells, providing a unique insight on the incentive structures for all the key stakeholders in the field.

Keywords: Bioethanol, renewable fuels, research evaluation; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the research on the biofuels: a scientometric approach

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the biofuels: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 28(2), pp. 903-916. SCIE. Scopus

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the biofuels published during the last three decades, based on the databases of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature on the biofuels has grown exponentially during this period reaching 6,770 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers mostly have been journal articles, reviews, and proceedings, predominantly in English. USA, China, and Germany have been the three most prolific countries. The “University of Illinois” has been the most prolific institution. The most prolific authors have been “Demirbas A” and “Minter SD”. “Biomass & Bioenergy” has been the most prolific journal whilst, “Energy Fuels” has been the most prolific subject area. The total number of citations is 79,304, giving a ratio for the “Average Citations per Item” as 11.71 and “H-index” as 101. Ragauskas et al. [1] has had the highest impact on the literature. Both the research output and the citations have thrived spectacularly after 2005. The results of this first ever such study of its kind, show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the high-profile research on the biofuels, complementing other research techniques.

Keywords: Biofuels; research evaluation; scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

The evaluation of the research on the biohydrogen: A scientometric approach

Konur, O. (2012) The evaluation of the research on the biohydrogen: A scientometric approach. Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research 29(1), pp. 323-338. SCIE. Scopus.

The present study explores the characteristics of the literature on the biohydrogen published during the last three decades, based on the databases of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and its implications using the scientometric techniques. The results of this study reveal that the literature on the biohydrogen has grown exponentially during this period with 1,218 papers in total with paralleling enormous changes in the research landscape. Papers mostly have been journal articles, reviews, and proceedings papers, published predominantly in English. China, the US, and Taiwan have been the three most prolific countries. The “National Cheng Kung University” of Taiwan has been the most prolific institution. “Ren NQ” of China and “Chang JS” of Taiwan have been the most prolific authors. “International Journal of Hydrogen Energy” has been the most prolific journal publishing 42.7% of the research output on the biohydrogen whilst, “Energy & Fuels” has been the most prolific subject area covering 60.7% of the research output. The total number of citations has been 20,972, with 17.22 citations per paper and with “H-index” of 66. Huber et al. [1] has had the highest impact on the literature with 637 citations and 106.2 citations per year. Both the research output and the citations have increased spectacularly after 2005, making a respective peak in 2010. The results of this first ever scientometric study of its kind for the biohydrogen research show that the scientometric analysis has a great potential to gain valuable insights into the evolution of the high-profile research on the biohydrogen, complementing other research techniques such as literature reviews, meta-analyses, and content analyses as well as the emerging research on other types of renewable energies.

Keywords: Biohydrogen; Production processes, Research evaluation; Scientometrics; Web of Knowledge

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