Abstract:

Bibliometric analysis has recently been recognized as a very important field of scientific expertise and has become an integral part of research and evaluation methodology. The analysis in question is based on statistical methods to reveal changes in verbal and numerical parameters on a determined subject, and to determine the profile and trends of publications related to the subject. In this study, it is aimed to determine research tendencies in graduate studies about Mehmet Akif Ersoy, who has been the subject of many researches with his life, thoughts, works, personality, and bibliometric analysis method. For this purpose, postgraduate theses about Mehmet Akif Ersoy in Turkey were obtained from the Higher Education Council National Thesis Center and analyzed and the numerical data obtained were evaluated on the axis of percentage and frequency. In this direction, it has been tried to determine the tendencies of the subjects related to the subject, original language, type, year of writing, the university, the department and the content of the studies carried out in this direction. As a result of the study, it was determined that while the selection of graduate thesis topics were collected under the headings of comparison with literati, literary examination, intellectual examination and general examination of his life or works, it was determined that very little work was done on the axis of the grammar he used in his works and the selected themes in his works.