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Subject: The study was conducted in Turkey with the aim of studying emotional intelligence in the field of nursing in terms of various bibliometric characteristics. Method: In the study, studies on emotional intelligence in the field of nursing between 2004 and 2017 have been scaned from the Ulakbim National Thesis Scanning and Google Academic Databases, and 33 studies have reached the full text. In the literature scan, the keywords were used as "inheritance", "emotional intelligence", "bibliometric analysis". Results: 69.70% of the type of studies contained articles, 36.36% contained 2 authors, much published in 2014, more than half used 3 keywords, 87. 87 were conducted in the identifying type of research, the page length of the studies varied from 5 to 322 pages, the study used a total of 1779 sources and 63.85% of the sources were Turkish, the source type preferred many articles, 59 sources showed and "Peter Salovey" was ranked first. Results: The study of scientific publications related to emotional intelligence in the field of nursing has been done as an identifiable research by close to all in terms of bibliometric characteristics, the study has found that the use of English resources in the field of nursing has been reduced, and the books related to emotional intelligence have been less preferred. Keywords: Nursing; Emotional Intelligence; Bibliometric Analysis ABSTRACT Investigation of Emotional Intelligence Studies in Nursing with Bibliometric Analysis Aim: Studies in Nursing in Turkey's studies on emotional intelligence is made to investigate various bibliometric terms of features. Method: In this study the scientific publications, conducted about emotional intelligence in nursing field between 2004 and 2017, were examined from Ulakbim National Thesis Screening and Google Academic databases and only 33 studies were considered with their full text. Key words of "nursing", "emotional intelligence" and "bibliometric analysis" were used in the literature search. Results: It was found that 69.70% of the studies were articles, 36. 36% had two authors, the most of the studies were published in 2014, more than half of the studies used 3 keywords, 87.87% were conducted in descriptive research type, the number of pages ranged between 5 and 322 pages, a total of 1779 resources were used and 63.85% of the resources are in Turkish, article was the most preferred resource type, Peter Salovey was ranked first with 59 references. Conclusion: In nursing field, it was observed that almost all the scientific publications studying emotional intelligence in terms of bibliometric features are done as descriptive research, the studies in English are less used and books related to emotional intelligence are less preferred. Keywords: Nursing; Emotional Intelligence; Bibliometric Analysis