Özet:

Turkey has adopted a national vision for 2023 to be one of the world’s top 10 economies. Given the process of knowledge-based economic development, the realization of this national vision of Turkey depends not only on its own scientific production, but also on the scientific production of other countries. In this context, the study of the number of scientific publications in Turkey by year, comparison with the countries of the world and determination of the countries in which it is competing in global information production is the purpose of this study. The research is a research in the scanning model, and the directional scanning scheme has been followed. In the process of analysis, the addresses of Turkey were taken to study the number of scientific publications and the number of scientific publications belonging to the countries of the world. The number of international broadcasts of the countries is accessed online from the SCImago platform. The number of scientific publications of 94 countries between 1996 and 2017 has been included in the data set. On the data set, in the first phase, the average number of broadcasts per year from the world countries for all countries is calculated. In the second phase, the distribution was compared by the years relating to the number of broadcasts of Turkey and the world media of 94 countries. Finally, a cumulative analysis was made to determine which of the world’s broadcasting collections in terms of the number of broadcasts in Turkey was included in the process spread over the years. Analysis showed that the number of publications in Turkey was below the world average until 2005 and that it was the first time that it exceeded this average in 2005 and then showed a noticeable increase. Furthermore, the countries of the world were gathered into three groups in the form of the upper, middle and bottom group in terms of broadcast numbers, and Turkey was ranked in the bottom group both in 1996, both in 2006-2007 (over average) and in 2017. Turkey is in the bottom of the group, and it is out of the 19th ordinary fifth. When the research findings are assessed in a whole, the conclusion has been made that Turkey should be included in the same group with the countries it aims to compete, by observing the quantity-quality balance, and by providing an increase in the number of scientific publications. In line with this result, recommendations for the re-evaluation of academic upgrades, incentives and project funding practices that affect scientists’ career and production planning were presented.

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