Boş Zaman ve Rekreasyon Konulu Tezler Üzerine Bibliyometrik Bir Çalışma
A Bibliometric Study on Theses on Leisure and Recreation

Summary/Abstract: This study was carried out in order to evaluate the framework of the bibliometric characteristics of graduate theses in the field of leisure and recreation prepared in Turkey. Within the context of the research, graduate theses published in Turkey between 1987-2019 were examined. The data were obtained from the National Thesis Center (YÖKTEZ) database of the Higher Education Council on 24-25.10.2019. Theses were scanned with the keywords “recreation”, “leisure”, “leisure time” and 536 graduate theses were included in the study. Theses included in the research were evaluated within the framework of parameters of “the year of publication, type of thesis, keywords, department, applied research method, data analysis technique, sub-dimensions and related concepts”. Distributions of percentage and frequency were analyzed in the analysis of the subject data; bibliometric analyses were used. As a result of the analysis, it is determined that the number of graduate theses related to recreation and leisure in physical education and sports sciences, recreation, landscape architecture and tourism departments are higher than other departments. It is observed that graduate theses are concentrated in recreation activities and recreational activities sub-dimension. In addition, it is concluded that recreation and leisure concepts are frequently examined as associated with the concepts of tourism, sports and landscape.

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