Bibliometric profile of graduate theses regarding “Medical and aromatic plants” in Türkiye

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to reveal the bibliometric profile of graduate (master's and doctorate) studies written on "Medical and Aromatic Plants" in Türkiye in terms of various criteria. For this purpose, the thesis search engine of the Council of Higher Education (CoHE) was searched with the keywords "medical and aromatic plants, aromatic plants and medical plants” in Turkish. As a result of the scanning, 149 graduate theses were identified and 7 of these theses are not open to access. Of the 142 theses, 118 are master's thesis, 23 are doctoral thesis, and 1 is a specialization in medicine. 42% of the graduate theses were conducted under the advisor of professors. The theses were written in many different universities and departments. It has been determined that biology is the subject most covered in graduate theses. Four graduate theses were written in English. 36% of the graduate theses used between 51-100 references. Foreign references were used more in the majority of theses. 77% of the theses were written in the range of 51-150 pages. Quantitative method was used as a method in the majority of theses. In terms of keywords, there is not keywords were used in 8 theses. The most frequently used keywords are medicinal plant(s), medicinal and aromatic plant(s) and aromatic plant(s), respectively. This study guides scientists who want to work on medicinal and aromatic plants.