Biyoklimatik Konfor Üzerine Yapılan Çalışmaların Bibliyometrik Analizi

Abstract

Bioclimatic comfort can be defined as the situation in which people are not disturbed by climatic factors such as temperature, humidity and wind in their environment.Today, especially in cities where dense construction is seen, the formation of unsuitable conditions in terms of bioclimatic comfort can lead to negative effects on people's physical and psychological health and work efficiency. In the study, it was aim to explain when, how, where and by whom the concept of Bioclimatic comfort, whose importance is increasing day by day, began to be evaluated, what the prominent concepts were and their relations with each other. The universe of the study was determined as the SCOPUS database, and within this framework, 367 sources and 835 scientific documents constitute the sample volume of the study. By bibliometric analysis, scientific documents related to the study subject, document types, fields of study, authors, institutions, countries, citation situations and their relations with each other were tried to be revealed.
 As a result of the study, it is seen that the studies on the concept have increased in the last twenty years. It is seen that the most publications were made in Brazil, Spain and Italy, and the most of the studies were published in the journals covering the subject of environment, energy, building (building, housing) and sustainable cities. As a result of the bibliometric analysis, when the publications related to bioclimatic comfort, the scope of the journals in which the publications are included, the keywords, and the expertise of the authors are evaluated, it is seen that the concept is generally focused on climate, climate change, microclimate, buildings (housing), energy use, and sustainable development. In line with the findings, it is possible to say that the Bioclimatic comfort study area has been increasingly developed and changed from past to present.