Jun 2026· Eurasian Journal of History· Vol 12232, pp. 83-97· 0 citations· 4 references
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This article presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of scholarly research on ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union over the period 2001–2025. The study is based on 484 peer-reviewed articles indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, reflecting the expansion of structured academic metadata and the increasing scholarly interest in post-Soviet studies over the past two decades. The primary aim is to identify key thematic developments, patterns of international collaboration, and the intellectual structure of this interdisciplinary research field. The analysis employs VOSviewer software and integrates several bibliometric techniques, including keyword co-occurrence analysis, co-authorship network mapping, and bibliographic coupling. The dataset was carefully cleaned and standardized using a thesaurus approach to ensure consistency in keywords and author affiliations. This methodological framework allows for a systematic visualization of relationships between research topics, authors, and countries. The results reveal four major thematic clusters that define the field: (1) migration, diaspora, and identity transformation, focusing on acculturation and integration processes; (2) state governance, nationalism, and minority rights, emphasizing language policy and ethnopolitical dynamics; (3) public health, demographic inequality, and socioeconomic outcomes, highlighting disparities in well-being and population trends; and (4) localized case studies, particularly in the Baltic region, addressing religion, education, and minority integration at the regional level. The findings demonstrate a steady increase in academic output, particularly after 2015, indicating a growing global interest in Soviet minority issues. The United States, Israel, Russia, and Germany emerge as the leading contributors, while post-Soviet countries such as Ukraine, Estonia, and Georgia show increasing research activity and integration into international academic networks. The co-authorship and bibliographic coupling analyses further reveal strong transnational collaboration patterns and shared intellectual foundations across national research communities. Overall, the study provides a systematic overview of Soviet minority research, offering new insights into its thematic composition, geographic distribution, and interdisciplinary nature. It contributes to a deeper understanding of how academic discourse on minorities has evolved and highlights key directions for future research in postSoviet and comparative studies.
This study aimed to map, the annual growth pattern, publication and citation performance, scientific visibility at the levels of authors, journals, institutions and countries, and the conceptual structure based on keyword cooccurrence of publications focusing on the social inclusion and social integration of migrants.
A retrospective bibliometric analysis methodology was used. The data were searched for in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database in English between 2013-2023. The analysis was performed using VOSwiever (1.6.20) software program.
A total of 95 countries, 1886 institutions, 4729 authors and 1101 journals contributed to 2000 studies. The most productive author was “Ramon Spaaij.” The journal with the most articles and cited was “Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.” The country that provided the most support for published articles was the USA. The most frequently used keywords were “social integration,” “social inclusion,” “migration,” “refugees,” “migrants,” “integration,” “discrimination,” “social capital,” “employment/labour market,” “transnationalism,” “housing” and “Covid-19.”
The trends and research gaps identified in this bibliometric analysis may contribute to the development of more targeted population research, public policies and social frameworks for designing social support systems and integration strategies for migrants.
This study demonstrates the increasing importance given to the social inclusion and integration of migrants over the last decade. Therefore, research collaborations and networks should be encouraged for researchers and policymakers on successful social inclusion and integration of migrants.
Irem Huri Karabiyik, A. Ilgaz· International Journal of Mig...· 0 citations
This study aims to map the intellectual and conceptual landscape of the B Corp movement within the scientific literature through a quantitative bibliometric analysis. Utilising the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database, the research analyses 108 peer-reviewed articles published between 2007 and 2025. Data visualisation and network analysis, including co-authorship and keyword co-occurrence, were performed using the VOSviewer software. The results show that the number of publications has been growing exponentially since 2011, and the majority of the articles are in the business and management field. A total of 282 keywords were evaluated, and “B Corp” (total link strength: 315) and “Corporate Social Responsibility” (total link strength: 92) were identified as central conceptual pillars. The most cited influential work is by Julie Battilana and Alnoor Ebrahim, with 728 citations. Geographic concentration is still strong in the USA and Europe, but research on emerging economies, such as Türkiye, where there are presently 15 certified B Corps, is critically lacking. The results show a conceptual move from general corporate responsibility to specific issues of 'social impact' and 'employee ownership'. The paper concludes with a research agenda for future research that can help bridge the gap between global norms and local institutional contexts, particularly for researchers in Türkiye.
Şafak Altay· Trends in Business and Econo...· 0 citations
The intersection of digital humanities (DH) and library science has fundamentally reshaped libraries, transforming them from traditional repositories into active collaborators in digital scholarship. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the current state and evolution of research on DH and libraries from 2004 to 2024. Researchers gathered data from the Scopus database in October 2024. Afterwards, the data was structured to ensure relevance for analyzing outputs from contributors, sources, countries, and affiliations worldwide using Biblioshiny and VOSViewer. This study presents data on publication patterns, most cited documents, annual growth, collaborations, and network mapping of digital humanities literature within the context of libraries. The study shows a significant research trend over time, with a spike in 2014 and 2020, with Warwick as the most relevant author and the USA as the leading producing country. This topic allows further investigation beyond libraries worldwide. The current study is unique in that it examines digital humanities in the context of libraries using data from Scopus. The topic is still evolving and is thus in its infancy. The findings are helpful to researchers in determining future research directions.
Azka Shahzad, Tuhin Ahmad Shubha· Journal of Knowledge & C...· 0 citations
This article, which presents a bibliometric analysis of discourse analysis research in Türkiye, systematically evaluates nearly 50 years of production in the field using the Scopus database. The findings of the research indicate that discourse studies in Türkiye are predominantly concentrated in the social sciences and humanities. The most prominent thematic concentrations are on political discourse, nationalism, populism, gender, and European Union debates. While Critical Discourse Analysis stands out as the dominant methodological approach, innovative techniques such as multimodal analysis or corpus-based methods appear to be insufficient. An examination of language preferences reveals that English is overwhelmingly preferred for global visibility, while Turkish remains an important local production language. Institutional performance analyses reveal that Bilkent, Koç, and Boğaziçi universities hold leading positions in terms of both publication volume and citation impact. An examination of collaborative networks among authors reveals that individuals such as Deniz Zeyrek and Bedrettin Yazan play a central role. However, it is also true that a significant portion of the 2,883 authors remain outside these collaborative networks. International collaborations and citation rates demonstrate that the integration of researchers in Türkiye with the global academy is becoming increasingly stronger, but this interaction can be further enhanced. The study also points to significant gaps in the existing literature. The limited number of discourse studies in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, the inadequate research in contemporary contexts such as digital platforms and artificial intelligence, and the limited methodological diversity are among the most prominent shortcomings.