Abstract
Bibliometric Analysis of Postgraduate Theses Written on Geographical Indications
This research was carried out to determine the bibliometric properties of postgraduate theses on geographical indication within the framework of various parameters and to contribute to the literature. The research data were obtained from the database of the Higher Education Council National Thesis Center (YOKTEZ). 45 theses made between 2001-2019 could be reached in the research using the keywords of geographical indication, geographical indicated and geographical indicating. Two theses not related to the subject were excluded from the evaluation, and a total of 43 theses, 34 of which were master theses and 9 were of doctoral dissertations, were examined within the scope of the research. These types of theses were analyzed and interpreted according to the year of publication, the title of the advisor, the university, institute, department, subject, keywords used and the research method. The findings reveal that the number of theses has increased in recent years and the most studies were carried out in 2019 (30.2%). In the study, it is seen that the theses are mostly prepared under the consultancy of academicians with the title of Professor Dr. (46.5%). Theses were carried out within 28 universities, 5 institutes and 18 departments. Institutes with the most studies; social sciences (61.5%) and natural sciences (27.9%), and the branches that made the most studies were tourism management (18.6%) and agricultural economics (18.6%). These studies focus on issues such as geographical indication consumer perception, geographical indications, geographical indication protection, geographical indication tourism relationship, geographical indication gastronomy relationship, the effect of geographical indication on rural development and the economic effects of geographical indication.
Keywords
Geographical Indication, Bibliometric Analysis, Postgraduate Theses.
