THE SCIENTOMETRIC EVALUATION OF THE THESES ON THE ‘ENVIRONMENT’ FIELD

Abstract

The environment is a whole area where creatures interact with and maintain their relations throughout their lives. Environment is all of the biological, geographical and social factors that influence lives at a given time, directly or indirectly, that determine the development. The aim of the study is to explore the multidisciplinary frame of environment and the characteristics of the literature on the environment. The method of study is scientometrics concentrate on some quantitative parameters (e.g. subject area, distribution of the papers by the year, most publishing research institutions) of scientific researches. Council of Higher Education (CHE) data base was scanned and analyzed thesis which published between the years 2004-2017. Data comprise of 219 theses which contain the word “environment” within title. The results of this study revealed that the theses were written in the field of environment dealing with especially “Attitude” maximum priority followed by “Environmental literacy” and “Effect”.