Producción Científica

The use of social media, which adds a new dimension to communication technologies, is increasing on a daily basis, and the frequency of use is increasing, particularly during times of crisis such as natural disasters. Individuals attempt to communicate with their families and their environment during natural disasters in order to obtain information about their personal safety. Furthermore, individuals attempt to obtain or share information about basic needs such as search and rescue, first aid, food, shelter, transportation, and security. In situations where telephone networks are unable to provide services due to a surge in calls and messaging following a disaster, social media platforms offer individuals various communication alternatives and advantages. From this perspective, the purpose of the study is to highlight the significance of social media platforms in times of crisis, such as natural disasters, and to evaluate academic studies conducted within the context of this topic using the bibliometric analysis technique. In this context, the articles retrieved from the “Web of Science” and “Google Scholar” databases between 2012 and 2023 were analyzed comprehensively, and the resulting data were presented in tabular format. The results of the analysis indicate that “The Australian Journal of Emergency Management” and “Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness” were the two journals that published the most articles on the topic in 2016 and 2020, and 26 studies received a total of 4,152 citations. Approximately one-third of the authors received more than one thousand citations, and the same number of quantitative and qualitative analysis was utilized in the studies. The analyses conducted indicate the existence of studies highlighting the strategic use of social media in natural disaster crises, as well as the possibility of detecting, predicting, and mapping events through the technological infrastructure employed by social media tools. These studies also emphasize the importance of social media in facilitating better content dissemination during natural disaster crises.

The aim of this study was to examine the studies on disasters published in the field of nursing between January 2012 and July 2023. Research data were obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) database. Disaster-related researches published in nursing were searched in WoS with the keywords “disaster”, “catastrophe”, “calamity”, “stunner”, “cataclysm”, “nursing”, “nursing care”. Bibliometric analyzes were performed using the VOSviewer software. 270 studies were included in our study. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that most of the studies in the field were published in 2021. The most prolific author was Abbas Ebadi and the most cited author was De Los Santos. The most productive country is the USA and the most cited country is the Philippines. Turkey ranks tenth in terms of productivity and twelfth in terms of citation. The most productive institution is Karolinska Institute and the most cited institution is Sultan Qaboos University. The most productive and most cited journal on the subject is Journal of Nursing Management and the most bibliographically matched work is Labrague (2020). The most used keywords in the field were found to be Covid-19, nurses, nursing, pandemic, disaster, disasters, disaster nursing, qualitative research, mental health, emergency preparedness. As a result of our study, it was seen that disaster-related research in the field of nursing continues to increase. It is thought that the results obtained in this study will contribute to the evaluation of the current status of disaster-related nursing studies and to guide future studies.

This study aims to examine the theses that address the topic of earthquakes with psychological variables at the Higher Education Council’s National Thesis Center (YÖK) using bibliometric and thematic analysis methods. Therefore, the theses uploaded to the YÖK National Thesis Center until 24.09.2023 were scanned with the keywords “deprem” and “earthquake”, resulting in access to 2650 theses. When the relevant theses were limited to the psychology dimension within the context of the topic, 50 postgraduate theses were accessed. In the research, bibliometric analysis was conducted on the theses; university type, city-university name, year, thesis type, advisor title, institute, department, topic, sample group, and thesis methodology were examined. Thematic analysis was used to discuss the similarities and differences of the psychological variables addressed in the theses. Bibliometric studies provide support in offering ideas for new research. Thematic studies, on the other hand, evaluate the existing situation in detail. As a result of bibliometric analysis, it was observed that the studies addressing earthquakes in the psychological dimension were prepared in different types, departments, and institutes. It was concluded that quite different groups were selected as samples, and research method was mainly quantitative in design. In the thematic analysis, two themes were obtained; the psychosocial consequences of earthquakes and the factors affecting the consequences of earthquakes. In conclusion, this study provides an opportunity to evaluate studies that address individuals’ psychological experiences during earthquake processes. Moreover, considering Turkey is a country in an earthquake zone, it can be said that the research results will provide a perspective for different psychosocial studies related to earthquakes.

A bibliometric analysis of 1000 publications were obtained from the Publish and Perish application from 2000-2023, which is then processed in VOSviewer to display the connection and relevance between publications. This research produced 826 journal articles, 128 proceedings articles, 29 book chapters, 6 posted content, 3 datasets, 3 others, 2 components, 2 reports, and 1 book. In addition, the most frequently used keyword is driver, and 2019 was the year with the most publications, 109. In conclusion, research on driver’s behavior on signalized intersections is still relevant and can be used for research discussion.