Affiliation:
1. Marmara University, Turkey
Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to reveal the research profile and intellectual accumulation of Turkey in the field of biotechnology by using bibliometric methods for the period 1973-2016. To this end, the period studied in this framework is divided into two sub-periods (1973-2003 and 2004-2016). Thus, it was aimed to analyze the effects of the Vision 2023 strategy document, which appeared in the 2000s and which considers biotechnology as one of the strategic technologies to be developed as a priority. Using the dataset created from the scanned records in the ISI Web of Science database, Turkey's publication trends, collaboration patterns, preferred journals and research subject areas were identified. Despite the improvement observed in publication performance and cooperation for the 2004-2006 sub-period, Turkey has lagged behind countries such as Brazil, India, and China, especially in terms of publication performance.