Evaluation of The Studies on Unmanned Aircraft System Safety Management Systems with Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

UAV operations and their literature are developing rapidly. Along with the increasing number of risky situations, new technologies and measures are being developed to eliminate the unsafe situations created by them. Increasing UAVs have potential to lead to unsafe situations in airspace with incident and accident background. In addition to all other studies related to UAVs, studies on safety management systems, as well as other topics related to the safety management system, need to increase. In this study, a bibliometric analysis of the studies on UAVs between the years 2003-2022 was conducted from the perspective of safety management. For this purpose, the publications found in the Dimensions database were examined. Those publications related to UAVs were filtered according to certain criteria such as year, author, country, institution, and a sample was formed with 741 publications by using bibliometric analysis method. VOSViewer application was used for bibliometric analysis and the achieved data were visualized in the form of tables, graphics and visual maps. The findings show that the vast majority of publications on keywords were published in 2021. The most cited publication was written by Colomina and Molina in 2014. Most of the publications came up from the United States of America in total where 86 studies were conducted. The most cited organization is the University of Florida. In the cluster work, the words of remote sensing, sensor, and drones appear frequently.