A bibliometric evaluation on furniture joints studies

Abstract

Furniture joint one of the most critical point in furniture construction and it is one of the most governor part of the furniture construction. Therefore, many studies focuses on furniture joint from USA to China. This study aims to reveal the current structure of studies conducted in the literature on furniture joints. The study is structured in three basic stages. Firstly, a comprehensive literature study on furniture joints was carried out. Then, the sample of the study was determined as 253 articles with the keyword furniture joint in the Web of Science database. In the third stage, bibliometric analyzes were carried out. VOSviewer and Biblioshiny programs were used in the analysis, and the sample group was determined according to some parameters such as country, author, study year, university and study name. The results indicated that 2018 was the year for the highest numbers of furniture joint studies. Eckelman, Zhang, and Erdil were the pioneers authors on furniture joints studies. USA and Canada were the first countries where furniture joints studies initiated. Currently, Türkiye is the leading country on furniture joint studies, and China is getting popular country in the subject of the study. Besides, Purdue University and Mugla Sitki Kocman University is the accommodations which published the highest number studies on furniture joints. Additionally, the biometric analisys of the study showed that Forest Products Journal published the highest number furniture joint papers.