SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION PRODUCTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION: THE CASE OF FIVE UNIVERSTIES

Abstract

This study examines the scientific publication productivity of the faculty members working in the Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education (SSME), the Division of Chemistry Education of five universities in Turkey between 2007 and 2011. The publication production of the concerning faculty members -working as an assistant professor, associate professor and professor- in science and social sciences was compared and the received citations for the concerning studies were evaluated. The articles produced by the faculty members between 2007 and 2011 were indexed in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) and Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) databases. In addition, received citations for the concerning articles in SSCI and SCI-E databases between 2007 and 2012 were assessed. As a result, it was observed that the publication profiles of these five universities were different from each other.

Keywords: Chemistry education, publication production, article

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