Bibliometric analysis of intangible cultural heritage scientific publications with data visualization technique.

The aim of this research is to bibliometric evaluation of theses, articles and papers made in the field of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). The research covers scientific publications on ICH in YOK National Thesis Center, Dergipark Academic and YOK Academic database. The research sample consists of 211 academic publications, including 54 graduate theses and 136 articles and 21 reports which were obtained as a result of the searches conducted between 27-31 August 2020. In evaluation of these publications, frequency and percentage analysis were used together and were discussed in cross tables in terms of various bibliometric parameters. Tableau software was used for the visualization of the data. As a result of the research, it was observed that the publications related to ICH started to increase especially after 2015. It is seen that the academic studies on ICH are mostly carried out by the Department of Turkish Folklore, and the language of most of the publications and their reference sources are Turkish. It has been determined that the most intense element that the publications deal with in terms of ICH values/elements are handicrafts and the most studies are carried out in the field of protecting ICH.