Türkiye’de Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Araştırmacılarının İnterdisipliner Yayın Kalıpları: Disiplin Sınırlarını Aşmak

This study examines the interdisciplinary publication patterns of Information and Document Management (IDM) / Information and Records Management researchers in Turkey, determining whether their academic publishing trends align with global tendencies in the field. A data-driven and reproducible research methodology was adopted. Journal articles of 100 IDM researchers from 13 active universities in Turkey were compiled from the YÖK Academic database. Additionally, the publications were analyzed using respective journals obtained from the TR Dizin database. Word2Vec was utilized to identify semantic relationships, UMAP was used for visualization, and the Radius of Gyration (ROG) was computed to express researchers’ interdisciplinary tendencies quantitatively. T-tests and ANOVA were applied to assess differences based on demographic variables. The findings reveal that the average ROG value of IDM researchers in Turkey is 7.23, indicating a general tendency to transcend disciplinary boundaries. No significant differences in interdisciplinary tendencies were found based on academic rank, gender, or institution. The study deepens the understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of the IDM field, introduces methodological innovations through advanced data analysis methods, and contributes to the literature by creating a unique dataset. Future research should explore interdisciplinary tendencies in the IDM field by utilizing more extensive datasets and conducting international comparative analyses.