Zihin kuramı üzerine çocuklarda yapılan araştırmaların bibliyometrik analizi

The concept of theory of mind continues to be the focus of attention by researchers by maintaining its importance on the basis of different disciplines and development areas.. This concept includes children's interpretation of the thoughts, feelings, desires, etc. of others in their daily lives. In this context, the researches in the Web of Science database on theory of mind and children from 1985 to 2022 were examined by bibliometric analysis method. It was seen that the annual scientific production of the documents obtained increased by associating them with different disciplines, that the studies were generally written in English, that the publications were mostly made in the USA and that the researchers in the USA fed the researchers in other countries on the relevant subject, and that the journals with the most publications were mostly from the fields of special education, education or child development. Keywords: Theory of mind, child and theory of mind, child, bibliometric analysis.