BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF STUDIES ON BURNOUT IN MIDWIVES

The aim of this study was to conduct a bibliometric analysis of research articles on burnout in midwives in journals published in the "Web of Science" database in 2015-2024. The research articles were analysed using the basic data in Web of Science and VoSviewer software. According to the analyses; the highest number of research articles on the subject was published in 2022 (120); the country with the highest number of research articles was Australia (219); the institution with the highest number of publications was "Monash University" in Australia (39); "Peter Van Bogaert" (15) from the University of Antwerp; "Women And Birth" (38) is the journal with the highest number of publications; "European Union" (12) is the institution that provides the most financial support; "Nursing" (397) is the subject area with the highest number of publications. According to the network map analysis, it was found that the most frequently used keyword was "burnout"; the keywords "job satisfaction", "stress" and "Covid-19" were frequently preferred together; the most cited journal was "Journal of Advanced Nursing"; the most cited author was "Christina Maslach"; Australia ranked first in the co-authorship country analysis and the "Griffith University" institution in Australia ranked first in the co-citation analysis. As a result of the study, it has been observed that the subject is still interesting in the academic field and that financial support can be obtained from many institutions, especially the European Union, for studies on the subject.