Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Studies Focusing on the Research Topic of Recreation History: WoS (1980-2024)

This study was conducted to reveal the performance status and conceptual structure of articles focused on the research topic of recreation history. For this purpose, relevant articles were filtered according to the identified scientific components, and 964 articles, along with their tables and data files, were downloaded from the WoS database. Performance and scientific mapping analyses were conducted on the data in the tables obtained by testing these data with the relevant analysis program. As a result of the performance analysis, it was determined that articles focused on the research topic performed better by being published in English in 2023, in the Environmental Sciences-Ecology research field, and in SCI-Expanded indexed journals. Furthermore, it was determined that the most cited article globally was Halpenny's (2010) article at doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.04.006. As a result of the scientific mapping analysis, relevant articles were ranked in terms of usage counts: In terms of total scientific collaboration, recreation, history, and management performed better with the keywords recreation, management, and impacts, but less so with the keywords wilderness, vegetation, sports, endurance, and outdoors.