Representing Scientific Trends In Crisis Management: Analysis of Master and Doctoral Theses

The aim of this investigation is to highlight the bibliometric features of crisis management research in Turkey to demonstrate the academic background and to provide a clear picture of the field. For this, 161 master and doctoral theses written from 1992 to 2017, and with the keyword “crises communication” in their titles were analyzed by using content analysis technique. The quantitative increase of the theses is in line with the diversity of research subjects. In this study, 25 research topics are explained. However, there is a large number of theses related to business issues. The used keywords also vary in parallel with the variety of subjects. A total of 185 different keywords have been used and the average number of used keywords is five. “Crisis Management” and “Crisis” have been the most commonly used keywords. The other 183 keywords are closely related to the diversity of the thesis topics studied in different disciplines. The first three ranks of scientific sources consist of books, articles, and theses written in Turkish, especially in the field of business and crises management. This situation shows a quite high existence of Turkish writers who contribute to the business and crisis management literature with permanent and classical studies. However, the fact that specific journals related to crisis management are not found among the most frequently cited subjects is one of the issues that have to be considered