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In this study, international research papers by Turkish scholars on social studies education were investigated. The sample was selected among published journals of education indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database, such as Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded). The obtained data were analyzed via the bibliometric analysis method using version 1.6.17 of VOSviewer software. The results revealed that the first publication in the relevant indexes was released in 2005, and after 2007 the number of publications showed an increasing trend. In addition, it was found that "Educational Sciences-Theory & Practice" and "Education and Science" were among the international journals that most frequently published papers on social studies education, while Kaya Yilmaz, Arife Figen Ersoy, and Handan Deveci were the most cited authors. Results also revealed that Anadolu University, Marmara University, and Gazi University were identified as the institutions that published most papers while they were also cited most. Finally, the most frequently used common keywords were determined as "social studies", "social studies education", "pre-service social studies teachers"; "academic achievement", "citizenship education" and "values education".

This research, which tries to reveal the views of social studies teachers on ideal citizenship and the extent to which they consider themselves as ideal citizen was designed under the basic qualitative research pattern evaluated within the perspective of qualitative research. The participant group of the research consists of 19 social studies teachers working in various provinces of Turkey during the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. The participants were determined by the easily accessible case sampling method. Again, the research data were collected with a semi-structured interview form prepared by the research group and the collected data were analyzed through content analysis and descriptive analysis. The research results show that the study findings are concentrated around three main themes. The first of these themes is "The ideal citizen and its characteristics", the second one is "Am I an ideal citizen?" and the third one is "Supports and obstacles in my ideal citizenship". It has been concluded that participants focused more on the concepts of responsibility, sensitivity, and patriotism in the theme of "The ideal citizen and its characteristics", also those who consider themselves as ideal citizens explained the reason for this situation as being responsible and patriotic, those who see themselves as partly ideal citizens consider themselves insensitive; Finally, factors such as social factors, environmental factors, education, and the profession have a tremendous effect on being an ideal citizen as in the "the support and obstacles in my ideal citizenship" theme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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