Publications in the Field of Theatre: Bibliometric Analysis of International Theatre Studies.

The purpose of this study is to examine international publications in the field of theatre using bibliometric analysis methods. For this purpose, scientific articles published in the journals listed in Web of Science are analysed. A total of 8,047 articles published from 1975 to 2021are included in the analysis. Descriptive bibliometric analysis and social network mapping method are used to examine data. According to the analysis, the first three countries that have contributed the most to the field of theatre are the USA, England and Canada. In terms of citations, the most cited articles in the field are also published in the most cited journals in the field. Moreover, the most frequently cited books in the field are related to publications that improve the intellectual structure of the field. In terms of co-author citation analysis, our study shows that the most frequently cited authors are Shakespeare, Brecht, Boal, Schechner and Beckett. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]