Amaç: Bibliyometrik çalışmalar, taramış olduğu literatürün tür, dil, yıl, konu, metot gibi özelliklerini incelemektedir. Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'de sosyal bilimler alanında "kadın" konusunda yazılmış YÖK tez veri tabanında yer alan erişime açık 2008-2018 yılları arasındaki 738 adet lisansüstü tez, bibliyometrik özellikleri açısından incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'de kadın konusunu farklı amaçlarla ele alan 738 adet lisansüstü tezin kapsamlı incelemesini yaparak bibliyometrik bir profil oluşturmaktır.Yöntem: Çalışmada içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında tezler, yıl, tür, dil, üniversite, enstitü, anabilim dalı, bilim dalı, konu, yöntem, yazar cinsiyeti, danışman unvanı ve sayfa sayısına göre sınıflandırılmıştır. Sınıflandırılan veriler, Microsoft Excel kullanılarak tablo haline getirilmiş ve analiz edilerek grafikler oluşturulmuştur. Bulgular: Çalışmanın bulguları şu şekildedir: Tez sayılarının “en fazla” 2015, “en az” 2008 yılında olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Yüksek lisans ve doktorada sırasıyla “İstanbul Üniversitesi” ve “Marmara Üniversitesi”, enstitü bazında “Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü” öne çıkmıştır. Yüksek lisansta “İşletme” anabilim dalında, doktorada “Sosyoloji” anabilim dalında ve her ikisinde de “Din Sosyolojisi” bilim dalında “en fazla” çalışmanın olduğu görülmüştür. En fazla “sosyo-kültürel” konulara odaklanıldığı ve “nitel yöntem”in tercih edildiği görülmüştür. Sonuç: Son 10 yılda “kadın” konusunda yazılmış doktora tezlerinin yüksek lisans tezlerine göre daha az olduğu, tezlerin yazım dilinde “İngilizce” dilinin daha az kullanıldığı, “eğitim”, “cinsellik” ve “sağlık” konularının daha az çalışıldığı, “kadın” yazarların “kadın” konusunda daha fazla tez çalışması yapmış olduğu sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır. Çalışma, gelecekte “kadın” konusunda lisansüstü tez yazacak öğrencilere yardımcı olacaktır.

Postgraduate education consists of master and phD and it is a training program in which the individuals that graduated from university choose the area of interest and get perfection. Master is a training program that gives necessary knowledge and skills to the individuals. But phD is more comprehensive according to the master. It is a training program that gives academic perfection to the individuals in the area of interest. In these training programs, individuals make postgraduate dissertations studies.Bibliometric studies examine specific features of scientific publications such as book, article, dissertation and prove an appearance of scanned literature. It is seen that various studies are made to examine postgraduate dissertations in terms of bibliometric characteristics. There studies are about health, tourism, social studies education, cinema, map engineering, banking, Ibn Haldun and woman. As it is dealed in this study, when the bibliometric studies, examining postgraduate dissertation studies on woman, are examined it is seen that the related studies are about politics and media and no comprehensive study has been made since 2009.In this study, 738 postgraduate dissertations which were written in the field of social science on “woman” in Turkey between 2008-2018 were included in the study. 633 of them are master and 105 of them are phD. The aim of this study is to create a bibliometric profile by examining specific features of master. The research questions of the study are; in which years there have been increases and decreases in the number of postgraduate dissertations which were written on “woman”; in which university, institute, department and art it is studied on “woman” and basically on which theme it is focused; which method is used intensely. With these questions the ways of dealing with “woman” have been tried to be proved.In this study content anaylsis method is used. Dissertations are classified according to the some features. These are; year, type, language, university, institute, department, art, subject, method, gender of the writer, the title of the advisor and the number of pages. According to these features by classifying data charts are made by Microsoft Excel. With the help of the charts data analyzed and by making graphics the findings of the study are explained.In the distribution of dissertations according to the years, types and languages; it is seen that the number of the dissertations written on “woman” is the least with 38 piecesin 2008. It is seen that the most dissertations numbers in 2015 with 89 pieces. It is seen that there is an increase at the number of dissertations between the years 2008-2010 but a decrease between the years 2010-2012. Although there is an increase between the years 2012-2015, there is a decrease in 2017. It is seen that the number of the master is the least in 2008, but the most in 2015, 2016 and 2018. In general, it can be stated that the number of the dissertations has a regular course. It is seen that the number of phD is the least with 6 pieces in 2008 and with 3 pieces in 2017. But it is seen that it is the most in 2009, 2013 and 2015. It is seen that phD is very few according to master. It is seen that 548 of the master were written in “Turkish” and 85 of in “English”. It is seen that 11 of phD were written in “English” and the rest of them were written in “Turkish”. In general it is noticed that the use of “English” is low.In the distribution of dissertations according to the universities and institutes; it is seen that the number of master dissertations are the most at İstanbul, Marmara, ODTÜ, Hacettepe and Gazi Universities. At 91 universities there are less than 10 master dissertations. It is seen that there are a lot of universities in which there are master dissertation studies on “woman”. When the phD dissertations are examined, it is seen that there are 33 universities which have dissertation studies on “woman”. There are 14 phD dissertations at Marmara University, 11 phD dissertations at Hacettepe University, 9 phD dissertations at Ankara University, 8 phD dissertations at İstanbul University and 5 phD dissertations at Ege, Gazi, ODTÜ and Süleyman Demirel Universities. It is seen that the universities which have phD dissertations are less than the universities which have master dissertations. It is seen that 619 of master dissertations and 102 of phD dissertations were made at the Institute of Social Sciences. When the master dissertations are examined; it is seen that there are 6 dissertation studies at Principles of Atatürk and Revolution History Institute, 2 dissertation studies at Institute of Turkic Studies and 1 dissertation study at Institute of European Studies, Institute of Foreign Trade, Institute of Educational Sciences, Institute of Economic and Social Sciences, Alliance of Civilizations Institute and Institute of Human and Social Sciences. When the phD dissertations are examined,it is seen that there is only one dissertation study at Principles of Atatürk and Revolution History Institute, Institute of Economic and Social Sciences and Institute of Human and Social Sciences.In the distribution of dissertations according to the department and art, it is seen that 71 of master dissertations are at the department of Business, 61 of them are at the department of Sociology, 48 of them are at the department of Economics. Besides, the number of master dissertation studies are too much at the departments of History, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Psychology, Journalism, Labor Economics and Industrial Relations. It is seen that there are less master dissertations at the department of Business Administration, Political Science and International Relations, Tourism Management, Radio, Film and TV, Gender and Woman Studies and Anthropology. It is seen that phD dissertations are the most at the department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Sociology, Business Administration and Economics. But it is the least at the department of Marketing, Politics and Social Sciences, Management and Organization, Archaeology and Tourism Management. When the art is examined, it is seen that there are 16 master dissertations at the art of Sociology of Religion, 15 and 12 master dissertations at the arts of Business Administration, Woman Studies, Management and Organization. At phD dissertations it is seen that there are 5 dissertations at the art of Sociology of Religion, 3 dissertations at the art of Management and Organization, 3 dissertations at the art of Qur’anic Recitation, 2 dissertations at the art of General Sociology and Methodology and 2 dissertations at the art of Economic Politics. In the distribution dissertations according to the subjects and methods; both at master dissertations and phD dissertations the prominent subject is “socio-cultural”. At both of them the least focused subject is “sexuality” and “education”. When the research method used in dissertations is examined, it is seen that “qualitative research method” is used frequently both at master and phD dissertations. It is seen that “mixed research method” is used least at master dissertations and “quantitative research method” is used least at phD dissertations.In the distribution of dissertations according to the gender of the writer, the title of the advisor and the number of the pages; it is seen that female dissertation writers are the most both at master and phD dissertations. 97 of master dissertations writers and 8 of phD dissertations writers are male. It is seen that both at master and phD dissertations “Prof. Dr.” title is in intensity as an advisor. When the page numbers of the dissertations are examined; it is seen that there are 297 dissertations at 101-150 page range. There are 97 dissertations at 50-100 page range and 83 dissertations at 201-250 page range. It is seen that when the number of the pages increases, the number of the dissertations decreases. When the average number of pages is examined, it is seen that the average number of pages at master dissertations is 147, but at phD dissertations it is 167. At master dissertations the least page number is 52 and the most page number is 469. At phD dissertations the least page number is 139, the most page number is 738. As a result of the study, it is seen that the topic of “woman” is frequently studied by various disciplines. As it is seen that the number of the master dissertations are too much but phD dissertations are limited, it can be stated that it is necessary to do more dissertations on “woman” at phD level. As it is seen that the use of English is low at postgraduate dissertations, the use of foreign languages in the dissertations can be emphasized. It is seen that “socio-cultural” subjects have been worked intensively in the dissertations. The reason for this is the multitude of woman’s problems in society. It can be said that the dissertation studies on these subjects will be beneficial in terms of revealing these problems and providing solutions. Since bibliometric studies reveal the gaps in the literature that they have searched, it is thought that this study will contribute to the field in terms of showing an aspect of the studies on “woman”. However, it is thought that it provides researchers preliminary information and it directs researchers to the issues in the literature.