Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on the Subject of Street Food

Abstract

Street foods have come to the fore as an element of tourist attraction in Turkey and the world in recent years. It is seen that there is an increase in academic studies on this subject. With this study, it is aimed to analyze the articles and postgraduate theses on the subject of street food published from 2016 until April 2021 in Turkey bibliometrically. In this context, the years of publication, types, institute, university, departments, subject and data collection methods of the postgraduate theses registered on the official website of the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education, the nationally published articles and theses on the Google Scholar and Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBIM) databases which have street food and street delicacies in the keywords were examined by bibliometric analysis. 25 articles and 8 theses were determined from the research. As a result, the number of studies on street flavors increased as of 2019; It is seen that the topic of food safety, the inventory of the street foods of the cities, consumer preferences, destination preference and image, and festivals are examined.