A Comparative Analysis of Articles Published on Learning Difficulties, WOS and TR Dizin Example

In this study, it was aimed to examine comparatively international and national articles on learning difficulties between 2015-2019. Accordingly, a total of 1259 (1205/54) articles in the WOS and TR Dizin database were examined within the framework of the criteria determined by the researchers. In this study, which is an example of a case study, content analysis technique was used in the analysis of data. According to the findings obtained, British Journal of Learning Disabilities, Tizard Learning Disability Review and Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities had the highest number of articles on learning disability in the WOS database British while Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences Journal of Special Education, Turkish Studies and Elementary Education Online journals had the highest number of articles on learning disability in the TR Dizin database. It was observed that the year in which the most articles were published in the WOS database was 2015 and the highest number of articles belonged to 2017 in the TR Dizin database. It was determined that England, USA and Australia were the countries with the highest number of publications in the WOS database; and Turkey was the 12th out of 131 countries. In the study, it was determined that the articles in the databases had similar characteristics in terms of methodological features and the quantitative method and screening model were mostly used in them. However, it was determined that there are significant differences in terms of content elements of the articles; accordingly, it was concluded that learning difficulties were generally examined in the articles in the TR Dizin database (63%), while dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia were dealt with separately in most of the articles (72%) in the WOS database. It was determined that the most studies among these learning difficulties were related to dyslexia.