While doing a bibliometric analysis, I noticed something strange – recent papers from 🇹🇷 scholars seemed to disappear from my dataset. The reason? The country officially changed its name to #Türkiye, no longer wishing to be associated with turkey (the bird).
https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2025.2565176
Names and identities matter. Respecting them is essential, and so is being careful with citation databases whose metadata is not always reliable.
