ROMA GHETTOIZED URBAN STRUCTURES: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

Roma is the largest minority in Europe and the problems considering its segregation have to be investigated. The main goal of the present paper is to realise a bibliometric analysis which is going to find: the primary authors who investigated the topic of Roma segregation and the ghettoized urban structures; their publishing interactions based on factors such as their affiliation with the research organisation, and their country; and the most cited publications. The bibliometric analysis is based on the Scopus database. 265 selected documents, published between January 1999 and December 2023, were analysed. The papers of researchers from the United Kingdom, Hungary and Romania are the most cited. The cooccurrence analysis showed that, logically, the word “Roma” is the keyword with the greatest total link strength. The study also gives an insight into the collaboration between the main researchers, scientific organisations, and countries.

Keywords

• ghetto; slum; social segregation; ethnic minority; roma population