ENGELLİ AKADEMİSYENLER BAĞLAMINDA AKADEMİK ATAMA/YÜKSELTME KRİTERLERİ İÇİN KULLANILAN WEB SİTELERİNİN ERİŞİLEBİLİRLİĞİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Accessibility includes features that facilitate the lives of not only disabled people but also non-disabled individuals and contribute at some points. Many international studies and developments are carried out on this subject. In Turkey, these developments are sometimes adapted, sometimes handled as they are, and are the subject of valuable studies. It is inevitable that there will be a certain percentage of people with disabilities among academics or researchers. Although the number of academics with disabilities is not an available information in our country, it would be wrong to deny the fact that they exist. It is expected that academicians will be promoted or appointed over time. Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, TR Index and DergiPark, which are the most important systems and websites used for this purpose, should be accessible not only to people with disabilities but also to non-disabled people. In this context, these websites were examined with WAVE, an accessibility assessment tool. In the context of equality of opportunity, the data obtained on how accessible these systems and websites are, were evaluated with descriptive statistics method. As a result, WoS and Scopus are insufficient in the context of assistive technologies for users with disabilities; It has been determined that there are similar errors, albeit at a lower rate, on PubMed, TR Directory and DergiPark websites. In addition, visual design, contrast, empty link and labeling errors were detected and the necessity of making improvements and rearrangements in many areas has been revealed.