1972년부터 2007년까지 발표된 난 관련 석ㆍ박사 학위논문 130편을 분석하여 연구동향을 살펴본 결과는 다음과 같다.1. 연도별 분석결과, 1972년부터 2007년까지 130편의 논문이 발표되었는데, 1972년 처음 논문이 발표된 이후 차차 논문의 발표 수가 증가하기 시작하였으며, 1990년대에 이르러서 발표논문이 급격한 증가 추세를 보였다.2. 학위별, 학교별로 발표된 동향을 살펴보면 전체 학위 논문 중 석사학위 논문이 102편으로 전체의 78.5%인 반면, 박사학위 논문은 28편으로 전체의 21.5%에 불과하다. 학교별 분류에 있어서 논문 발표 빈도는 제주대가 16.9%, 서울여대가 13.1%, 고려대와 경북대가 각각 8%순이었다. 3. 난의 종류별로는 자생란 연구가 전체 연구의 41.5%로 다른 종류에 비해 높게 나타났으며, 연구 분야별로는 번식관련 논문이 45편으로 전체의 34.6%로 가장 많았고, 다음으로는 재배관련 논문이 22편으로 전체의 16.9%를 차지하였다. 번식과 재배관련 논문은 1972년 난 관련 논문이 발표된 이래로 꾸준히 발표되고 있으며 특히 2000년대 초반에는 가장 많은 관련 논문을 발표한 것으로 나타났다.
This study was performed to analyze the research trend in the Master's & Doctor's thesis related to the orchid study in Korea. The results obtained were summarized as follow; First of all, we analyzed the research trend by year. A total of 130 theses have been published since the first thesis was published in 1972. Also, the number of theses has increased gradually since then, and it was on the marked rise in the late 1990s. Second, the research trend classified according to degrees and universities is as follows. The number of masters’ theses is 102: it accounts for 78.5% of total theses. However, the number of doctorial theses is just 28: it makes up 21.5% of all theses. Of theses published at all the universities in Korea, Cheju nat’l university represented the highest frequency rate, 16.9%, followed by Seoul women’s univ., 13.1%, Korea and Kyungpook nat’l univ., 8%, respectively. Finally, theses on the native orchid accounted for 41.5% of total theses. It means the study on the native orchid is more popular than ones on other orchids. By types of research, the number of theses on orchids’ propagation was 45: it accounted for 34.6% of entire theses. Theses on orchids’ cultivation, the second, accounted for 16.9%. The number of theses on orchids’ propagation as well as propagation has been increasing steadily since the first article was published. Especially, the most theses related to them were published in the early 2000s.