Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends According to the List of Journal of the Korean Society of Beauty and Arts

Abstract

Cosmetology is a field of study on beauty. It is recognized that it would enrich the value of people’s lives with changes in their aesthetic attitude. This kind of pattern is found in the trends of beauty studies and industries, social & cultural environment and knowledge trend of academic journals with diverse theoretical backgrounds. In beauty-related studies, the quality of papers has improved annually. In fact, overall beauty industry has been upgraded through diverse academic research activities. Among them, the Journal of the Korean Society of Beauty and Arts which celebrates its 16th anniversary was up graded from alisting-candidate journal to the listed journal in March 2012. This study took analysis standards according to the classification methods of th e previous studies according to bibliometric analysis. Then, it analyzed and reviewed the results of academic studies in beauty from a convergent perspective through objective data collection andanalysis. After deriving research trends and issues in cosmetology and analyze the current trends of the papers listed on academic journals, this study investigated the intellectual structure of academic studies and suggested a direction for the development of beauty-related studies. For this, it would be necessary to further improve the quality of beauty industries through industrial and academic development in balance after active academic exchange and research activities. In fact, it is important to examine whether or not there are sufficient beauty-related academic societies, and if the quality of papers is satisfying for the academic development of beauty industry. Therefore, it is needed to keep producing papers which meet the conditions for being listed on Korea Research Foundation, an authority which supports and fosters academic research activities.