Ten years of disaster management and use of ICT: a scientometric analysis

Abstract

Disasters are cataclysmic events that cause significant loss of natural, human and financial resources. The repercussions are exaggerated by climate change making disaster management a hot topic for academic research. The exponential growth in the utilization of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) with other domains has motivated the scientific community to integrate it with disaster management. The aim of this paper is to put forward a scientometric examination to assess the corpus of research performed on various types of disasters and use of ICT over the last 10 years. Annual growth of publication output, related subject categories, productivity analysis parameters were calculated for the evaluation of scopus bibliographic data. Moreover, it presents insights into productive journals, co-operation of qualified authors and collaboration of nations from all over the world. It further investigates prominent institutes and co-occurrence of key research topics. This organized study will facilitate the upcoming authors for effective future research.