Analysis Of Collaboration Networks Research Articles

Bibliometric Analysis of the Current Landscape of Global Scientific Production on the Development of Vaccines against Dental Caries

Objective To perform a bibliometric analysis of the scientific research on the development of vaccines against dental caries. Methods An extraction of the scientific production published on the development of vaccines against dental caries between 2011 and 2020 was carried out from the Scopus database. Microsoft Excel was used for the elaboration of tables and SciVal for the bibliometric analysis of the data, which were divided into indicators of production, impact, and collaboration. Finally, VOSviewer was used for co-occurrence analysis of keywords and collaborative networks. Results 106 studies were retrieved from the Scopus database, which were conducted on the development of dental caries vaccines within the years 2011–2020. Wuhan University, in China, was the university with the highest scientific production on the subject, with 4 publications. Regarding the most productive journals, the first place was occupied by the Journal of Dental Research with 7 publications. Regarding the most productive journals, the first place was occupied by the Journal of Dental Research with 7 publications. The highest percentage of the documents analyzed was in quartile 1 journals and in the national collaboration pattern. Conclusion Most of the manuscripts regarding the development of vaccines against dental caries were published in China and in Q1 quartile journals. In addition, Yan Huimin, Yang Jingyi, Zhou Dihan, Yang Yi, Li Yuhong and Fan Mingwen were found to top the list of most productive authors. The Journal of Dental Research was also identified as the most productive and cited journal.

Trends and Developments in the Detection of Pathogens in Central Nervous System Infections: A Bibliometric Study.

IntroductionRapid, sensitive, and specific laboratory assays are critical for the diagnosis and management of central nervous system (CNS) infections. The purpose of this study is to explore the intellectual landscape of research investigating methods for the detection of pathogens in patients with CNS infections and to identify the development trends and research frontier in this field.MethodsA bibliometric study is conducted by analyzing literature retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection Database for the years 2000 to 2021. CiteSpace software is used for bibliometric analysis and network visualization, including co-citation analysis of references, co-occurrence analysis of keywords, and cooperation network analysis of authors, institutions, and countries/regions.ResultsA total of 2,282 publications are eventually screened, with an upward trend in the number of publications per year. The majority of papers are attributed to the disciplines of MICROBIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, IMMUNOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES & NEUROLOGY, and VIROLOGY. The co-citation analysis of references shows that recent research has focused on the largest cluster “metagenomic next-generation sequencing”; the results of the analysis of the highest-cited publications and the citation burst of publications reveal that there is a strong interest stimulated in metagenomic next-generation sequencing. The co-occurrence analysis of keywords indicates that “infection”, “pathogen”, “diagnosis”, “gene”, “virus”, “polymerase chain reaction”, “cerebrospinal fluid”, “epidemiology”, and “metagenomic next-generation sequencing” are the main research priorities in the field of pathogen detection for CNS infections, and the keyword with the highest strength of burst is “metagenomic next-generation sequencing”. Collaborative network analysis reveals that the USA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of USA, and XIN WANG and JENNIFER DIEN BARD are the most influential country, institution, and researchers, respectively.ConclusionsExploring more advanced laboratory assays to improve the diagnostic accuracy of pathogens is essential for CNS infection research. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing is emerging as a novel useful unbiased approach for diagnosing infectious diseases of the CNS.

Knowledge Mapping of the Links Between the Gut Microbiota and Heart Failure: A Scientometric Investigation (2006-2021).

BackgroundThere is considerable research value and extensive application perspectives to explore the link between gut microbiota and heart failure. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of overall characteristics, evolutionary pathways, frontier research hotspots, and future trends in this field.MethodsResearch datasets were acquired from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2021. Three different analysis tools including one online platform, VOS viewer V1.6.17.0, and CiteSpace V5.8.R2 software were used in order to conduct collaboration network analysis, co-cited analysis, co-occurring analysis, and citation burst detection.ResultsA total of 873 publications in the WoSCC database met the requirement. The overall characteristics analysis showed that a steady growth trend in the number of publications and citations, with the predominant literature type being articles and the most frequent subject category being cardiac cardiovascular systems. The United States was the most prolific country and the center of national collaboration. Cleveland Clinic and Nathalie M. Delzenne provided the leading influence with publications, the cooperation between the institutes and authors were relatively weak. Moreover, gut microbiota, heart failure, risk factor, obesity, and inflammation were the keywords that appeared more frequently in the clustering analysis of reference co-citation and keyword co-occurrence. Burst detection analysis of top keywords showed that trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), bile acid, blood pressure, hypertension, and fermentation were the new research foci on the association between gut microbiota and heart failure. Strategies to improve gut microbiota hold promise as a new approach to treat heart failure.ConclusionThe comprehensive bibliometric study indicates that the structured information may be helpful in understanding research trends in the link between gut microbiota and heart failure, and locating research hotspots and gaps in this domain, especially further advances in this field will lead to significant breakthroughs in the development of novel therapeutic tools for metabolic modulation of heart failure.

Tops and Trends in Iranian Cancer Research: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Detecting the main actors and important topics of Iranian cancer research is essential for Iranian policymakers, clinicians, and researchers. This study was conducted to demonstrate the trends and tops in Iranian cancer research from 1960 to 2018. A total of 22,370 Iranian cancer articles in Web of Science (WoS), PubMed, and Scopus, from 1960 through 2018, were extracted and preprocessed based on data mining techniques and analyzed using the collaboration network analysis, keywords analysis, and bibliometrics methods. The results reveal that, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (11.46%) among organizations, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (5%) among journals, Malekzadeh R (1.09%) among authors, and Breast cancer (10.37%) among topics ranked the first. The trend of Iranian cancer research represents three periods: 1) germinating period, from 1970 to 2000, 2) developing period, from 2002 to 2014, and 3) flourishing period, from 2014 to 2018. It is expected that this trend will continue. The results indicate an average 12.8% increase in the logarithm of the count of articles published by Iranian cancer researchers each year. The findings are contextualized with Price's publications trends principal for determining global and Iranian cancer research publication trends. The number of research papers published by Iranian researchers on cancer is increasing. In order to maintain the publication growth in this field, greater participation by other Iranian institutions is suggested. Although the quantity and quality of papers are increasing in some topics, certain topics and types of cancers should be still further studied and the Iranian policymakers should be encouraged to invest more in these topics.

A bibliometric analysis of the internationalisation of political science in Europe

Based on data on 67,000 articles published in 100 high-impact journals in the twenty years between 2000 and 2019, I analyse the scientific contribution of European political science scholarly communities in the global context. The scholars contributing to the global scientific production are largely concentrated in a few countries, with the US and UK alone accounting for more than half of the articles published in high-impact journals. However, the tendency is towards increasing diversity in the geographic basis of the international scientific production; and European countries are central to this change. Contributing to international collaborative publications has been a key engine of the increased scientific production of scholars based in Europe. This was a generalised global tendency, and a spectacular one for certain national scholarly communities. The network analysis of international collaborations points to the consolidation of three clusters within a growing and increasingly dense network. The US, followed by the UK, are central to a global cluster of collaborations. European countries are primarily clustered in two groups: a larger and growing cluster; and a smaller but even more integrated, highly productive and connected cluster of scholars based in seven northern European countries. All bibliometric indicators consistently point to a generalised growth in the output and internationalisation of the scientific contribution provided by the European political science community.

Analysis of clinical research publication patterns to characterize the cooperation among China’s “double first-class” construction medical universities: based on social network analysis

BackgroundThe “Double First-Class” refers to world first-class university and first-class academic discipline construction proposed by China government. The “Double First-Class” construction medical universities have made many clinical research achievements, but the analysis and evaluation of research collaboration networks in the field of clinical research are still lacking.MethodsClinical research papers by 23 “Double First-Class” construction medical universities in China from 2000 to 2019 indexed in the databases of the China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Web of Science (WoS) databases were collected. Through the social network analysis (SNA) method and Ucinet software, the interuniversity research cooperation networks of domestic and international publications were comparatively analyzed at the overall, individual, and group levels in terms of number of publications, cooperation network matrix, centrality analysis, cohesive subgroup analysis, and core–periphery structure to understand the developmental status of the cooperative network of clinical research publications among China’s “Double First-Class” construction medical universities.ResultsThe cooperation among China’s “Double First-Class” construction universities showed certain regional distribution characteristics, and they showed closer cooperation in publishing papers in international journals than in domestic ones. The overall density of the domestic-journal research collaboration network of the universities was 0.4229, mainly centered on Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In contrast, the overall density of international-journal research collaboration network was 0.9052, mainly centered on Peking University, Central South University, and Zhengzhou University, with large differences in subgroup density and low integration.ConclusionsTo promote the development of clinical research, it is necessary to improve the construction of the interuniversity clinical research collaboration system, build a national clinical research network with a multilevel structure and sophisticated functions, and expand resource sharing as well as collaborative innovation capacity.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Endoscopic Sedation Research: 2001–2020

Background and Aims: To evaluate endoscopic sedation research and predict research hot spots both quantitatively and qualitatively using bibliometric analysis.Methods: We extracted relevant publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) on 13 December 2020. We examined the retrieved data by bibliometric analysis (e.g., co-cited and cluster analysis, keyword co-occurrence) using the software CiteSpace and VOSviewer and the website of bibliometrics, the Online Analysis Platform of Literature Metrology (http://bibliometric.com/), to analyse and predict the trends and hot spots in this field.Main Results: We identified 2,879 articles and reviews on endoscopic sedation published between 2001 and 2020. Although the overall trend is increasing, with slight fluctuation in some years, there were significant increases in 2007 and 2012. In respect of the contributions on endoscopic sedation research, the United States (US) had the greatest number of publications, and it was followed by Japan and China. In addition, collaboration network analysis revealed that the most frequent collaboration was between the US and China. Six of the top ten most prolific research institutions were located in the US. The most publications on endoscopic sedation research in the past two decades were found primarily in journals on gastroenterology and hepatology. Keyword co-occurrence and co-citation cluster analysis revealed the most popular terms relating to endoscopic sedation in the manner of cluster labels; these included patient anxiety, tolerance, ketamine, propofol, hypoxia, nursing shortage, endoscopic ultrasonography, colorectal cancer, carbon dioxide insufflation, and water exchange (WE). Keyword burst detection suggested that propofol sedation, adverse event, adenoma detection rate (ADR), hypoxemia, and obesity were newly-emergent research hot spots.Conclusions: Our findings showed that hypoxia, adverse event, and ADR, along with conscious sedation and propofol sedation, have been foci of endoscopic sedation research over the past 20 years. The research focus has shifted from sedative drugs to sedative complications and endoscopy quality control, which means that there will be higher requirements and standards for sedative quality and endoscopy quality in the future.

Computational analysis of a collaboration network on human-computer interaction in Korea.

Since information and communication technology (ICT) has become one of the leading and essential fields for allowing developing countries to have the major growth engines, the majority of the countries have promoted collaboration in every ICT-related topics. In this study, we performed the trend and collaboration network analysis (CNA) in Korea for 2010-2019 among researchers who are related to human-computer interaction, one of the hottest research areas in ICT. Publication data were collected from SciVal, and the collaboration network was determined using degree, closeness, betweenness centralities, and PageRank. Hence, key researchers were identified based on their centrality metrics. The dataset contained 7,155 publications, thus reflecting the contributions of a total of 243 authors. The results of our data analysis demonstrated that key researchers can be identified via CNA; this aspect was not evident from the results of the most productive researchers. Additionally, on the basis of the results, the implications and limitations of this study were analyzed.

Intelligent Risk Management in Construction Projects: Systematic Literature Review

As digitalization leads to the development of the global economy and artificial intelligence stimulates technological innovation, integrating smart management methods into project management is becoming more and more critical to the development of the construction industry. As an influential branch of engineering management, intelligent risk management in the construction field will be a future research direction. Hence, the aim of this study is to find the gaps and future research trends in intelligent risk management field by Systematic Literature Review. In order to achieve these objectives, 436 articles were selected from the WOS and Scopus databases to be analyzed by CiteSpace scientometric software, and the results were classified into collaborative network analysis, co-citation analysis, and public network analysis. From the analysis, China had the highest number of publications, while the United States was the most influential country in this field. The researchers at different institutions in this field have formed research teams despite the lack of collaboration between the authors and their institutions. In co-cited references, the emphasis was on traditional methods and applications of risk analysis, with fewer citations of novel methods. According to the keywords, the clusters of keywords, and the temporal evolution of the keywords, and combining the conceptual model, 5 research gaps areas were discovered. In order to fulfill these challenges and barriers, this study found the future research trends, including: developing digital management platform for intelligent construction management and risk management; building a decision-making system for risk management to find an optimum solution; refining building digital models which would be the basis of digital management platform; identifying and category the characteristic construction risk factors by using machine learning techniques, just like text mining or knowledge graph; building an API to embed decision making system into digital management platform, and the intelligent risk management system in real-time projects to verify its possibility.

Personalized travel recommendation: a hybrid method with collaborative filtering and social network analysis

ABSTRACT This study proposes a hybrid method for producing personalized travel recommendation that better meet travellers’individual needs and also improve their online booking experience. The proposed method integrates multi-attribute collaborative filtering with social network analysis within the framework of large-scale group decision-making. It includes four modules, i.e. identification of online opinion experts, construction of a social network, detection of user communities, and interactively produced of personalized travel recommendation. Specifically, the preliminary user filtering and k-means clustering approach are utilized to identify the online opinion experts for a specific travel recommendation issue. Then, social network construction and its community detection process are adopted to alleviate the sparsity problem. Finally, the travel alternatives are ranked to select recommendations, and this is done interactively with travellers to handle the cold start problem. With the proposed method, a better online booking experience can be achieved for travellers, as they are presented with a more appropriate set of recommended options and so can make better travel decisions.

Global trends in research related to sleeve gastrectomy: A bibliometric and visualized study.

BACKGROUNDOne of the most popular bariatric procedures is sleeve gastrectomy, and it has become significantly more common in recent years.AIMTo evaluate the research activity in sleeve gastrectomy over the last two decades, and to visualize the hot spots and emerging trends in this type of bariatric surgery using bibliometric methods.METHODSThe Scopus database was used to search for publications related to sleeve gastrectomy. The retrieved publications were reviewed in terms of year of publication, type of study, country of origin, institutions, journals, and citation patterns by using descriptive analysis. Collaboration network and term co-occurrence analysis were visualized by using VOSviewer software.RESULTSThe search strategy yielded a total of 6508 publications on sleeve gastrectomy from 2001 to 2020. As regards the document type, the majority were articles (n = 5230; 80.36%), followed by reviews (n = 544; 8.36%). The top three countries are the United States, with 1983 publications (30.47%), followed by France (600; 9.22%) and Italy (417; 6.71%). The most cited publication was published in 2012 by Schauer et al in the New England Journal of Medicine (n = 1435 citations). This publication found that weight loss was greater in the sleeve gastrectomy group than in the medical therapy group. Furthermore, this study demonstrated that 12 mo of medical therapy plus bariatric surgery greatly improved glycemic regulation in obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes compared with medical therapy alone. The focus of the current literature on sleeve gastrectomy was directed toward several themes such as morbidity and potential complications, the complexity of the procedure and different surgical approaches, and diabetes and body mass index in correlation to sleeve gastrectomy.CONCLUSIONThe number of sleeve gastrectomy publications has gradually grown over the last 20 years. This bibliometric analysis could help researchers better understand the knowledge base and research frontiers surrounding sleeve gastrectomy. In addition, future studies may focus on emerging research hotspots.

Social network analysis of publication collaboration of accelerating change in MedEd consortium

Introduction The American Medical Association formed the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium through grants to effect change in medical education. The dissemination of educational innovations through scholarship was a priority. The objective of this study was to explore the patterns of collaboration of educational innovation through the consortium’s publications. Method Publications were identified from grantee schools’ semi-annual reports. Each publication was coded for the number of citations, Altmetric score, domain of scholarship, and collaboration with other institutions. Social network analysis explored relationships at the midpoint and end of the grant. Results Over five years, the 32 Consortium institutions produced 168 publications, ranging from 38 papers from one institution to no manuscripts from another. The two most common domains focused on health system science (92 papers) and competency-based medical education (30 papers). Articles were published in 54 different journals. Forty percent of publications involved more than one institution. Social network analysis demonstrated rich publishing relationships within the Consortium members as well as beyond the Consortium schools. In addition, there was growth of the network connections and density over time. Conclusion The Consortium fostered a scholarship network disseminating a broad range of educational innovations through publications of individual school projects and collaborations.

Knowledge mapping of sharing accommodation: A bibliometric analysis

This study aims to examine the current state and knowledge progress on sharing accommodation, as well as identify knowledge gaps that provide implications for future research. 639 articles in Web of Science are examined through bibliometric analysis, including co-citation analysis, collaboration network analysis and cluster analysis. Findings reveal a dynamic flow of widening topics, the emergence of influential research institutions and scholars, and the dominant academic journals from tourism and hospitality but overspreading to other fields such as business & economics and environmental science. Clusters of research themes are identified, including the dynamic evolution of concepts, consumer behaviour from the perspective of guests and hosts, business models, impacts, spatial & temporal evolution, and regulation. The dynamic evolution of topics and the integrated framework reveal some knowledge gaps. The study contributes to existing literature by providing an intuitive and synthesised understanding of knowledge structure in this field and directions for future research.

A bibliometric analysis of Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems (2007-2020)

Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems (IJFS) is an international journal, based on the WoS core collection, this paper uses bibliometric methods and tools (VOSviewer and Bibliometrix) to analyze the publications of IJFS from 2007 to 2020. A total of 716 publications are analyzed. Firstly, according to the basic information of the publications, including the type of publications, the number of publications, the number of citations, the average number of citations and the h-index, we conduct a general statistical analysis to explore the basic characteristics and internal structure of the publications. Afterwards, by studying the citation structure of publications, this paper analyzes which groups and fields the journal is more concerned about. For the journal itself, we combine the number of citations and the number of publications to identify the most popular publications, the most productive and influential authors/institutes/countries/regions. In the collaboration network analysis, we map the collaboration network of countries/regions, institutes and authors to explore the different levels of collaboration. The co-citation network of the journal is studied to explore the relationship between IJFS and other international academic journals. In the analysis of keywords, we discuss the development trend and hot topics of keywords over time through co-occurrence analysis, word growth graph and thematic evolution analysis. Finally, based on the above analysis, we discuss the problems and challenges that the journal may face, and some main conclusions are drawn. This study has certain reference value for the further development of the related researchers�� scientific research and the journal.

MP67-14 SCIENTIFIC AUTHORSHIP OF COCHRANE SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS IN UROLOGY: A 2020 ANALYSIS

You have accessJournal of UrologyGlobal Health/Humanitarian (MP67)1 Sep 2021MP67-14 SCIENTIFIC AUTHORSHIP OF COCHRANE SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS IN UROLOGY: A 2020 ANALYSIS Ahmad Ozair, Nishanth Subash, and Abhinav Sonkar Ahmad OzairAhmad Ozair More articles by this author , Nishanth SubashNishanth Subash More articles by this author , and Abhinav SonkarAbhinav Sonkar More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002028.14AboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: Cochrane systematic reviews are widely considered to be amongst the highest level of evidence available with their conclusions often impacting policy and practice. Some countries and/or regions are reported to have a disproportionately higher representation in their authorship. However, it is unclear as to which countries have contributed the highest to Cochrane reviews in urology and what is the current state of collaboration existing between their authors. This study sought to determine authorship patterns and collaborative networks of Cochrane reviews in urology. METHODS: We searched and extracted data from the Cochrane Database for systematic reviews published under the Cochrane Urology Group by 20 June, 2020. We included both active reviews and those withdrawn for updation. For graphical representation, we used the Social Network Visualizer (https://socnetv.org/) and treated a collaborative author group belonging to a single country, e.g., MRC Clinical Trials Unit (UK), as a single author. RESULTS: A total of 80 eligible reviews were found, authored by a total of 430 authors. Co-authors disproportionately belonged to the US (30.5%) and UK (22.3%), followed by Germany (13.5%), South Korea (7.2%), China (4.9%), Australia (4.7%), Brazil (4.4%), Netherlands (3.5%), Canada (1.9%), Argentina and India (1.6% each), Italy (1.6%) and the rest (Fig. 1). A network analysis of collaborations between authors of different countries was generated (Fig. 2). Lead authors belonged maximally to US and UK (23.8% each), followed by South Korea (11.3%) and Germany (10%). Countries/regions, which otherwise contribute actively to urology literature, that had little/no representation included majority of Latin American and African countries, France, Spain and Japan. CONCLUSIONS: The US and the UK are found to be the biggest contributors to the highest-quality evidence in urology, consistent with citation analysis of urology literature. Capacity-building efforts are needed in several countries for getting academic urologists involved with Cochrane. Source of Funding: None © 2021 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 206Issue Supplement 3September 2021Page: e514-e515 Advertisement Copyright & Permissions© 2021 by American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.MetricsAuthor Information Ahmad Ozair More articles by this author Nishanth Subash More articles by this author Abhinav Sonkar More articles by this author Expand All Advertisement Loading ...

Bibliometric Analysis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Premature Infants in the Web of Science Database Using CiteSpace Software.

Objectives: To review the literature related to bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely pre-mature infants, summarize research direction, and report trends.Methods: CiteSpace is a Java application which supports visual exploration with knowledge discovery in bibliographic databases. Relevant articles from 2008 to 2020 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database, and we extracted the following data: title, abstract, year, keywords, author, organization, journal and cited literature. We downloaded the data into CiteSpace (version 5.7.R3) to summarize countries, institutions, journals, and authors. We visualized the data with a knowledge map, collaborative network analysis, cluster analysis, and burst keyword analysis.Results: We identified 610 articles on bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely pre-mature infants. The United States had the most articles on this topic (302 articles), followed by Canada (49 articles) and Germany (44 articles). The top three institutions, high-yield journals, and authors were all from the United States. The most common keywords were neurodevelopmental disorders, active perinatal care, mechanical ventilation, inflammation, pulmonary hypertension, low-dose hydrocortisone, development, and patent ductus arteriosus.Conclusions: This study illustrates the trends and frontiers in the study of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely pre-mature infants. The current research direction is to identify the risk factors in developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely pre-mature infants.

Analysis of scientific collaboration network of Italian Institute of Technology

It has been proven that collaboration between authors leads to a positive influence on research. This paper aims to analyse the complex structure of the co-authorship network among researchers of the Italian Institute of Technology. In this paper, we examine two different co-authorship networks created starting from the data of the papers published by the Italian Institute of Technology during the period 2006–2019. We apply the main Social Network Analysis techniques to describe the relational structure of the group of researchers and its evolution over time. The structure and characteristics of the networks are analysed both at macro and micro levels, and an attempt is made to identify a possible relationship between the position of researchers in the graphs and their scientific productivity and quality.

Participatory network mapping of an emergent social network for a regional transition to a low-carbon and just society on the Dingle Peninsula

ABSTRACT The paper develops a methodological approach that acts as a tool for active change agents working in community and just transition contexts to increase their capacity to engage a wider public in planning. An innovative contribution is made to the literature through the development of a participatory action research (PAR) based approach to social network analysis using a participatory mapping method with relation to sustainable transitions. The method comprises a participatory network mapping approach, adapted from the Net-Map toolkit, which is applied to a multi-stakeholder approach to realising a regional sustainability transition in the Republic of Ireland. Dingle Peninsula 2030 is an initiative aiming to transition a geographic region in the South West of Ireland to a low-carbon society by 2030 across the sectors of energy, agriculture, transport, education, employment, marine and tourism. Due to the scope of the overall project, a diverse range of stakeholders are involved. The method developed is used to undertake a qualitative collaborative social network analysis. The paper focuses on method, by analysing and reflecting upon the use of this participatory approach, in the initial stages of the overall project, in addressing complex sustainability and just transition challenges as they are revealed through a multi-stakeholder approach. Within this, the themes of participatory justice, social learning and visualising complexity are explored; and benefits and future improvements are outlined through reflections from both the researcher and the participant community.

Network analysis of collaboration in networked universities

PurposeIn Latin America and the Caribbean, the access of students to higher education has presented an extraordinary growth over the past fifteen years. This rapid growth has presented a challenge for increasing the system resources and capabilities while maintaining its quality. As a result, the networked universities (NUs) organized themselves as a collaborative network, and they have become an interesting model for facing the complexity driven by globalization, rapidly changing technology, dynamic growth of knowledge and highly specialized areas of expertise. In this article, we studied the NU named Red Universitaria Mutis (Red Mutis) with the aim of characterizing the collaboration and integration structure of the network.Design/methodology/approachNetwork analytic methods (visual analysis, positional analysis and a stochastic network method) were used to characterize the organizational structure and robustness of the network, and to identify what variables or structural tendencies are related to the likelihood that specific areas of a university would collaborate.FindingsRed Mutis is a good example of regional NUs that could take advantage of the strengths, partnerships, information and knowledge of the regional and international universities that form the network. Analyses showed that Red Mutis has a differentiated structure consisting of academic and non-academic university areas with a vertical coordination (by steering and management) of the different university areas.Originality/valueThe methodology could be used as a framework to analyze and strengthen other strategic alliances between universities and as a model for the development of other NU in local and global contexts.

Exploring a comprehensive knowledge map for promoting safety management research in the construction industry

PurposeThe purpose of this paper was to map the safety management research of construction industry by scientometric analysis, which can predict important highlights and future research directions of safety management research in the construction industry. As an important issue in the construction industry, safety management issues have been researched from different perspectives. Although previous studies make knowledge contributions to the safety management research of construction industry, there are still huge obstacles to distinguish the comprehensive knowledge map of safety management research in the construction industry.Design/methodology/approachThis study applies three scientometric analysis methods, collaboration network analysis, co-occurrence network analysis and cocitation network analysis, to the safety management research of construction industry. 5,406 articles were retrieved from the core collection database of the Web of Science. CiteSpace was used for constructing a comprehensive analysis framework to analyze and visualize the safety management research of construction industry. According to integrating the analysis results, a knowledge map for the safety management research of construction industry can be constructed.FindingsThe analysis results revealed the academic communities, key research topics and knowledge body of safety management research in the construction industry. The evolution paths of safety management research in the construction industry were divided into three development stages: “construction safety management”, “multi-objective safety management” and “comprehensive safety management”. Five research directions were predicted on the future safety management research of construction industry, including (1) comprehensive assessment indicators system; (2) intelligent safety management; (3) cross-organization collaboration of safety management; (4) multilevel safety behavior perception and (5) comparative analysis of safety climate.Originality/valueThe findings can reveal the overall status of safety management research in the construction industry and represent a high-quality knowledge body of safety management research in the construction industry that accurately reflects the comprehensive knowledge map on the safety management research of construction industry. The findings also predict important highlights and future research directions of safety management research in the construction industry, which will help researchers in the safety management research of construction industry for future collaboration and work.