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Development Trend Physics Mobile Learning In 21St Century: A Systematic Literature Review

This study aims to analyze the development of the design and implementation of mobile learning in physics learning. This research has been conducted via a systematic literature review research. The research subjects consisted of fifty journal articles selected from the Scopus Index database, Web of Science (WOS), Google Scholar, or ERIC from 2012 to 2022. The data have already been analyzed related to the year of publication, research objectives, and physics concepts used. The results of this study showed that the number of studies has increased over the years. In addition, the use of Physics Mobile Learning can have a positive impact on increasing students' various abilities. Most of the concepts that have been utilized are in the material of sound waves, Newton's laws, physical quantities and measurements, heat, momentum impulses, and gas laws. As a consequence, the learning media can be textbooks inter-actively. Thus, the development of Physics Mobile Learning needs to facilitate in complex and modern ways.

The Rise of Fake and Clone Journals in Medical Sciences: A Threat to Research Integrity

Open-access publishing has made research sharing and access easier, but it has also led to the proliferation of deceitful journals that exploit the author-pay model, endangering research integrity. These journals appear trustworthy, claim high impact factors, but lack review information and editorial board details. Identifying fake journals is challenging, but researchers can use indicators like thorough website examination, searching for additional contact information, and verifying indexing in reputable databases. Clone journals are fraudulent replicas of authentic ones that deceive authors and readers with identical names, logos, and designs. They lack peer reviews and publish flawed or deceitful research. Medical research is particularly vulnerable, with even prominent journals falling victim. Fake and cloned journals misguide researchers, clinicians, and policymakers, harming public health and undermining genuine research credibility. To protect valuable findings, researchers must stay vigilant, evaluate journals carefully, and choose reputable ones with rigorous peer-review processes and high impact factors. By doing so, researchers ensure comprehensive evaluation and contribute to medical science advancement. Addressing the issue requires collective attention from researchers, publishers, and policymakers, preserving research integrity and public well-being.

SMFM-based analogy retrieval tool for the conceptual design of innovative products

Design-by-Analogy (DbA) is a powerful approach to innovative conceptual design. Cross-domain analogies are the stimulated sources of inspiration for generating new concepts. Therefore, how to efficiently retrieve them becomes an essential issue to be solved. This paper proposes a tool based on a structure-mapping function model (SMFM) for analogy retrieval. Inspired by the structure-mapping theory, SMFM considers two in-depth features: functional relation and causal relation between functions, which are expressed by function and meta-function concepts, respectively. SMFM serves to capture design knowledge from instances (i.e., engineering or biological systems) to establish a case database. The SMFM ontology is constructed for linking knowledge representation and analogy retrieval. Its meta-function, function, and flow terms are used to index the modeled instances so as to establish an index database. Analogy retrieval is realized by the ontology-based query expansion, vector space model and weighted cosine similarity. By inputting function or meta-function queries, we retrieve the required cross-domain analogies, whose design knowledge is displayed by function models to inspire target functions or meta-functions realization. Finally, the tool is evaluated for its effectiveness in cross-domain analogies retrieval. An application example illustrates its practicality in aiding innovative design. Additionally, an experiment was conducted to test the tool. The results indicate that our tool can assist users (e.g., engineering designers) to more quickly generate new schemes to realize target meta-functions and the quality of schemes is higher.

The Landscape of Technology Research in Special Education: A Bibliometric Analysis

This study analyzes information accumulated in WoS databases on special education and technology with bibliometric methods. Bibliometric analyses, seen as an alternative to systematic literature reviews, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis, contribute to determining essential actors in the field by analyzing the publication and citation trends, the stage of the research topic, and trends in the volume of publications. Furthermore, bibliometric analysis can reveal the collaboration structure between institutions and authors and identify the most frequently studied topics, top-producing authors, institutions, and journals in a field. In the study, we analyzed 4493 articles published in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Social Sciences Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) databases using the co-authorship and co-occurrence analysis method. Also, we used frequency analysis in publications and citations related to special education and technology research to determine the situation. The main findings of the research are that the literature on the use of technology in special education: (a) has grown steadily over the years, particularly since 2003; (b) research topic foci have changed over the years; (c) articles are published in different journals, particularly special education journals; (d) produced by authors from a wide variety of countries; and (e) published by research groups with limited contact with other research groups.

Vanished Open Access Journals; Why Preservation Is Needed

A Review of:Laakso, M., Matthias, L., & Jahn, N. (2021). Open is not forever: A study of vanished open access journals. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 72(9), 1099–1112. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24460 Objective – To determine the number of open access journals that have vanished from the web and to summarize their publishing lifespan, geographical and disciplinary characteristics. Design – A descriptive research study. Setting – The internet and internet archive. Subjects – Open access journals. Methods – To identify vanished open access (OA) journals, vanished was defined by the authors as “a journal that published at least one volume as immediate OA after which production ceased, and the journal, together with the published full-text documents, disappeared from the web.” If the journal content partially existed, it would be considered as vanished if <50% was available during 12 months of data collection which occurred September 2019–September 3, 2020. In 2020, the OA journal list was created by searching Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory, and Scopus title lists. The list was cross-referenced with database records from DOAJ from 2010–2012, 2012–2014, and 2014–2019; Ulrichsweb title lists from May 24, 2012, and July 3, 2018; and Scopus title lists from February 2014 and April 2018, to determine the missing titles. Previous research by the primary author and two peers, and previous publications, also contributed to the list of vanished journals. Data was collected manually, and duplicates were removed. Authors searched the Keepers Registry to be sure that the journal content was not preserved or accessible. Only titles with an ISSN number were kept in the final list. The authors then searched indexing databases and Google to find the vanished journal’s website, then accessed the website through the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to gather the information such as the year founded, last year of publication, last year available online, language, country, affiliation, and academic discipline. Main Results – Authors identified 154 completely vanished journal titles and 20 partially vanished journal titles, to total 174 verified titles. Journals originated from 47 countries; the majority were published in English (n=137), and most were from North America, Europe and Central Asia (n=109). Social sciences and humanities domain represented 52.3% or 91 titles, and the last publication year of most titles occurred between 2010 and 2014 (n=110). The authors estimated the average time of the last published issue to the last available time on the internet to be within 1 year for 68 titles and within 5 years for 144 titles. Conclusion – Although the results represent a small number of the available OA journals at the time of the study (1.2%), it reinforces the authors’ theme that “open is not forever” and raises concern of the potential loss of scholarly work.

#3559 THE IMPACT OF OBESITY ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN VARIOUS LEVELS OF CO-MORBIDITY OF NON-DIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS

Abstract Background and Aims Obesity is a major issue with an estimated prevalence of 1.9 billion adults worldwide. Obesity is an important risk factor for premature death and the development of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM), heart diseases, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, mounting evidence in the literature describes a reverse association whereby obesity may have a protective effect on mortality; this is sometimes referred to as the “obesity paradox”. Several reports question the concept of obesity paradox claiming methodology flaws such as collider stratification bias. In this study, we aimed to examine the effects of obesity on the combined outcomes of all-cause mortality (ACM) and renal replacement therapy (RRT) incidence in a cohort of patients with non-dialysis dependent CKD (NDD-CKD) by correcting for major risk factors to reduce the risk of bias. Method This retrospective study was undertaken on all patients with a documented body mass index (BMI) in the Salford Kidney Study database from October 2002 until December 2016. Patients were grouped according to their BMI into normal weight [BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2], overweight [BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2 and obese [BMI> 30 kg/m2]. Patients were also grouped according to their level of co-morbidity into 4 groups: group 1 had CKD only; group 2 had CKD and heart failure (HF); group 3 had CKD and DM; and group 4 had CKD, DM, and HF. Univariate Cox regression as well as three stepwise models of multivariate analysis were performed to study the strength of association between BMI categories and combined outcomes (incidence of RRT and ACM) across the 4 groups of different clusters of co-morbidity. Results A total of 2416 patients were included in the analysis. The median age of the cohort was 67.3 years [IQR 55.9-75.6], 61.8% were male, and 96.4% were of white ethnicity. The median BMI was 28.1 kg/m2 [IQR 24.7-32.6] and the median estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 30.7 ml/min/1.73m2 [IQR 20.4-43.5]. At baseline, patients with increasing level of co-morbidity tended to be older with higher prevalence of hypertension (HTN), angina, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke with lower baseline eGFR. The risk of combined outcomes followed the same trend in the three BMI groups, risk is higher with higher index of co-morbidity (p <0.001). Further analysis of four subgroups of co-morbidity was undertaken. A univariate Cox regression analysis for group 1 [CKD only, n = 1351], and group 2 [CKD and HF, n = 227] showed that patients with obesity had significant lower rates of combined outcomes compared to patients with normal BMI (HR 0.75; 95%CI = 0.63-0.89; p = 0.001 and HR 0.56; 95%CI = 0.38-0.82; p = 0.003 for group 1 and group 2 respectively). In multivariate models, obesity consistently proved to be a strong protective factor against combined outcomes (HR 0.77; 95%CI = 0.65-0.92; p = 0.005 for group 1 and HR 0.53; 95%CI = 0.34-0.83; p = 0.005 for group 2). This was independent of age, gender, HTN, angina, stroke, MI, and prescription of statins and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. For group 3 [CKD and DM, n = 614], and group 4 [CKD, DM, and HF, n = 190], there was no significant difference in the combined outcomes between the different BMI groups when using univariate Cox regression analysis (for patients with obesity: HR 0.78; 95%CI = 0.61-1.01; p = 0.060 and HR 0.70; 95%CI = 0.43-1.16; p = 0.166 for both groups respectively). There was no significant difference in the incidence of RRT in any of the four groups. Conclusion In our largely white NDD-CKD cohort of patients, there was evidence of increasing risk of RRT or ACM as comorbidity increased irrespective of BMI. This is not surprising as ACM would be expected to increase as the burden of disease increases. However, when comparing the effect of BMI within groups, obesity was protective against combined outcomes in group 1 (CKD only) and group 2 (CKD+HF). This ‘protective’ effect was not seen in patients who had concomitant diabetes. These data suggest that diabetes is a potent predictor of outcomes irrespective of BMI, however, in patients without diabetes, obesity may play a protective role.

Analysis of academic publishing in Trakya University journals

Background: Although Turkey publishes more than 3000 peer-reviewed scientific journals, fewer than 5% of them are covered by major indexing databases, and only 1 of the 10 scientific journals published by Trakya University (Turkey) is among those quality journals. In November 2017, Trakya University organized a workshop titled ‘Increasing the quality of academic journals at Trakya University’, the ultimate goal of which was to bring together all stakeholders in the process of academic publishing, to review the criteria of publishing quality, and to recommend measures to enhance the quality of academic journals published from Turkey.  Objectives: To review the current status of academic journals published by Trakya University in terms of international publishing standards, to devise measures to enhance their quality, and also to help other journals do the same.  Methods: Information was collected from the websites of 10 academic journals pub-lished by Trakya University in the fields of natural, medical, and social sciences to assess the extent to which each journal met a set of criteria defining quality academic publishing. These journals were then compared in terms of their success in meeting those criteria. Results: No single measure can improve the quality of all the ten journals published by Trakya University. Balkan Medical Journal topped the list in that it satisfied nearly all the criteria whereas the journals that met the fewest criteria were Trakya University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty, Trakya University Journal of Faculty of Letters, and Journal of Balkan Libraries Union. Timeliness in ensuring ethical standards was the criterion most often met by the journals, but all 10 failed to meet the criteria related to data accessibility and good reporting guidelines. Of the 8 crite-ria related to fairness of the blind-review processes, all 10 met 6 but none met all 8. In terms of transparency and implementation of best practices, the highest compliance was in terms of the criteria related to the name of the journal, its governing body, and archiving, but no journal made any effort to market itself, that is, to expand its circulation. Conclusions: The strengths and weaknesses of each journal with reference to the quality of academic publishing were highlighted. The method described in the paper can also be used for evaluating other journals.

Integrative medicine using East Asian herbal medicine for inflammatory pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis integrated with multiple data mining for core candidate discovery.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by a wide range of clinical symptoms affecting various bodily functions, including skeletal, vascular, metabolic, and cognitive functions. This review aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of integrative medicine (East Asian herbal medicine combined with conventional medicine) used for the treatment of inflammatory pain in rheumatoid arthritis and to identify key candidate drugs based on the data. A comprehensive literature search will be conducted in 4 core databases (PubMed, Excerpta Medica database, Cochrane Library, and Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) 4 Korean databases (Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, Korean Studies Information Service System, Research Information Service System, and Korea Citation Index), 2 Chinese databases (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database and Wanfang data), and 1 Japanese database (Citation Information by National Institute of Informatics) for randomized controlled trials from December 13, 2022. Statistical analysis will be performed using R version 4.1.2 and R Studio program. The American College of Rheumatology 20/50/70 score and rate of adverse events will be the primary outcomes. All outcomes will be analyzed using a random-effects model to produce more statistically conservative results. Sensitivity, meta-regression, and subgroup analyses will be used to identify the sources of any heterogeneity in the study. The revised tool for assessing the risk of bias in randomized trials, version 2.0, will be used to evaluate methodological quality. The overall quality of evidence will be assessed according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation Pro Framework. There are no ethical issues, as no primary data will be collected directly from the participants. The results of this review will be reported in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023412385.

Mobile heath applications for self-management in chronic lung disease: a systematic review.

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13721-023-00419-0.

The viability of Islamic estate planning in Malaysian Muslim market: A bibliometric analysis indexed by Scopus from 2015 to 2021

The growing number of published articles indexed in a database such as Scopus suggests the increasing number of high-quality research and current interests that are relevant to a particular discourse. However, bibliometric studies identified that the pattern of journal articles published on Islamic estate planning in relation to Malaysian Muslim market in the Scopus database are still limited and given less attention. Therefore, this study seeks to identify the pattern of the published articles that have been indexed by Scopus specifically on Islamic estate planning instruments such as waqf, takaful, Islamic inheritance (farāid), gifts, trust, and will. This article is based on bibliometric analysis and focuses on all Islamic estate planning instruments in Islam. The data obtained from the Scopus database are then analysed thematically using ATLAS.ti 8 and VOSviewer software. The bibliometric analysis found 397 publications from Malaysia, which encompass articles, proceedings, book chapters, and book series. Nonetheless, there are only 324 relevant articles that had been analysed to establish the theme of the study. Meanwhile, the waqf instrument has become the most popular topic debated among researchers from Malaysia. All the articles are obtained from the Scopus database only by using keywords related to the instruments of Islamic estate planning. This study only focuses on Malaysian affiliates for 7 years, from 2015 to 2021. Therefore, more studies need to be done with any other indexing and high-quality research databases such as Web of Science (WoS) and related Islamic estate planning and marketing articles to achieve a better and more comprehensive analysis of research publications. In conclusion, this study provides a better information thematically through the frequency of publication by instruments, frequency of publication year, number of authors, language, publication format, list of journals, affiliation, and types of collaboration. This guideline is useful for researchers carrying out research on Islamic estate planning in the realm of Islamic marketing indexed in Scopus. In fact, the important result of this study will provide insightful bibliometric analysis and assist in identifying current interest in Islamic estate planning instruments with special reference to the Malaysian Muslim consumers' context.

Reproduction of Sheep through Nuclear Transfer of Somatic Cells: A Bibliometric Approach.

Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a reproductive biotechnology with great potential in the reproduction of different species of zootechnical interest, including sheep. This study aimed to carry out a bibliometric analysis of scientific papers published on the application of SCNT in sheep reproduction during the period 1997-2023. The search involved the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index databases of the main collection of the Web of Sciences with different descriptors. A total of 124 scientific papers were analyzed for different bibliometric indicators using the VOSviewer software. Since 2001, the number of SCNT-related papers that have been published concerning sheep reproduction has increased and it has fluctuated in ensuing years. The main authors, research groups, institutions, countries, papers, and journals with the highest number of papers related to the application of SCNT in sheep reproduction were identified, as well as the topics that address the research papers according to the terms: somatic cell, embryo, oocyte, gene expression, SCNT, and sheep.

PLOTTING THE LITERATURE ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION FROM 1971-2020: A SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS

This paper aimed to examine social work education, school social work, and social work curriculum employing scientometric analysis from 1971 to 2020. The purpose was to consolidate the documents on social work education in the science citation index and web of science database indexed publications. We extracted 4351 published documents and presented them in tables and figures to show the trend of data. The study findings showed that the major documents were published as articles and the language English was used. Similarly, the top keyword social work education, Univ. of Maryland top organization, and the United States was the top country. The name of Bogo M was at the top of the list of top twenty authors, top keyword school social work, and social work curriculum. Further, social work education was the top source of published documents and the top-cited article had 202 citations published in 2007. Keywords: Social Work Education, School Social Work, Social Work Curriculum, Scientometric Analysis.

Medical students’ contribution to research; the scientific output of medical theses held in Moroccan medical schools during the last decade (2011-2021)

ABSTRACT Background In order to obtain their medical degree, medical students in Morocco are required to carry out a research project and provide a thesis outlining its methodology and findings. However, little is known about the scientific output of these theses. The aim of the present study was to explore and evaluate the characteristics and publication patterns in scientific-indexed journals of medical theses written by medical students in Morocco. Methods Data was extracted from registered theses between 2011 and 2021 in four medical schools that have an open-source documents archiving platform. Publication of these theses was assessed in 2022 using a search strategy in three indexed databases; Pubmed, Scopus and Web of science. Results 9807 theses were registered between 2011 and 2021, 41% of them in the faculty of medicine of Rabat. 99.1% of these theses were written in French, 61.7% were reporting a retrospective case series, and 38.9% of them covered surgical disciplines. 83 (0.8%) of the registered theses were published in a scientific-indexed journal, and half of the papers (49.4%) was written in French. The graduate student was the paper’s lead author in 54.2% of the papers. The articles driven from the theses were published after a mean delay of 1.49 ± 1.34 years and the targeted journals had a mean SJR score of 0.69 ± 1.21. The total number of detected citations of the 83 published papers was 216. Conclusion The publication rate of Moroccan medical theses is very low when compared to other countries, which leads to question the real benefit of this time and resources consuming educational activity.

Renal agenesis: A meta-analysis of its prevalence and clinical characteristics based on 15 641 184 patients.

Our objective was to analyse the newest relevant data on worldwide prevalence and associated symptoms of renal agenesis (RA). This meta-analysis builds on previous systematic reviews to include bilateral RA, its symptoms and data on gender, unilateral RA and anomaly location prevalence. Review of available data included records in English and other languages from PubMed, Embase, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, SciELO, BIOSIS, Current Content Connect Korean Journal Database and Russian Citation Index and Google. A total of 15 641 184 patients were analysed in relation to the prevalence of RA. The pooled prevalence of RA was 0.03% (95% CI: 0.03%-0.04%). Based on 500 subjects, a pooled prevalence of 47.96% (95% CI: 31.55%-64.58%) for unilateral and 52.04% (95% CI: 35.42%-68.45%) for bilateral RA has been set. Our study presents the newest generalized findings on bilateral RA. There appears to be universal disease and symptom prevalence with minor differences between world regions, although quality of future observational research should include genomic data. This will provide even further insight into the prognosis of various renal anomalies and their etiologies.

Sustainable Development Education for Training and Service Teachers Teaching Mathematics: A Systematic Review

This study conducted a systematic review following the guidelines of the PRISMA statement, with the aim of analyzing the scientific production on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in in-service and pre-service mathematics teachers. Out of 211 articles identified in the indexed databases, WOS, SCOPUS, and SciELO, 16 were selected for an exhaustive analysis. It was determined that this topic is still in the process of development, focusing on aspects such as learning content, pedagogy, and the learning environment. Most studies employed qualitative methodologies. Contextualization in sustainability is the most advanced competency. The results highlight the importance of continuing to investigate and develop effective strategies to integrate ESD in the continuous education and training of mathematics teachers. It is essential to address the development of competencies in ecological and mediational facets, ensure solid knowledge of mathematical content, employ adequate pedagogical strategies, and understand the relationship between the environment and mathematics. These findings offer insights into the prevailing trend of integrating ESD into mathematics education through ESD elements and didactic competencies, as evidenced by recent studies involving both practicing and pre-service teachers. This understanding may promote the enhancement of the quality of mathematics education practices within this domain.

Inconsistent quality signals: evidence from the regional journals.

Nowadays many countries and institutions use bibliometric assessment of journal quality in their research evaluation policies. However, bibliometric measures, such as impact factor or quartile, may provide a biased quality assessment for relatively new, regional, or non-mainstream journals, as these outlets usually do not possess a longstanding history, and may not be included into indexing databases. To reduce the information asymmetry between academic community (researchers, editors, policymakers) and journal management, we propose an alternative approach to evaluate journals quality signals using previous publication track record of authors. We explore the difference in the quality signals sent by regional journals. Traditional, journal-level, bibliometric measures are contrasted with generalised measures of authors' publishing records. We used a set of 50,477 articles and reviews in 83 regional journals in Physics and Astronomy (2014-2019) to extract and process data on 73 866 authors and their additional 329,245 publications in other Scopus-indexed journals. We found that traditional journal-level measures (such as journal quartile, CiteScore percentile, Scimago Journal Rank) tend to under-evaluate journal quality, thus contributing to an image of low-quality research venues. Author-level measures (including the share of papers in the Nature Index journals) send positive signals of journal quality and allow us to subdivide regional journals by their publishing strategies. These results suggest that research evaluation policies might consider attributing greater weight to regional journals, not only for the training purposes of doctoral students but also for gaining international visibility and impact.

A Review of Research on Embodied Carbon in International Trade

Nowadays, how to reduce carbon emissions is a hot issue in environmental economics research, and countries around the world are having extensive discussions on their respective carbon emission obligations. The embodied carbon contained in international trade plays a crucial role in controlling pollutant emissions but it is often overlooked, resulting in problems such as carbon displacement and avoidance of responsibility for pollutant emissions. Based on the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) database, this paper adopts a bibliometric method to summarize 626 papers from 1994 to 2023 in six aspects, including the number of the literature, the literature citations, research region, journal, author, and research discipline. Meanwhile, the research method and model used in the collected papers are classified and reviewed. Then, this study briefly outlines the current status of embodied carbon emissions and the international pollutant identification laws and analyzes the shortcomings of existing research and the rationality of responsibility identification principles. Finally, we propose future research hotspots by combining carbon neutrality and carbon trading theory.

Natural and artificial green infrastructure (GI) for sustainable resilient cities: A scientometric analysis

Sustainable growth of resilient cities (RCs) requires equal development and monitoring of natural and artificial ecosystems, such as biodiversity, transportation, building, legislation, etc. We applied the scientometric analysis combined with social network analysis and S-curve technique by using VOSviewer and Netdraw software to quantitatively analyze 7684 publications related to GI and RCs in the Scientific Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) databases from 2000 to 2021. Results showed that: (1) Publications on GI and RCs have increased from 30 in 2000 to 913 in 2021 with steady annual increasing rate, and researchers have focused on improvement of natural and societal challenges. (2) The United States and China had the highest number of publications (n = 977, 15.66%; n=541, 8.93% of global output) and were core countries in the international cooperation network. The most productive author and institution are “Wang, Y.” with 23 publications and “Chinese Academy of Science” with 109 publications. (3) By co-occurrence keywords analysis, the degree of centrality: urban resilient (degree = 188), natural environment (degree = 187), green infrastructure (degree = 185), artificial environment (degree = 185), smart cities (degree = 175) and resilient cities (degree = 175) were hot research topics. (4) S-curve analysis demonstrates that transportation, CO2 emission, biodiversity, and urban planning are hot scientific areas with considerable potential. Social and smart ecosystems are nearing maturity. Finally, (5) “natural and artificial” & “RCs ecosystem” frameworks provide essential components and their importance for the sustainable growth of RCs. Decision makers and academics can learn by identifying research gaps, tracking research trends, identifying key actors, and evaluating impact. Overall, bibliometric analysis can provide decision makers and academics with valuable insights into the state of research on RCs, which can help inform policy, practice and advance knowledge in the field.

Learning Mathematics Using an Ethnomathematics Approach: A Systematic Literature Review

The study of ethnomathematics has grown significantly over the decades, especially for teaching academic mathematics in schools. However, only a small number of studies comprehensively examine research trends in the use of ethnomathematics for mathematics learning. Thus, research trends for the years 2018 to 2022 were thoroughly analyzed through systematic literature reviews referring to the standards of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). This review found 24 journal articles from the top indexing databases called Scopus and Eric. The finding of the SLR indicate that two types of ethnomathematics research are found if categorized based on the research data source. The ‘cultural forms’ used in ethnomathematics research into three categories: ideas, activities, and artifacts. Indonesian researchers (n=19) dominated the collected studies as systematic review only included publications published in English. The categorization of the studies are ethnomathematics (pure) and ethno-modelling, and the most studied mathematical topics are geometry (n=11), followed by algebra (n=5), numbers (3), sets (n=2), and arithmetic (n=1).

Topic-based technology mapping using patent data analysis: A case study of vehicle tires

The analysis of patent certificates for the purpose of determining the technologies of an industry is a method that has been used by experts and researchers of technology management and technology forecasting for nearly two decades. Meanwhile, using different techniques and software and completing the experiences of past researches have increased the speed, accuracy, and practicality of the relevant reports. In this study, the tire industry has been investigated with regard to its prominent role in the future automobile and transportation industry. All tire-related patent certificates in the last 20 years were extracted from the Derwent Innovation Index database using a search string and IPC codes, and with the help of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) which is an unsupervised machine learning method, the relevant technology areas were extracted. The analysis of technologies and forecasting future technology areas were conducted regarding the share and growth rate of each technology in two 10-year periods (2000–2009 and 2010–2019) and the study of trends and technical indicators related to the industry and value chain. The analysis of nine technology areas considered by tire industry innovators during the last 20 years, as well as the analysis of trends and effective factors on these technologies indicated that the fields of airless tires and intelligent tires technology areas would be highly welcomed in the future and become the dominant and extensively-used technologies of the tire industry in the future.