Emerging Sources Citation Index Research Articles

Bibliometric analysis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) studies published between 1980 and 2020.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), an acute respiratory failure caused by noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, was first defined by Ashbaugh et al. in 1967. The number of publications increased enormously after the Berlin definition of ARDS was first described in 2012. This article intends to provide the physicians and the scientists with a reference guide to assess the most influential publications written about ARDS. We performed an exhaustive bibliometric analysis to identify publication trends by year, and the most influential research articles, authors, co-authors, journals, and countries. Articles on ARDS published in Science Citation Index (SCI) and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) journals between 1980 and 2020 were examined. On December 20, 2020, the keywords "ARDS" and "acute respiratory distress syndrome" were searched using the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database, and data including titles, author information, abstracts, journals, and references were analyzed. A total of 4564 articles related to ARDS published between 1980 and 2020 were identified. After excluding 192 proceedings papers, 19 early access papers, 1 book chapter, 1 research paper, and 1 retracted article, 4350 articles published in SCI and ESCI journals were analyzed. The largest number of articles (n = 557, 12.8%) appeared in 2020. The average citations per article was 38.21, and 4350 articles were cited 166,885 times altogether. The USA was at the top of the list of the most productive countries with 5025 articles. Harvard University was the most contributing institution with 244 articles. M.A. Matthay ranked as the most productive author in ARDS research with 87 published publications. The present study provided a comprehensive, illustrative analysis of ARDS articles published in SCI and ESCI journals over the past 40 years.

Incidence Trends and Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Systematic Review of Population-Based Studies.

Objectives: To determine incidence trends of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) from population-based studies from multiple countries.Methods: A contemporary systematic review was conducted using Ovid Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (1991+), Ovid Embase (1974+), Ovid Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) (1946+ including epub ahead of print, in-process & other non-indexed citations), and Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index Expanded 1975+ and Emerging Sources Citation Index 2015+). Two authors (J.R.H. and J.A.Q.M.) independently reviewed all studies and included those that reported population-based incidence of SAB in patients aged 18 years and older.Results: Twenty-six studies met inclusion criteria with the highest number (n=6) of studies conducted in Canada. The incidence of SAB ranged from 9.3 to 65 cases/100,000/year. The median age of patients with SAB ranged from 62 to 72 years and SAB cases were more commonly observed in men than in women. The most common infection sources were intravascular catheters and skin and soft tissue infections. SAB incidence trends demonstrated high variability for geographic regions and calendar years. Overall, there was no change in the incidence trend across all studies during the past two decades.Conclusion: Multiple factors, both pros, and cons are likely responsible for the overall stable SAB incidence in countries included in this systematic review. Some of these factors vary in geographic location and prompt additional investigations from countries not included in the current review so that a more global characterization is defined.

DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF VIRUS-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS OF THE ORAL MUCOSA

Europäische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Home About the Journal Peer Review Editorial Board For Authors Reviewer Recognition Archiv Kontakt Impressum EWG e.V. indexing in the Clarivate Analytics indexing in the Emerging Sources Citation Index Crossref Member Badge Erfolgreich durch internationale Zusammenarbeit DENTISTRY Cite as: Archiv EuroMedica. 2022. 12; 3: e1. DOI 10.35630/2199-885X/2022/12/3.27 Received 26 April 2022; Received in revised form 13 May 2022; Accepted 16 May 2022 DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF VIRUS-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS OF THE ORAL MUCOSA Svetlana Gazhva , Yulia Ibragimova , Alina Tsirdava, Adeliya Cherkasova, Alexandra Navolokina , Lev Sergeev Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia download article (pdf) yuliatalipova@mail.ru ABSTRACT About 9500 neoplasms of the oral mucosa compromised by Covid infection are registered annually in Russia. They have high mortality rates - more than 50%. One of the risk factors for occurrence of malignant neoplasms of the oral mucosa are human papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus, the mechanism of carcinogenesis of which is not fully understood and is still a subject of research. At the same time, the virus-associated pathology tends to grow, increasingly impacting younger people. With good visual accessibility of the oral mucosa, advanced cases of oncopathology (3-4 stages) are observed quite often (67%), preceded by undiagnosed virus-associated processes. The aim of this study is to optimize the early diagnosis of the mucosal virus-associated processes and to prevent malignization. We examined 375 patients of both sexes aged 18 to 65 years with various diseases of the oral mucosa. 18% of them were carriers of human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr. The examination algorithm included a clinical stage (instrumental examination, index assessment, autofluorescent stomatoscopy) and a laboratory stage (liquid cytology, PCR diagnostics of human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr, and, if EBV was detected, an immunochemical blood test for capsid and nuclear antigens). The results of the study show that pathological changes in the oral mucosa and the red border of the lips associated with viral damage, which manifests itself in the form of hyperkeratosis (40 people - 59%), cheilitis (12 people - 17.6%), long-term non-healing erosive and ulcerative phenomena (9 people - 13.1%), oncopathologies (7 people - 10.3%). Thus, our diagnostic algorithm for examining patients with oral mucosal disorders reduces enables to reduce the risk of oncopathology and its neglected forms.

THE LEVEL OF OXIDATIVE STRESS METABOLITES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL WITH PERIODONTITIS

Europäische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Home About the Journal Peer Review Editorial Board For Authors Reviewer Recognition Archiv Kontakt Impressum EWG e.V. indexing in the Clarivate Analytics indexing in the Emerging Sources Citation Index Crossref Member Badge Erfolgreich durch internationale Zusammenarbeit MORPHOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY Cite as: Archiv EuroMedica. 2022. 12; 3: e1. DOI 10.35630/2199-885X/2022/12/3.2 Received 07 March 2022; Received in revised form 11 April 2022; Accepted 13 April 2022 THE LEVEL OF OXIDATIVE STRESS METABOLITES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL WITH PERIODONTITIS Tatyana Tarasova1 orcid id logo , Larisa Balykova1 orcid id logo , Dalila Khaydar2 orcid id logo, Olga Gurova2 orcid id logo, Alexey Zakhvatov1 orcid id logo, Elina Korovyakova2 orcid id logo, Larisa Mosina1, Roman Tarasov1, Maria Francisca Alekseeva3 1National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk; 2Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow; 3Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia download article (pdf) 9023060@mail.ru ABSTRACT In people worldwide, chronic periodontitis occurs in 10-15% of cases. Prolonged inflammation of periodontal tissues contributes to the formation of oxidative stress. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of malondialdehyde and superoxide dismutase (as indicators of oxidative stress) in periodontitis in rats. For this, in the main group of rats (n=10) a model of ligature periodontitis was created. The control group of rats (n=10) was intact. As a result, in periodontitis, the level of malondialdehyde doubled. We also found an inverse relationship between the level of lipid damage and superoxide dismutase activity. Conclusions. The level of metabolites of redox processes is significantly increased in periodontitis. This confirms a significant increase in the indicators of malondialdehyde. A decrease in superoxide dismutase activity leads to a low antioxidant status in rats.

VARIABILITY IN SIZE AND SHAPE OF THORACIC INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMEN IN ADULT MEN

Europäische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Home About the Journal Peer Review Editorial Board For Authors Reviewer Recognition Archiv Kontakt Impressum EWG e.V. indexing in the Clarivate Analytics indexing in the Emerging Sources Citation Index Crossref Member Badge Erfolgreich durch internationale Zusammenarbeit TRAUMATOLOGY AND ORTHOPEDICS Cite as: Archiv EuroMedica. 2022. 12; 3: e1. DOI 10.35630/2199-885X/2022/12/3.20 Received 01 April 2022; Received in revised form 30 April 2022; Accepted 02 May 2022 VARIABILITY IN SIZE AND SHAPE OF THORACIC INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMEN IN ADULT MEN Vladimir Zotkin1 , Dmitry Anisimov1, Nickolaj Yakovlev2 orcid logo id, Elena Anisimova3 orcid logo id, Valery Konnov3 orcid logo id, Dmitry Domenyuk4,5 orcid logo id 1Research Institute of Traumatology, Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov; 2Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Management of Population Health Risks, Saratov Medical Research Centre for Hygiene, Saratov; 3Saratov State Medical University, Saratov; 4 Stavropol State Medical University, Stavropol; 5 Pyatigorsk Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute − Branch of the Volgograd State Medical University, Pyatigorsk, Russia download article (pdf) vladimir-zotkin@mail.ru ABSTRACT Aim: Our study aims to investigate the variability patterns involving the size and the shape of the thoracic intervertebral foramina. Materials: The study was carried out on 120 CT scans of thoracic spine of adult males (aged 21-40) without any degenerative dystrophic change. Results: In the lateral projection, the counter-lateral dimensions (vertical and horizontal diameters) and the shape of the intervertebral foramina were detected. Following values were calculated: amplitude (Min-Max), arithmetic mean (M), mean error (m), standard deviation (SD).The nature of changes affecting the size of the intervertebral foramina was also identified with increase in the cervical-lumbar direction, as well as four types of intervertebral foramina – oval, rounded, four-sided, three-sided. The extensiveness of the various shapes differs and varies depending on the foramen’s topographic location.

Gender differences in peruvian nursing: a bibliometric analysis in scopus and web of science

This paper aims to perform a bibliometric and gender perspective analysis of scientific publications in Scopus and Web of Science in the area of Peruvian nursing. A bibliometric analysis design was used. The analysis comprised 130 articles in Scopus and 104 articles in Web of Science. The main indicators included the annual production of articles, the most cited authors and articles, and a thematic analysis of the keywords. In terms of authorship in Scopus, there are seven women among the first 10 authors, but in Web of Science, there are only 3. For citations, female nurses and authors at Scopus receive a higher proportion of citations than males. However, in Web of Science, male nurses receive proportionately more citations. Regarding the first 10 journals we found on the Web of Science, Emerging Source Citation Index journals have more indexed articles than Journal Citation Reports journals. The statistical correlation coefficient between the articles published in Scopus and Web of Science is 0.92. The scientific production in Peru in the nursing field shows no female bias in Scopus, but that is not the case for Web of Science. In addition, the total number of articles published in Peru respecting other fields is low, as is the level of international collaboration between the authors.

Sustainability in hospitality and tourism: a review of key research topics from 1994 to 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the scientific research related to sustainability in hospitality and tourism from 1994 to 2020 by conducting bibliometric and science mapping analyses and to discuss the implications for prospective research opportunities.Design/methodology/approachKeyword co-occurrences with 2,980 published papers collected from the Web of Science (Social Science Citation Index and Emerging Sources Citation Index) were used for the bibliometric-based analysis. The authors use SciMAT software which offers relevant outputs, such as research themes and graphical outputs (strategic diagrams, cluster networks and science mapping representing the temporal evolution of the themes).FindingsThe findings show that biodiversity conservation, sustainable attitudes, climate change, protected areas, satisfaction and environmental management were the focal motor-themes in the studied periods. Additionally, four areas for future investigation are identified and discussed: sustainable behavior and environmental sustainability; consumption, demand and economic growth; tourism development and strategies; and rural tourism, poverty, ethics and education.Research limitations/implicationsThis analysis shows insightful results processing a high number of published documents. However, the authors recommend further research focused on qualitative literature review for each critical topic.Originality/valueThe authors are unaware of analogous, completed and recent work about sustainability in hospitality and tourism. The authors believe this article is of great value to academics and practitioners because it synthesizes and disseminates the research topic while providing an outstanding basis for identifying research opportunities.

A Report of Journal of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in the Last 3 Years of Upheaval.

Journal of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (JOMES) is the official journal of the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO) and is a peer-reviewed research journal that presents relevant academic research and the newest medical information in the field of obesity. JOMES was launched in 1992, with the foundation of the KSSO and diverse studies on obesity published under the title Journal of the KSSO until 2004. Since its publication in full English in 2017, JOMES was rapidly registered in numerous databases, that is, in PubMed Central in 2018, in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and in Scopus in 2019. In addition, JOMES is indexed in KoreaMed, Science Central, EBSCO, DOAJ, and Google Scholar. The increase in the number of citations of JOMES within Web of Science is astonishing, and the world is reading and citing JOMES. In this review, I’d like to review the current status of JOMES and share the rapid development of JOMES with readers and potential authors of JOMES.

Scientometric analysis of smart tourism using CiteSpace

This scientific article is devoted to the scientometric analysis of one of the new and relevant areas in economics – smart tourism, which has become widespread in the last 10-12 years. The research was conducted based on the using of materials from the Web of Knowledge database (Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Social Science and Humanities Book Citation Index – Science, Book Citation Index – Social Science and Humanities, Emerging Sources Citation Index) for 2008-2022, which was later uploaded to CiteSpace 5.8.R3 to implement the tasks set in the research article: analysis of co-citations, including by authors; cluster analysis by keywords. It should be noted that the authors presented a capacious description of the WoS database array itself: from the perspective of the country component, institutes / universities / educational institutions and funding organizations, key sections, citation, types of documents, research area, Web of Science indexes / categories, etc. Also given a brief description of the authors whose work in the field of smart tourism is the most cited today. In general, it should be noted that the overall result of the search query «Smart Tourism» amounted to 724 documents, which were further used in the «Plain Text» format for scientometric analysis, which made it possible to determine the current and prospective areas of research in the field of smartification of tourism services, as well as build networks that visualize them visually. The author’s methodology for conducting scientometric analysis was also developed, starting from the moment the data array was received, and ending with the final visualization, which is universal, adaptive and complex, and can be used by any researcher when conducting a scientometric analysis of this kind in any of the branches of science, including in tourism.

The first years of «Nature Conservation Research». What has been achieved?

The journal «Nature Conservation Research» (hereinafter – journal NCR) was founded in 2016. It is published by the Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas «Bear Land». This review paper is aimed to characterise the first five years of the publishing activities of the journal NCR. We present the actual values of scientometric indicators of the journal NCR, and the main characteristics of the journal, interesting for authors (e.g. peer-review time, rejection rate). To characterise citation parameters of the journal NCR, we have used articles published in 2016–2020. For other characteristics, we have considered a period of 2016–2021. In addition, we have considered some aspects of the recognition of the journal NCR by the authors who have submitted manuscripts from 22.09.2020 to 14.04.2022. As a result of the journal NCR’s development, during 2016–2021, it was included in the databases of the Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC) (in 2016), Directory of Open Access Journals (in 2016), Emerging Sources Citation Index within Web of Science Core Collection (WoS CC) (in 2017), Scopus (in 2017), as well as in the list of peer-reviewed journals accepted by the Russian Higher Attestation Commission (in 2017). To date, the journal NCR is classified to the 2nd quartile (Q2) according to values of CiteScore2021 = 2.9 (Scopus) and SJR2021 = 0.362 (Scopus or Scimago Journal Ranking), and to the 3rd quartile (Q3) according to the value of JCI2021 = 0.36 in Journal Citation Report (Clarivate Analytics). The Impact factor RISC2021 is 2.969. In late 2021, the mean peer-review time, i.e. the time from submission to the acceptance decision, was 20.9 ± 1.5 (min–max: 5.4–51.7) weeks, and the rejection rate was 57.8%, where the main part of manuscripts has been rejected without peer-review starting (desk rejection). The main reasons for desk rejection were predominantly the inconsistency of the manuscript with the research scope or the main requirements of the journal NCR. The highest number of articles published in 2016–2020, is devoted to mammals, vascular plants, and insects. However, the highest number of citations was received by articles devoted to the IUCN Red List assessment, wildfires, and insects. Researchers from 53 organisations, managing Protected Areas in Russia, Hungary, Philippines, and Morocco, have published articles in the journal NCR in 2016–2020. In the papers published in 2016–2020, 691 Protected Areas served as the study area. Authors have found the journal NCR predominantly based on recommendations by their colleagues, but the role of databases Scopus, WoS CC, and the research network ResearchGate is high, too. For the authors, the indexation of a journal in international databases (Scopus, WoS CC), free publication, and open access to the content play a paramount role for submitting a manuscript to the journal NCR. The majority of the authors read previously published articles before preparing and submitting a manuscript to the journal NCR. About 25% of the authors permanently follow the content of papers published in the journal NCR. The full main text in English is available in the Appendix at the end of this review paper.

Podeželska območja, podeželsko prebivalstvo in podeželski prostor v srednji Evropi (države JCEA): vizualizacija raziskovanja v citatnih zbirkah Scopus and Web of Science

This study, based on bibliometrics (related to scientometrics) and science mapping, along with some sociological analytical insights, assesses contexts of the concept 'rural' in articles written by authors affiliated to JCEA (Journal of Central European Agriculture) member countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia (with addition of Austria because of geographical proximity and historical ties), using citation databases Scopus and Web of Science (WoS), and visualization software VOSviewer. Most papers are published outside the scope of agricultural production studies, clustered strongly in the fields of medicine, physical environment, social sciences, and ecological interactions. A small proportion of the reference to “rural” in agricultural science seems self-assumed in the general association of agricultural production with rural space. The papers mainly refer to geographical area, space or territory where interactions between specific social and natural processes take place. Topics tackling rural space as a societal form and arrangements, e.g. sustainable rural development and transformation, are the most recent. National and regional journals show strong recent presence but papers are also published in principal international journals. Co-author networking (countries / institutions / affiliations) indicates strong regional co-operation which is strongest in the immediate neighborhood. Co-authorship based on spatial proximity can be partly explained by less ambitious internationalization of research activities. Although publication patterns in both databases show similar traits, some database effect can be observed, also due to the inclusion of ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index) in 2015.

A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR GLOBAL RESEARCH TRENDS ON DIGITAL ECONOMY

Introduced two decades ago, the digital economy concept became a subject of interest for governments and businessmen, politicians and researchers. This paper aims at highlighting the current state of research and trends on digital economy. There is no previous evidence of a global bibliometric analysis on digital economy. Therefore, we conducted a bibliometric analysis on digital economy literature, to identify area of interest and potential for future research. Through this research we aimed to answer the following questions: How many scientific papers on digital economy have been published in journals? What are the most productive journals, countries and authors on the subject of digital economy? What are the most cited papers on digital economy? What are the most frequent keywords in published documents on digital economy? The data used for the research were extracted from the Web of Science database, collections Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index, and the processing of collected information was done using package biblioshiny for bibliometrix from statistical R software. The results, obtained with the mentioned computer tools, answer the research questions. Research production and publication of documents on digital economy are increasing. As no bibliometric analysis on digital economy has been identified in the Web of Science database, this paper is intended to cover this gap

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Ecosystem Services Research Trends: A Bibliometric Analysis from 2000–2020

The study of ecosystem services (ES) is becoming increasingly popular, as it plays an important role in human wellbeing, economic growth, and livelihoods. The primary goal of this research is to investigate the global trend in ES research using a rigorous systematic review of highly cited articles. The articles for this study were extracted from Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) databases of Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) covering the period from 2000 to 2020. This study was limited to SCI-E, ESCI, and SSCI databases of the Web of Science. The term “ecosystem service/s” has been used as a research term to filter the study sample and eliminate other databases from the analysis. A citation level equal to or greater than 200 was used to further filtration of articles. This query could restrict to 128 articles that are highly cited in the selected period. Bibliometric analysis results show that, according to the author’s keywords, the “ecosystem service/s” keyword is highly connected to the “biodiversity”, “valuation”, “marine spatial planning”, and “conservation planning”. The U.S.A., Canada, China, France, and Australia are the leading countries in the cumulative number of highly cited articles and networks of co-authors. The U.S.A. is a strong contributor to ES research with China, Canada, and France. The most productive universities linked to the United States were the University of Minnesota, the University of California-Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara), and the Chinese Academy of Science. The most significant and compelling author is Halpern S Benjamin, who represents UC Santa Barbara. He has earned international recognition for a model he developed to analyze global data sets of anthropogenic drivers of ecological change in marine environments. The most accessed and studied fields in the ES are terrestrial, urban, and marine environments.

Economic perspectives on the future of academic publishing: Introduction to the special issue

Economic perspectives on the future of academic publishing: Introduction to the special issue

Medical Science Potential Predatory Journals in Reputed and Counterfeit Indexing Databases

Getting a journal indexed reflects high-quality scientific integrity, which differentiates it from a non-indexed journal. Quantitative analysis of indexing status of a randomly selected sample of 121 predatory journals listed on https://beallslist.net/standalone-journals/ was carried out to ascertain their presence in various reputed bibliographic databases. The study's findings divulge that the presence of predatory journals in bibliographic databases is not significantly widespread. However, some indexing databases such as Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and PubMed reflect slightly greater values than anticipated and need to be scrutinized and reviewed regularly. Further, the study found that these journals incorporate many metrics under indexing/abstracting information which are not in a true sense suitable to be categorized as indexing abstracting databases. Further, Index Copernicus, Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), Global Impact Factor (GIF) are the most used counterfeit indexing services by the journals.

Publication Status Of Graduate Thesis Of İnternal Disease Nursing: A Systematic Review

Introduction: Transforming master's theses into publication is important for sharing scientific knowledge. Aim: This study was conducted to determine the conversion rate of internal medicine nursing master's theses made in Turkey into scientific articles. Method: Between December 2019 and February 2020, the thesis database of the Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey was used. All master theses are held, as a legal requirement, and were searched for "Internal Medicine Nursing" and "Nursing" master theses completed between 2004 and 2018. The publication rate of these theses was found by searching for the names of thesis author and supervisor on the following databases: PubMed, Thomson Reuters Web of Science, Google Scholar, Turkish Medline, and Turkish Academic Network and Information Center National Academic Network. Results: More than thirty (31.4%) of 616 theses included in the study were published in Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, 3.5% in Emerging Sources Citation Index, 25.0% in other international refereed journals, 19.9% in national academic network and information center, and 20.2% in other national refereed journals. Conclusion: It was determined that less than half of the master's theses in the field of internal medicine nursing were published and that, of these published theses, less than half appeared in journals covered by Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, or Social Sciences Citation Index. Solutions must be generated to promote the Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, or Social Sciences Citation Index publication of master theses.

Colchicine for the treatment of COVID-19.

Colchicine for the treatment of COVID-19.

Health care quality in nonparametric efficiency studies: a review

Scientists are increasingly considering quality in nonparametric frontier efficiency studies in health care. There are many ways to include quality in efficiency analyses. These approaches differ, among other things, in the underlying assumptions about the influence of quality on the attainable efficiency frontier and the distribution of inefficiency scores. The aim is to provide an overview of how scholars have taken quality into account in nonparametric frontier efficiency studies and, at the same time, to address the underlying assumptions on the relationship between efficiency and quality. To this end, we categorized empirical efficiency studies according to the methodological approaches and quality dimensions and collected the quality indicators used. We performed a Web of Science search for studies published in journals covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Emerging Sources Citation Index between 1980 and 2020. Of the 126 studies covered in this review, 78 are one-stage studies that incorporate quality directly into the efficiency model and thus assume that quality impacts the attainable efficiency frontier. Forty-four articles are two-stage studies that consider quality in the first and the second stage or the second stage only. Four studies do not assume a priori a specific association between efficiency and quality. Instead, they test for this relationship empirically. Outcome quality is by far the most frequently incorporated quality dimension. While most studies consider structural quality as an environmental variable in the second stage, they include outcome quality predominantly directly in the efficiency model. Process quality is less common.

Key themes in consumer financial services research from 2000 to 2020: a bibliometric and science mapping analysis

PurposeThe paper aims to identify the major research themes in consumer financial services between 2000 and 2020, their relative magnitude and interrelationship, to identify which themes have been most influential and to map the evolution of the field and identify emerging and under-researched themes that are promising for future research.Design/methodology/approachThe core methodology is bibliometric analysis based on keyword co-occurrences. A total of 1,227 articles extracted from the Social Science Citation Index, Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus are used in the analysis. Key outputs of the SciMAT software are the research themes, and graphical outputs are called science mapping (evolution of the themes over time), strategic diagrams (visual representation of themes in a 2 × 2 grid) and cluster networks (themes and connected themes based on keyword co-occurrences).FindingsThe findings show that customer satisfaction, innovation, corporate social responsibility (CSR), Internet and consumer acceptance were the main so-called motor themes in the study period. Furthermore, five areas for further research are identified and discussed: Issues related to technology; marketing and consumer behavior; markets and industry; product and service development; and branding.Research limitations/implicationsBibliometric research allows the researcher to process large volumes of articles covering a broad scope, leading to rich and insightful results. However, for greater detail and nuance, the authors recommend supplementing the results of this study with a more focused and thorough qualitative literature review for each theme of interest.Originality/valueBibliometric analysis is under-used in management research. The authors are not aware of similar recent work in consumer financial services. The main value of this paper lies in knowledge dissemination to a wider audience (including practitioners and researchers in adjacent areas) and providing a rigorous platform for identifying future research opportunities.