Intellectual Networks Research Articles

Artificial Intelligence in Retail Marketing: Research Agenda Based on Bibliometric Reflection and Content Analysis (2000–2023)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming the marketing landscape, enabling significant progress in customer engagement, personalization, and operational efficiency. The retail sector has been at the forefront of the AI revolution, adopting AI technologies extensively to transform consumer interactions, supply chain management, and business performance. Given its early adoption of AI, the retail industry serves as an essential case context for investigating the broader implications of AI for consumer behavior. Drawing on 404 articles published between 2000 and 2023, this study presents a comprehensive bibliometric and content analysis of AI applications in retail marketing. The analysis used VOSviewer (1.6.20.0 version) and Bibliometrix (version 4.3.1) to identify important contributors, top institutions, and key publication sources. Co-occurrence keyword and co-citation analyses were used to map intellectual networks and highlight emerging themes. Additionally, a focused content analysis of 50 recent articles was selected based on their relevance, timeliness, and citation influence. It revealed six primary research streams: (1) consumer behavior, (2) AI in retail marketing, (3) business performance, (4) sustainability, (5) supply chain management, and (6) trust. These streams were categorized through thematic relevance and theoretical significance, emphasizing AI’s impact on the retail sector. The contributions of this study are twofold. Theoretically, it integrates existing research on AI in retail marketing and outlines future research in areas such as AI’s role in the domain of consumer behavior. From an empirical standpoint, the study highlights how AI can be applied to enhance customer experiences and improve business operations.

Deciphering the growth of digital payment adoption: an extensive SPAR-4 bibliometric exploration

Purpose This study aims to perform a detailed bibliometric analysis of digital payment adoption and map the trends and growth in this field by examining seminal works, conceptual foundations and intellectual networks. Design/methodology/approach The Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Reviews (SPAR-4-SLR) technique was applied to retrieve 1,016 journal articles from Scopus and Web of Science (2003–2023). Diverse performance analyses and science mapping methods were performed using the Biblioshiny package in R to gain a comprehensive understanding of the field’s knowledge base. Findings The findings reveal a significant increase in scholarly interest, marked by a surge in publications and citations in recent years. Co-citation and factorial analysis identified distinct research clusters, delineating core themes and suggesting future research avenues relevant to theoretical exploration in digital payment technologies. Originality/value This study is a groundbreaking effort to explore the adoption of digital payment through bibliometric analysis. It uniquely addresses key domains for science mapping, including intellectual and conceptual structures. These innovative findings provide valuable insights for future practitioners, academics and aspiring researchers in the field.

Advancement of germanium-based thermoelectric materials: a bibliometric and network analysis

Germanium (Ge)-based thermoelectric materials have proven to be a reliable and sustainable solution for efficient energy harvesting across a wide range of temperatures for an extended period. Numerous investigations have been published addressing the future scope of Ge as a thermoelectric material. This article offers a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the literature related to Germanium-based thermoelectric energy harvesting (Ge-TEH) materials available on Scopus to identify how this material contributes to thermoelectric energy generation. Methodologies such as citation analysis, co-authorship, and co-occurrence analysis are employed to analyze refined data of ‘1867’ documents using 'Visualization of similarity' (VOS) viewer and Biblioshiny. The analysis shows that Ge-TEH has grown significantly worldwide, especially in the last decade. The social and intellectual networks were generated, and the most influencing countries, sources, and institutions were identified. China and the United States (USA) were found to have the highest number of publications, citations, and collaborations. The keywords analysis reveals that ‘lattice thermal conductivity,’ ‘Germanium,’ ‘Seebeck coefficient,’ ‘spark plasma sintering’, and ‘density functional theory’ are the most occurring words, indicating that the dataset features keywords related to thermoelectric materials and their properties. It also suggests a strong emphasis on fabrication methods for optimizing thermoelectric properties. The mutual relevance and categorical patterns of frequently occurring keywords were studied using a factorial analysis graph. This detailed analysis provides critical findings into the evolution and future scope of the research in Ge-TEH.

Profit-loss sharing principle in the Islamic finance industry: Current pattern and future direction

The Islamic banking and finance industry is founded on Islamic principles, with one of its main concepts being Profit-Loss Sharing (PLS). The rapid growth of the industry has led to extensive research on PLS. This study aims to capture the dynamic research landscape on PLS by examining the intellectual network, including the most influential scholars, countries, articles, publishing journals, and frequently discussed topics, as well as suggesting future research directions. We use bibliometric analysis to explore this topic, drawing data from the Scopus database. A total of 421 documents from 1992-2022 were analyzed. The study finds that Malaysia is the most productive country, Kabir Hassan is the most influential scholar, and the Journal of Islamic Accounting is the leading journal in the field. Four main topics are identified: the general theme of PLS, the implementation of PLS in different countries, PLS products, and governance and risk related to PLS. Future research is recommended based on these four topics.

Graduate employability: A bibliometric analysis

AbstractIn today's highly competitive job market, the employability of graduates holds paramount significance. Employers increasingly demand fundamental competencies and diverse employability skills from the current graduates. Studies have highlighted a noticeable gap between the skills employers seek and graduates’ skills upon the completion of their studies. This gap in employability skills significantly impacts graduates, impeding their prospects of securing suitable employment opportunities. The disparities in skills and knowledge have sparked a debate on graduate employability, necessitating further research in this domain. Addressing that, the current study explored research trends, directions, and opportunities related to graduate employability. A bibliometric analysis was conducted on a dataset comprising 2335 journal articles on graduate employability published between 1981 and 2023 in Scopus and Web of Science databases. The results of bibliometric analysis revealed the most influential journal articles based on their publications, citations, and significance in the intellectual network. Through content analysis, this study shed light on the subject's intellectual structure, characterized by four major thematic clusters: (1) the attribution of broader skills to career enhancement; (2) the significance of generic skills (interpersonal, problem‐solving, and communication skills); (3) the need for work‐related training and employer engagement; and (4) the need for improved curriculum design to build adequate human capital. The study concluded with a discussion of practical policy implications, limitations of study, and recommendations for future research.

ROLES AND CHALLENGES OF PESANTREN INTELLECTUAL NETWORKS

Islamic boarding schools, known as pesantrens, serve as institutions dedicated to the preservation of knowledge passed down by their respective kiyai. The significance of pesantrens in Indonesia within the national education framework has expanded, influencing various sectors. Their impact on both national and international education has increased progressively, emphasizing modernization, educational quality, community dynamics within Islamic boarding schools, and human capital. The primary objective of this research is to elucidate the role played by the intellectual network of pesantrens in Indonesia. This investigation is conducted through a comprehensive review of existing literature using qualitative research methods. The analytical approach employed encompasses both descriptive and critical analyses. The study reveals that present-day pesantrens encounter a multitude of challenges that necessitate appropriate solutions. Among these challenges is the emergence of the Islamic reform movement. The enduring presence of pesantrens in Indonesia can be attributed to deep-rooted socio-historical foundations and the robust support of the intellectual network within these institutions. Consequently, these schools continue to fulfill a crucial function in disseminating knowledge within the community. It is evident from this study that the intellectual network of pesantrens plays a pivotal role in shaping societal dynamics. Moreover, this network must be attuned to contemporary challenges in order to ensure the sustained relevance and enhanced quality of pesantrens as key sources of scholarly expertise.

EXPRESS: Advancing employees’ mental health and psychological wellbeing research in hospitality and tourism: Systematic review, critical reflections, and future prospects

This study conducts a systematic review and analysis of the research landscape concerning the mental health and psychological wellbeing (MHPW) of employees in the hospitality and tourism sector. Comprehensive bibliometric analysis, intellectual network mapping, and critical qualitative content analysis were performed utilizing a dataset of 184 relevant articles. From these analyses, eight critical reflections were derived, and future research agenda were outlined. These agenda include exploring positive enhancers of MHPW, advocating for holistic conceptualizations of MHPW, encouraging cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaborations, assessing the impacts of technology on mental health, developing industry-specific assessments, diversifying research methodologies with multidisciplinary theories, conducting multi-level analyses of influencing factors, and investigating the pandemic's long-term impact on career perceptions and mental health reforms within the industry. Findings offer pivotal directions for future research and aim to advance the understanding and enhancement of MHPW in the global hospitality and tourism workforce through impactful scholarship.

A Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Value Chain Literacy for Competitive Advantage: Trends and Future Perspectives

This study aims to explore the literature related to value chain literacy and its impact on competitive advantage through a systematic bibliometric analysis approach. In an era of globalization and fierce competition, a deep understanding of how to manage and optimize value chains is essential for companies looking to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. Using the Scopus database, this study identifies research trends, main topics, and main contributions in this field over the past decade, namely from 2015-2024 with an initial total of 1,097 documents before the screening process. The bibliometric analysis carried out included an evaluation of the distribution of publications, leading authors, institutions, and the most productive countries in 36 documents according to the criteria. In addition, this article uses citation analysis and co-citations to identify key articles and intellectual networks formed around the topic of value chain literacy and competitive advantage. The findings of this study reveal that there has been a significant increase in the number of related publications, with a growing focus on the role of digital technology, innovation, and global integration in optimizing the value chain. The results of the study were able to identify several less explored areas that have the potential to become future research topics, such as the impact of climate change on value chain management and the role of artificial intelligence in improving value chain efficiency. The findings provide a future perspective on how value chain literacy can continue to develop and provide added value for companies in achieving competitive advantage.

Apuntes para una historia intelectual de la Fundación Friedrich Ebert en América Latina

The promotion of democracy was from its origins one of the banners of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), ideologically linked to the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and which disembarked in Latin America in the 1960s. It is this transnationalization that we are interested in exploring from the perspective of intellectual history (Altamirano, 2005, Palti, 2004-2005), breaking with a unidirectional idea of transfers and circulations, in order to understand the exchange and connections between regions, ideas and people. The article first focuses on explaining the particularity of the German Political Foundations and the functioning of the FES in Latin America and then goes on to explore three intellectual projects of the Foundation, such as the Latin American Institutes for Social Science Research (ILDIS), the Center for Democratic Studies of Latin America (CEDAL) and the New Society Journal (NUSO). Based on the premise that ideas are important insofar as they conveyed meanings and representations in the region, this paper seeks to map the little known but strong presence of the FES in Latin America during the Cold War years. And how it became an important platform capable of connecting people, ideas and regions. In this framework, the FES, and this is our bet, can be thought of as an intellectual network that, while participating in and promoting debates on development, dependence, anti-imperialism, revolution and democracy, was building a space for indigenous social democracy.

Carrying dreams to the colonizer’s country: the historical experiences of the Algemeene Middelbare School A-1 Eastern literature intellectual network in crossing oceans in the colonial era

Carrying dreams to the colonizer’s country: the historical experiences of the <i>Algemeene Middelbare School</i> A-1 Eastern literature intellectual network in crossing oceans in the colonial era

The life path of Irma Carrica: An approach to the political and health debates of the 1960s and 1970s using the biographical method

We reconstruct the life path of the Argentine nurse and popular activist Irma Carrica, understood as a political-professional experience tied to her social networks and marked by conflicts and contradictions inherent to her historical context. From this analytical perspective and considering the precautions suggested by the biographical method of social sciences, we delve into the political and health debates of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly concerning disputes over the meaning of "community" in the health field. Specifically, we focus on the contributions of a collective historical actor - heterogeneous and plural, yet identifiable in its various forms - that we have termed the Peronist Left in health. By analyzing their professional and intellectual networks, we emphasize the role played by Irma Carrica as a representative of this Peronist Left in health, in constructing alternative dynamics for community health approaches, which challenged the dominant epistemological and pedagogical paradigms.

ENERJİ SİSTEMİNİN PAYLAYICI ELEKTRİK ŞӘBӘKӘLӘRİNDӘ AVTOMATİK NӘZARӘTİN VӘ İDARӘETMӘ ÇEVİKLİYİNİN ARTIRILMASI

The accurate report of electricity losses in power systems is important and of great importance to increase the automatic control and management flexibility of power systems in distribution power grids. This issue is relevant in our country, as well and in the recent years the electricity losses reduction is in the wide spotlight. The reactive powers and their compensation which are the reasons of electric power losses with the construction of an innovative consumption system in the power distribution networks of the energy system have been shown in the article. By advancement of the power factor and its improvement, the specified reports on the reduction of electricity losses have been conducted. These researches lead to increasing the efficiency of the accounting system of "Azerishiq" OJSC, automatic control of its distribution networks, intellectual networks and management flexibility. In recent years, such measures implemented in the system of "Azerishiq" OJSC have resulted in energy saving by reducing the losses of electricity in overhead power transmission lines.

The second generation of intellectuals in the educational modernization of the city of Santos (1908-1930)

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the city of Santos, located on the coast of São Paulo, emerged as an important urban center influenced by the ideals of progress and modernity that accompanied the recent Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil. This period of political transition was marked by intense social, economic, and cultural transformations, reflected in the practices and discourses of the intellectuals who worked in the city. Among these intellectuals, a network formed by Arthur Porchat de Assis, Adolpho Porchat de Assis, Victor de Lamare and Delphino Stockler de Lima stands out, whose work in the modernization of education in Santos between 1908 and 1930 had a significant impact on the city's educational development. This study aims to present results about the role of these intellectuals in the process of modernization of education in Santos during the First Republic. The research was based on a literature review and a survey of periodicals of the time, analyzing the discourses and practices of these subjects. The analysis reveals that education was seen as a fundamental means for the construction of a modern and progressive nation, being used as an instrument for the consolidation of republican ideals and for overcoming the memories of the old monarchical regime. The city of Santos, with its strategic port and an active intellectual elite, has become a stage for debates and initiatives aimed at educational modernization. This network of intellectuals, in particular, played a crucial role in the implementation of educational reforms and the creation of institutions that sought to meet the needs of the population, contributing to the construction of a dualistic educational system, offering one type of education to the ruling class and another type of education to the working class.

THE ISLAMIC INTELLECTUAL NETWORK BETWEEN NUSANTARA AND CENTRAL ASIA IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY: AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF INTELLECTUAL TRACES, GENEALOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

This research investigates the Islamic intellectual network between Nusantara and Central Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The study examines the Islamic intellectual network pattern between Nusantara and Central Asia, including the underlying factors of the connection and its influence on Nusantara’s traditional Islamic educational institutions, namely Islamic Boarding School (pesantren). This research employs the historical method and cultural diffusion theory to help the analysis. The research identified a clear influence of the Islamic intellectual network on Nusantara ulama's scholarly output in the 19th and 20th centuries, evident in their works covering various subjects such as 'aqīdah, ḥadīth, fiqh, and tasawwuf. These works, known as Kitab Kuning, derived their name from the yellow papers on which they were commonly written and printed. We also found that al-Azhar (Egypt) and Ḥaramain (Mecca and Medina) were crucial in mediating the Islamic intellectual network between Nusantara and Central Asia. The establishment of pesantren by scholars returning from their studies in Egypt and Ḥaramain marked the final step in linking intellectual genealogy between Nusantara and Central Asia. The formation of the network primarily occurred through two key patterns: knowledge transfer facilitated by teacher-student relationships and the transmission of knowledge through the sanad (knowledge chain).

The emergence of Gaza as a provincial intellectual centre during the Mamluk period

Abstract During the Mamluk period (1260–1516), Gaza developed from a minor town into an important city in southern Bilād al-Shām, the capital of an administrative province. This prosperity was the product of substantial and continuous Mamluk investment in the town, the security and stability maintained by this regime, and Gaza's strategic location as the bridge connecting Egypt and Bilād al-Shām. This article will trace the concomitant development of Gaza as a provincial intellectual centre within this context. Combining narrative sources with epigraphic and material evidence, it will show how the growth of Gaza as an administrative centre instigated a flourishing—albeit modest—scholarly scene in the town, which, while strongly connected to and integrated with wider social and intellectual networks within the Sultanate, retained its unique character.

The visualization of autism: Filming children at the Maudsley Hospital, London, 1957-8.

This article examines three films made during the 1950s by Elwyn James Anthony at the psychotic clinic for children at the Maudsley Hospital that marked an important transition in the purpose and practice of visual documentation in a clinical setting: film as a research tool was transitioning from the recording of external signs as indicators of internal subjective states, to the capture of the visual flow of communication between subjects. It is a shift that had a particular impact on the emergent classification of autism, a modality not yet properly separated from the broader term of psychosis, as a non-relational condition whose visual capture demonstrated a void of inter-human communicational exchange. Film was significant not only as a recording apparatus, but as a method of cutting and crafting sequences of movements into brief repetitive motifs. The filmed behaviour of children remained opaque to interpretation, a 'finding' that facilitated the modelling of an emergent autism as subjects who were isolated, alienated and automaton-like, inhabiting a separate temporality. The article situates this 'second', affectless autism, within a broader context of post-war research into gestures as a language of the body, developed largely through an intellectual network of German émigré psychoanalysts who had fled to the US and UK in the 1930s.

Bibliometric Analysis of Personalized 3D-Printed Concrete-Based Modules for Construction: Leveraging the Ordinatio Method

The research landscape of personalized 3D-printed concrete-based modules for construction and their impact on thermal performance through generative design methods is explored through a bibliometric analysis. Comprehensive analysis techniques, including bibliographic data and visualization with VoSviewer, are employed to unveil collaborative networks, influential articles, research trends, and emerging themes within this domain. Global contributions are showcased, with citations predominantly from the UK and USA, while Denmark and Australia demonstrate a significant impact relative to publication numbers. Prominent authors like Buswell, Mechtcherine, and Zhang are highlighted through co-authorship analysis, revealing evolving collaborative patterns over time. Seminal works and influential authors are identified through co-citation analysis, providing insights into intellectual networks. Source citation analysis emphasizes the importance of sustainability and advanced manufacturing methods through key journals in the field. Keyword co-occurrence analysis identifies the core themes, including 3D concrete printing, additive manufacturing, and sustainability. Emerging trends indicate a growing focus on sustainability and adopting advanced manufacturing technologies. These insights have implications for future research, guiding impactful contributions in this evolving field.

Intrusion detection system based on the beetle swarm optimization and K‐RMS clustering algorithm

SummaryIntrusion detection is a cyber‐security method that is significant for network security. It is utilized to detect behaviors that compromise security and privacy within a network or in the context of a computer system. To enhance the identification, an Intrusion Detection System Based on the Beetle Swarm Optimization and K‐RMS Clustering Algorithm cluster‐based hybrid classifiers is proposed in this manuscript. Here, the data is amassed from CICIDS2017 dataset. Then the data is preprocessed to eradicate the unwanted noise. After completing the preprocessed data, it can be clustered by using K‐RMS clustering algorithm. This algorithm cluster the entire data to the associated cluster set depending on the data behavior. The classification algorithm is considered to predict the data as normal or attacking behaviors. The hybrid classification is used to predict the data. The solitary predictor aims to achieve high detection rates and accuracy. The hybrid classifiers, such as support vector machines, artificial neural networks are applied to recognize the normal or intruder. The performance of the SVM‐ANN‐IDS method attains 22.05%, 15.87%, 27.25% higher accuracy, 23.90% and 28.53% higher precision, 29.29%, 19.19% and 23.27% higher specificity and 18.28%, 24.36% and 27.49% greater recall when compared to the existing models, like developing novel deep‐learning model to improve network intrusion categorization (DNN‐IDS), Intrusion identification scheme on real‐time data traffic under machine learning techniques along feature selection method (RNN‐SVM‐IDS) and recurrent deep learning basis feature fusion ensemble meta‐classifier for intellectual network intrusion identification scheme (RNN‐IDS) respectively.

‘One of the last secret maestros’: Nicola Chiaromonte between Europe and America

ABSTRACT The article describes the transatlantic cultural mediation performed by Italian editor, critic and political activist Nicola Chiaromonte, focusing specifically on his relationships with figures from the mid-twentieth-century U.S. cultural formation known as the New York Intellectuals. Drawing heavily on unpublished correspondence and archival materials, it highlights how Chiaromonte – who in the 1930s belonged to influential Italian and French intellectual networks, as well as to the antifascist movement ‘Giustizia e Libertà’ – publicly and privately transmitted political ideas forged in the debates of the Italian antifascist diaspora and the intellectual matrix of interwar Paris to leftwing 1940s New York circles associated with literary and socio-political magazines such as Partisan Review (P.R.) and politics. After exploring Chiaromonte’s years as a refugee in Manhattan as a scene of formal and informal cultural mediation, it turns to his post-war role as co-editor of the Italian Congress for Cultural Freedom (C.C.F.) magazine Tempo Presente (T.P.), foregrounding this institutional role as a site of idea circulation and exchange that leveraged Chiaromonte’s transnational cultural knowledge and connections. The article emphasizes the significance of interpersonal relationships not only to Chiaromonte’s political vision but also as sites of transformational intellectual labour.

Informal practices in intellectual networks

The functioning of society and its institutions is manifested in various practices that embody both officially established and a wide variety of socio-cultural norms. The subject of the study of this work includes systems of interactions and relationships in networks of intellectuals, which are formed in the process of habitualization of mechanisms of informal practices in the context of modern social development. The formal normative foundations of modern societies that ensure their stability and development prospects are studied. Guided by the concept of R. Merton, the authors emphasize the recognition of the permissibility of deviations from ideal normative designs. The object of the study is the processes of institutionalization of informal practices in the current conditions of social existence. The specifics of the design of intersubjective interactions between participants in networks of intellectuals in various informal institutions are presented, according to which their elements become generally accepted practice and in fact confirm their importance in the emerging relations, directing the development of modern social systems. The methodological foundations of the research are works on social philosophy, sociology, history and political science. The authors also addressed the methods and principles of the institutional, praxiological, network and system approach, as well as the theory of social interaction. The scientific novelty of the conducted research consists in identifying the ultimate foundations of informal practices, substantiating their heuristic advantages for modern social development in the theoretical and applied aspect, analyzing the regulatory capabilities of intelligent networks in relation to the normative foundations of specific spheres of social existence. The main conclusions drawn by the authors allow us to see that informal practices, including such socio-cultural concepts as activity orientations and attitudes, values and expectations, along with officially fixed and socially approved behavioral patterns, determine the effectiveness of intersubjective interactions and the attraction of additional resources. It is emphasized that in the realities of modern society on a global scale, the spheres of life are regulated by both formal norms and ideas introduced by intellectual networks, which contain informal rules.