International Scientific Production Research Articles

Unraveling the trends in business process management: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of management and business literature

PurposeThis study aims to analyze international scientific production from 1960 to 2023 on business process management (BPM), highlighting the latest trends in BPM in the field of management and business during the 21st century.Design/methodology/approachWe conducted a bibliometric analysis of 729 BPM articles from management and business journals using the SCOPUS database and VOSviewer software to map the scholarly landscape.FindingsNearly 45% of the papers were published between 2018 and 2023, prominently featuring the Business Process Management Journal. The University of São Paulo and Queensland University of Technology were the most prolific institutions. Significant emerging trends identified include Strategic Management, Digital Transformation, and IoT. Author Röglinger was noted for the highest publication rate.Research limitations/implicationsThe analysis was restricted to journal articles from one database, potentially overlooking insights from conferences, books, and other formats.Practical implicationsThe study highlights the significant benefits of integrating technologies like Artificial Intelligence and IoT in BPM, improving operational efficiency, competitiveness, and innovation in adaptability and service personalization.Social implicationsTechnological advancements in BPM could enhance employment, require new skills, support a sustainable economy, and improve organizational transparency and service accessibility, bolstering corporate social responsibility and inclusion.Originality/valueThis research offers a unique overview of the integration of emerging technologies in BPM, shedding light on their strategic and social implications, and providing critical insights for optimizing processes and fostering business innovation.

Soil legacy data: An opportunity for digital soil mapping

ABSTRACT Soil legacy data is past information on soils available from various sources (e.g. survey reports and maps). When compiled and organized, data obtained through historical retrieval can be used as basic input or validation data for digital soil mapping. A bibliometric analysis of this topic can reveal research patterns, evolution, and scientific contribution, thus mapping the science produced in a specific period and determining the trend in research topics based on search terms. This article presents the characterization of international scientific production on soil legacy data using a set of bibliometric indicators. The study was developed with the bibliometric analysis of scientific articles indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus data platforms regarding the use of soil legacy data published online from 1979 to 2022. The following were extracted from the articles: authors and co-authors, year and country of publication, index words used, and abstracts, which were submitted to bibliometric analysis in R. Bibliometric analysis revealed publication of 242 scientific articles in 117 journals involving 1223 authors throughout the world in the last 43 years, with an average frequency of 12.66 citations per article. Australia (10.33 %), the USA (8.68 %), and Brazil (7.85 %) were the countries with the greatest scientific contributions. The most cited studies refer to databases, demonstrating the ease of access to information contributes significantly to new local studies. Due to pedometrics importance for soil science, there is constant revision to available legacy data for new hypotheses and research in soil science. And also, for the monitoring of soil attributes for the conservation and preservation of natural resources.

Factors associated with ageism: integrative review

Introduction: Ageism is a social construction of old age which the WHO defines as stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination directed against others or oneself on the basis of age. Objective: To research national and international scientific production on the factors associated with ageism. Method: An integrative literature review was carried out in the LILACS, SciELO and PUBMED databases, using the descriptors: Ageism, Prejudice and Elderly, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, published in the last 10 years. A total of 297 articles were found and, after reading the title and/or abstract, 09 articles were selected for the study. Results and discussion: Factors associated with ageism include: age, gender, level of education, fear of death, personality, contact with the elderly, knowledge about ageing, life expectancy and the population's health conditions. Conclusion: Ageism needs to be combated, and the world needs to be adapted to all ages by including or strengthening policies and laws against all forms of prejudice, and by including school and educational guidelines in order to solve this problem.

Hepatology at the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde (HCGFAA) in the last 25 years and its international scientific productivity

Hepatology at the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde (HCGFAA) in the last 25 years and its international scientific productivity

A glance at the use of IRaMuTeQ® software in scientific research: a bibliometric study

Objective: To analyze and map the national and international scientific production on IRAMuTeQ® use software in scientific research in health in the historical series from 2012 to August 2022. Methods: This is a descriptive bibliometric and scientometric research and exploratory. Collection was carried out in August 2022 through institutional online access to the CAPES Journals Portal, in the Scopus database (Elsevier). To guide the research, the keyword “IRaMuTeQ” was used. After the selection process of included studies, data set was saved in a single file in CSV Excel format and later exported to the VOSviewer® software. Results: It was observed a greater number of articles on the topic in 2021 (127; 34.70%). In Brazil, there is the largest number of authors who publish using IRaMuTeQ® (271; 74.04%). Social sciences and nursing are the two professional areas that most use the software in their articles. Of the 15 authors who most publish with IRaMuTeQ®, 12 are Brazilian. Conclusion: IRaMuTeQ® use assessment in scientific research allows us to point out the expressive role of Brazil in using this tool in scientific research.

VELOCIDADE DA MARCHA ASSOCIADA AOS FATORES CLÍNICOS EM IDOSOS NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze national and international scientific production on gait speed associated with signs, symptoms, and clinical factors in elderly people in primary health care. Method: integrative literature review carried out in five data sources (Virtual Health Library, Embase, Web of Science, Cumulative Index To Nursing And Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and PubMed) with publications from January 2017 to June 2023. Results: 13 publications met the eligibility criteria, with a predominance of studies in English. Studies indicated that reduced gait speed is associated with fractures (p<0.05), dementia (p<0.01), cardiovascular (p<0.001) and neuropsychiatric (p<0.01) diseases, falls (p<0.05) and polypharmacy (p<0.001). Conclusion: altered gait speed patterns in the older people are related to various clinical factors, reinforcing the need for further studies and the guiding role of the geriatric nursing team in the health of the older person.

International scientific production in entrepreneurial, innovative and business ecosystem

This paper aims to analyze how the studies regarding entrepreneurial, innovative and organizational ecosystems are set, establish what theoretical connections exist, and build a future agenda. As for the methodology, the study carried out a bibliometric research. The database was collected from the Web Of Science. The results suggested that: the publications and citations have been considerably expanding since 2014; the debate prevailed in China and the United States of America; the papers show inter and multidisciplinary characteristics; in the field, prevailed the texts that study the entrepreneurial ecosystem and seek to deepen the concepts and analysis.

Ação empreendedora: Um estudo bibliométrico sobre a produção científica internacional

Objective: To analyze the international scientific production in the field of entrepreneurial action. Method: To investigate the theme of entrepreneurial action, the bibliometric method was used to fulfill the desired purposes. In the operationalization of the research, articles available in the Web of Science and Scopus databases were included. The database selection procedure was carried out by analyzing the documents using the software: My EndNote Web, Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer. Results: It was possible to identify the scarcity of compassionate research on the subject, in addition to the fact that little is known about the emergence of an entrepreneurial action and how, in fact, this research axis can contribute to studies on entrepreneurship. Theoretical contributions: It was identified that there are promising studies on the subject that made possible the exchange of the concept of entrepreneurial action and the different areas of knowledge through the construction of a synthesis matrix. Relevance/originality: The field of entrepreneurial action is still incipient and requires greater efforts towards a theoretical and empirical development, in order to establish and contribute to the construction of a very limited and defined conceptual structure about the phenomenon. Contributions to management: Studies on entrepreneurial action are directly related to case studies that report the emergence of entrepreneurial actions in organizations, which emphasizes the concentration of work in the areas of management and business.

Entrepreneurial intention and sustainability: an analysis through bibliometric networks

The aim of this paper was to analyze international scientific production on entrepreneurial intention and sustainability. Bibliometric research was carried out according to bibliometric laws (Lotka, Bradford and Zipf). In addition, content analysis was used to identify the main methodological approaches adopted. From the 76 documents analyzed, emerging topics related to entrepreneurial intention and sustainability were found: entrepreneurial education and gender; sustainable practices; innovation and personality traits; intention, sustainable entrepreneurship, and social entrepreneurship. These results suggest the development of research that addresses the context of social, economic and sustainable entrepreneurship. This research is relevant for providing reflections and knowledge for future research in the field of entrepreneurship, especially in relation to the alignment of entrepreneurial intention and sustainability.

Investigação do Fã sob a Perspectiva do Consumo: uma análise sistemática da produção internacional de marketing

Purpose: To analyze how fans are investigated in international scientific production in the Marketing field.Methods: Bibliographic research was carried out. The data were collected from the main Marketing journals ranked in the Scimago Journal & Country Rank. The qualitative strategy of Interpretive Content Analysis was adopted for the investigation of the corpus through codification and categorization of the meanings of the data and subsequent identification of the conceptual relations between the established categories.Findings: The research analyzed how the academic production of Marketing reverberates, conceptualizes, approaches, and relates meanings about fans. Results point to four dimensions of meanings about this consumer, which is being perceived as: Productive, when they produce content and social interactions; Communal, when they act from a collective perspective; Sentimental, by revealing an entertainment consumer's identity in which several factors influence their behavior, including at an emotional level; and Critical, when they evaluate what they consume.Originality: The study allowed a better understanding of the fan in the scientific panorama of the Marketing field, elucidating the existence of identity relations portrayed in the literature and contributing to the endorsement of new research that uses or transcends the presented concepts.

Comportamento empreendedor e estratégia: Uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Study objective: identify the gaps and theoretical axes of international scientific production related to the Entrepreneurial Behavior (EB) of the individual business owner as well as the strategies adopted, in different contexts, in addition to providing insights for future research. Methodology/approach: descriptive and qualitative study, based on a systematic review of 56 articles collected in June/2021 in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, with the support of the StArt tool, and the content analysis with aided by the Atlas.ti software. Main results: consolidation of the methodological profile of the studies and the topics addressed, identifying that both the EB and the strategy have fragmented definitions, even after numerous research. There is a positive relationship between EB and strategy, and the EB influences decision making and contributes to raising organizational performance. The success of an enterprise can therefore be determined by the ability and speed to respond effectively to changes in context. Theoretical/methodological contributions: advancement of research in the fields of entrepreneurship and strategy, with the identification of EB categories and strategies adopted (especially with regard to the understanding of EB and its influence on strategy), and consolidation and recommendation of a future research agenda. Relevance/originality: the theoretical articulation between entrepreneurship and strategy focuses on the EB, in the search for opportunities and competitive advantage, which are indispensable for business growth. Social/management contributions: contribute with managers and entrepreneurs in the identification of behavioral issues and strategic choices adopted in the most diverse contexts, including the sustainable development of organizations.

Exploring high scientific productivity in international co-authorship of a small developing country based on collaboration patterns

The number of published scientific paper grows rapidly each year, totaling more than 2.9 million annually. New methodologies and systems have been developed to analyze scientific production and performance indicators from large quantities of data available from the scientific databases, such as Web of Science or Scopus. In this paper, we analyzed the international scientific production and co-authorship patterns for the most productive authors from Serbia based on the obtained Web of Science dataset in the period 2006–2013. We performed bibliometric and scientometric analyses together with statistical and collaboration network analysis, to reveal the causes of extraordinary publishing performance of some authors. For such authors, we found significant inequality in distribution of papers over journals and countries of co-authors, using Gini coefficient and Lorenz curves. Most of the papers belong to multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and the field of applied sciences. We have discovered three specific collaboration patterns that lead to high productivity in international collaboration. First pattern corresponds to mega-authorship papers with hundreds of co-authors gathered in specific research groups. The other two collaboration patterns were found in mathematics and multidisciplinary science, mainly application of graph theory and computational methods in physical chemistry. The former pattern results in a star-shaped collaboration network with mostly individual collaborators. The latter pattern includes multiple actors with high betweenness centrality measure and identified brokerage roles. The results are compared with the later period 2014–2023, where high scientific production has been observed in some other fields, such as biology and food science and technology.

ANXIETY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH LEARNING DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Introduction: Reading and writing/learning disorders have a general impact on children, mainly in terms of mental health; in speech therapy clinical routine, the best known impact is revealed in the form of symptoms that can be associated with anxiety – on the part of clinical subjects; however, there are no evaluations that support the association. Objective: To verify in the national (Brazilian) and international scientific production if there is evidence that indicates the relationship between anxiety and reading and writing and/or learning disorders in children. Methods: a virtual search was carried out in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) database, in national and international databases, SCIELO, LILACS and MEDLINE using the following descriptors and their combinations: learning, anxiety, childhood. Results: 325 articles were found, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 8 articles were selected. Conclusions: It was found that the evidence found indicates/proves the relationship between anxiety and learning disorders in children as secondary to another health condition. Even so, studies have shown a high level of anxiety in children with reading and writing and/or learning disorders, even when this was mentioned only as one of the symptoms.

Safety of the elderly in the hospital environment: international scientific production

Introduction: Reducing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with the health care process to an acceptable minimum is configured as patient safety in the hospital environment. Aim: To analyze the international scientific production on the safety of the elderly in the hospital environment. Method: Bibliometric research, performed on the ISI Web of Knowledge/Web of ScienceTM , in the time frame between the years 1995 and 2021, using the descriptors: “patient safety” and elderly* and “hospital environment”, carried out from the export of these data for the HistCiteTM bibliometric analysis software. Results: 172 publication records were found, in 59 different journals, written by 218 authors who have links with 200 institutions, located in 113 countries. In the analysis of counting the number of citations, the h-index value is equal to 36 and the average number of citations per article is 48.25. The articulation between the 15 publications with the highest impact factor on the subject and the 06 International Patient Safety Goals of the World Health Organization, shows that Goal 3 - improve the safety of high-alert medication- was highlighted with 46.6% of the studies. Implications: The analysis of the indicators on the dynamics and evolution of scientific and technological information showed that there is a gap in knowledge on the subject, presented in a broad and diversified way without demonstrating the existence of an articulation between studies, authors and institutions from all over the world. There is a need to build knowledge networks in the area that allow more studies capable of contributing to the improvement of the safety of the elderly in the hospital environment.

Relationship between the family farmers’ entrepreneurial spirit and innovation

The entrepreneurial and innovative behavior of the small rural producer has been considered a way of boosting the sector and advancing research in rural studies. Given this scenario, analyzing the relationship between the entrepreneurial behavior of the small family farmer and innovation is an unexplored challenge in the literature. In order to shed light on this relationship, we conducted a systematic literature review by analyzing 100 of the most prominent articles published in the last decade (2010–2021) to answer how international scientific production is characterized and analyze the relationship between the entrepreneurial spirit of the family farmer and innovation. Our findings revealed expressive intermediaries that address the aforementioned correlation, expressing the centrality and intensity of the relationship between the terms of the formed textual corpus. By structuring and detailing the intellectual contribution of this study, it is possible to advance the knowledge on emerging themes. Understanding the innovative behavior of rural producers brings companies, universities, and governments closer to the reality of farmers, enabling projects designed for rural development to be implemented.

UMA ANÁLISE DE CLUSTER VIA CITESPACE A PROPÓSITO DE FERTILIZANTES (2008-2018)

The main objective of this work was to identify and analyze the international scientific production about “fertilizer” using bibliometric tools, referring to the period from 2008 to 2018. Thus, an exploratory-bibliographic study with a quantitative approach was carried out using the Web of Science (WoS) database as a search source, through the platform available on the CAPES website. A result of 28,282 publications was obtained, distributed in 45 journals, covering several areas of knowledge, with emphasis on: soil sciences (22%), environmental sciences (22%) and agricultural sciences (18%). The journal with the highest number of publications was the Agronomy Journal, with 737 papers, followed by Communications In Soil Science And Plant Analysis, with 702 publications. Chinese researcher Qirong Shen, from Nanjing Agricultural University, was the author with the most publications, 134 papers. Regarding the Institutions that produced the most, there was a predominance of universities from China and the USA, with the Agricultural University of China being the most prominent, with 585 records; followed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences University (CAS), with 563 records; and third, the Florida State University System, with 475 publications. Using the CiteSpace software, 62 clusters were mapped, worth highlighting six: Organic Fertilization, the largest cluster (65 references), Food security, the second largest cluster (57 references), followed by: Emission of N2O (52 references), Pasture (45 references), Biochar (24 references) and Bacterial community (6 references). This data mining for the period from 2008 to 2018, allowed us to conclude that: scientific production for fertilizer increased by 7.76%, on average per year, demonstrating the great importance of the topic before the scientific community, and not only that, also the its impact on humanity and on socio-economic and environmental policies.

Analysis of the Scientific Production on the Green Hydrogen Theme Published in Scientific Journals Indexed by EBSCO

Purpose: to investigate the behavior and tendency of the formation of social networks of the scientific production on the Green Hydrogen theme published in scientific journals indexed in EBSCO. Theoretical framework: the theme of green hydrogen has been gaining attention and strength in the current context of global energy transition, as it is a clean alternative for generating energy for electricity, industry, heating, and transport sectors, and, in replacing fuels to carbon base, influencing sustainable development. Method: bibliometric analysis techniques were used, and predominantly social network analysis (SAR) through one-mode and two-mode network analysis. Results and conclusion: evolution of the theme in academia; weak ties in co-authorship and institutional networks; relevance of China and its originating institutions in the scientific production of the subject investigated; the most central keywords were: hydrogen, green hydrogen, renewable energy, production and hydrogen production; and the most fruitful themes were: production, sustainability, energy and carbon emissions. It concludes with a macro and contemporary view of the theme of green hydrogen in the international literary academic field. Research implications: the present study contributed to a better understanding and understanding of the formation of collaboration networks of the actors involved in the process of building international scientific knowledge, and, by verifying that green hydrogen presents opportunities for economic growth and job creation, this research also contributes to creating an entrepreneurial and social research agenda. Originality/value: to investigate the international scientific production on the theme of green hydrogen, as this is an emerging theme in the global academic literature, and, therefore, to verify that the referred theme gains strength through researchers and their respective studies.

Espiritualidade e religiosidade: influência na terapêutica e bem-estar no câncer

Abstract Religiosity and spirituality provide cancer patients with strength and confidence to face difficult situations during the process of seeking a cure, indicating that faith is an important element at this time. This systematic literature review analyzed the national and international scientific production to assess whether religious and spiritual practices facilitate therapeutic adherence and improve the quality of life of cancer patients. Level of evidence was classified using the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach. Some articles showed that spirituality and religiosity positively influence treatment and patient well-being. In conclusion, cancer patients who use religiosity and spirituality as a strategy have grater hope in treatment; however, further in-depth studies are needed to ensure its effectiveness.

Bibliometric analysis of the flipped classroom pedagogical model: Trends and strategic lines of study

The Flipped Classroom (FC) emerged at the beginning of the 20th century as an alternative pedagogical model to the traditional classroom. It consists of inverting (flipping) some teaching-learning procedures, transferring some activities outside the classroom and reformulating the roles of the teacher and the student. The aim of this study is to identify the main existing trends and emerging strategic lines of research with respect to the FC pedagogical model. To this end, a bibliometric study was carried out by analyzing the international scientific production found in the Web of Science (WoS) database. A total of 2,194 articles were reviewed during the period from 2007 to 2021. The results showed an increase in publications on FC from 2013 onwards, reaching a significant peak in the scientific literature in the last 2 years. Scientific evidence is presented on the didactic virtue of the model, together with the increase in the degree of student satisfaction and motivation. New lines for the future are suggested, such as: providing evidence of the improvement in academic performance and solid and profound learning results in its application to different fields of knowledge, educational contexts, or with different types of students. Also, to investigate the co-responsibility of students by stimulating autonomy and self-regulation.

Use of soil actinomycetes for pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, and environmental purposes.

In this article, we reviewed the international scientific production of the last years on actinomycetes isolated from soil aiming to report recent advances in using these microorganisms for different applications. The most promising genera, isolation conditions and procedures, pH, temperature, and NaCl tolerance of these bacteria were reported. Based on the content analysis of the articles, most studies have focused on the isolation and taxonomic description of new species of actinomycetes. Regarding the applications, the antimicrobial potential (antibacterial and antifungal) prevailed among the articles, followed by the production of enzymes (cellulases and chitinases, etc.), agricultural uses (plant growth promotion and phytopathogen control), bioremediation (organic and inorganic contaminants), among others. Furthermore, a wide range of growth capacity was verified, including temperatures from 4 to 60°C (optimum: 28°C), pH from 3 to 13 (optimum: 7), and NaCl tolerance up to 32% (optimum: 0-1%), which evidence a great tolerance for actinomycetes cultivation. Streptomyces was the genus with the highest incidence among the soil actinomycetes and the most exploited for different uses. Besides, the interest in isolating actinomycetes from soils in extreme environments (Antarctica and deserts, for example) is growing to explore the adaptive capacities of new strains and the secondary metabolites produced by these microorganisms for different industrial interests, especially for pharmaceutical, food, agricultural, and environmental purposes.