Scientometric Perspective Research Articles

Diachronic analysis of Spanish scientific production on teaching methodologies in Primary Education: A scientometric and conceptual perspective (2000–2023)

The evaluation of science is essential to ensuring the quality, validity, and reliability of scientific results. Science needs to undergo a review process to ensure the rigorousness of scientific output. This evaluation provides a solid basis for political and economic decisions related to the design and execution of research projects, the establishment of new lines of research, or the identification of areas of specialization. This paper analyses diachronically the Spanish scientific production related to the implementation and development of teaching methodologies in primary education and indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases during the period 2000–2023. This analysis is carried out on the one hand, from a scientometric perspective, based on the analysis of indicators such as diachronic production, the journals with the highest scientific productivity, and the most productive institutions, and, on the other hand, from a conceptual perspective, trying to define its relationship with other areas of education. The general results of this study reveal two clear stages: the first, up to 2010, with little scientific production; and the second, from 2011 onwards, characterised by a general growth. The relationship between this field and others such as initial teacher training, ICT, and didactics is also evident.

Discrete-event simulation in logistics and supply chain management: a scientometric perspective

ABSTRACT This paper has been designed in the form of a systematic literature review intended for evaluating the state-of-the-art of discrete-event simulation (DES) usage in the logistics and supply chain management fields under a scientometric perspective. With this primary aim in mind, 127 papers published between 2009 and 2022 are analysed, with the specific purposes of: 1) providing an overview of DES studies in logistics and supply chain management, map the main topics covered within this stream of literature and their evolution in time; 2) providing a robust ranking of the journals and authors in the field; 3) evaluating the rigor in the implementation of DES models in the logistics and supply chain management literature; and finally 4) correlating, through statistical elaborations, all the previous aspects to the success of these papers, measured as the citations received per year, taking inspiration from scientometric disciplines.

Global research performance trends and knowledge gaps on cobia (Rachycentron canadum): a scientometric perspective

Global research performance trends and knowledge gaps on cobia (Rachycentron canadum): a scientometric perspective

Electronic commerce for development: a conceptual analysis and future research agenda for Africa

ABSTRACT Despite the e-commerce boom worldwide, Africa ranks last on all indicators of e-commerce readiness, indicating that it is not sufficiently benefiting from this practice's economic, social, and human development potential. This paper explores the role of research in promoting knowledge on how e-commerce can contribute to Africa’s development. It uses Jakubik’s knowledge creation theory and the scientometric perspective of knowledge diffusion to identify six main conceptual themes that characterize knowledge creation and diffusion through research on e-commerce in Africa using four different science mapping methods. Results show that knowledge created and disseminated through academic research on e-commerce in Africa is not adapted to what practitioners and policymakers need to better understand how e-commerce can promote development in Africa. We discuss six main points regarding this issue and propose recommendations for addressing them in future research.

Temporary lentic water bodies of Latin America and Caribbean: a scientometric study

ABSTRACT Temporary lentic waters, those which alternate wet and dry periods, are globally distributed and highly prevalent on Earth and can be classified according to their hydroperiod. We used a scientometric perspective, to summarize the knowledge about temporary lentic ecosystems in 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries. We conducted a topic search in Web of Science (WoS) using various keyword combinations of hydroperiod type (temporary, ephemeral, intermittent, episodic and seasonal), type of aquatic lentic ecosystem (wetland, pond, pool, lake and lagoon) and the name of the country. Final searches and screenings provided 608 publications. To analyze the data, we used two qualitative approaches. We generated word clouds to ascertain the primary research topics concerning temporary lentic waters in Latin America. In addition, we constructed a bipartite network to visualize the geographical distribution of publications by topics. Knowledge gaps observed were geographical, encompassing disparities between and within countries, and thematic, as certain topics have received limited attention. Moreover, we detected a terminology gap: a lack of consensus about the terms used that are associated with temporary waters and a collaborative gap: the study of temporary waters has historically been fragmented in Latin America. Finally, we attempted to unravel the potential factors contributing to these knowledge gaps. By revealing major gaps in understanding the structure and functioning of temporary water bodies in the region, our study provides a valuable tool for identifying pertinent research areas to be explored in the future.

Effect of Scientific Collaboration on Interdisciplinarity in Climate Change From a Scientometric Perspective

Insights into the interdisciplinary response to scientific collaboration remain scarce in interdisciplinary fields. The present work focuses on the effect of scientific collaboration on disciplinary diversity in the field of climate change using multiple statistical methods. The results show that research collaboration at the author and country/region levels has significantly positive effects on variety and DIV (an integrated diversity indicator), although these effects are limited. Additionally, the associations between the values of variety, disparity, and DIV and the number of departments are significantly positive, and similar results are found regarding relationships between these indicators and the number of countries/regions at the country/region and integrated levels. However, scientific collaboration has a negative effect on the balance of references at all levels. This study can improve our understanding of how scientific collaboration affects the multidimensional aspects of interdisciplinary research, and facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration in the future.

A Focused Analysis of the Intersection of Machine Learning and Intelligent Decision

Machine learning and intelligent decision are important research topics, and the effective combination of the two is a current research hotspot. To further understand the outcomes of the collision of the two fields, this paper comprehensively analyzes the research dynamics of intelligent decision and machine learning from a scientometric perspective using two tools, VOS viewer and CiteSpace. This study provides a holistic insight that helps researchers to better understand the research field. The data analysis of the article is based on 2218 documents retrieved from the Web of Science database from 1990 to 2021. The paper investigates the collaborative network, bibliographic coupling of intelligent decision, and machine learning, revealing the distribution, and closeness of research in the field in terms of countries/regions, institutions, and authors. Further, the paper reveals the research hotspots and research frontiers of the topic through a series of visualization tools such as burst detection. On this basis, the article further discusses the current challenges and possible directions.

Towards strengthening resilience of organizations by risk management tools: A scientometric perspective on COVID‐19 experience in a healthcare and industrial setting

AbstractDuring the COVID‐19 pandemic, the healthcare system and the global supply chain were exposed to an unpredicted event, which increased awareness about the need of more effective strategies to support decision‐making process and to empower safety barriers. In this work, a combined scientometric and systematic review was performed to analyze tools and methodologies able to combine resilience with more traditional risk assessment, learning from the experience posed by the COVID‐19 crisis. Bibliometric and literature content analyses were carried out focusing on resilience management upon the incoming of an unexpected event. The systematic analysis of the methods and models developed on the basis of different pandemic waves provides a natural guide for future research development.

Current Status and Global Research Trend Patterns of Insect Meal in Aquaculture From Scientometric Perspective: (2013–2022)

In the past decade, insect meal has gained popularity in the animal feed industry, particularly in aquafeed, due to rising costs and decreased availability of fish meal (FM) and fish oil. Initially met with skepticism, insect meal is now seen as a promising ingredient because of its high nutrient profile. Research worldwide is exploring its potential as a FM replacement. Insects are abundant, nutritious, and environmentally friendly, as they can be reared on organic waste, minimizing the need for land, water, and energy. This research aims at obtaining a comprehensive and in‐depth understanding of the current status and research trend patterns in this research field. To achieve this goal, this study conducts a mini systematic review and scientometric analysis of the global research published from 2013 to 2022 on the usage of insect meal in aquaculture. In the scientometric analysis, a total of 354 papers published by 1800 authors in 124 different journals from the Web of Science (WoS) core collection were analyzed, evaluating the number of publications, most relevant authors, organizations, top cited countries, most globally cited publications, and trending research themes in this field. The result showed that the University of Turin was the leading organization in insect meal research, whereas aquaculture was the leading journal, and author Laura Gasco was the prominent researcher in this field in the studied time frame (2013–2022). Italy was the leading country in Europe, while China dominated Asia in terms of the number of publications. The annual growth rate in insect meal research was found to be positive (23.11%), with 36.95 average citations per document. This study helps practitioners and scholars understand the current state of insect meal in aquaculture and identifies research requirements that can benefit both academia and industry.

Retracted: Bias and Motivation of Energy Monitoring during Exercise under Scientometric Perspective

Retracted: Bias and Motivation of Energy Monitoring during Exercise under Scientometric Perspective

Bacillus thuringiensis pesticidal toxins: A global analysis based on a scientometric study (1980–2021)

Several studies have been conducted on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) pesticidal toxins due to their successful environmentally friendly biopesticide activity against various insect pest orders, protozoa, mites, and nematodes. However, no existing study has systematically examined the trends and evolution of research on Bt pesticidal toxins from a scientometric perspective. This study aimed to analyze the trends and hotspots of global research in this field. 5757 publications on Bt pesticidal toxins were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) from 1980 to 2021. Statistical and scientometric analyses were performed using Excel, CiteSpace, and VOSviewer visualization tools to evaluate research evolution, journal contribution and subject categories, contributing countries and institutions, highly influential references, and most used author keywords. The 5757 publications featured in 917 journals spanning 116 subject categories. The top 5 subject categories ranked as Entomology, Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Agriculture. Out of these publications, the USA contributed the most, with 1562 publications, 72,754 citations, and 46.58 average citations per paper (ACPP); however, Belgium had the highest (106.43) ACPP among the top 20 contributing countries. The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is the leading institution with 298 publications and 21.20 ACPP. The Pasteur Institute is ranked first (90.04) in terms of ACPP. Keywords analyses revealed that recent studies are inclined toward the evolution of insect resistance against Bt toxins. In future, studies related to the development of resistance mechanisms by insects against Bt pesticidal toxins and ways to overcome them will likely receive more attention. This study highlights the past and current situations and prospective directions of Bt pesticidal toxins-related research.

Hotspots, trends, and advice: a 10-year visualization-based analysis of painting therapy from a scientometric perspective.

Research on painting therapy is available worldwide and painting therapy is widely applied as a psychological therapy in different fields with diverse clients. As an evidence-based psychotherapy, previous studies have revealed that painting therapy has favorable therapeutic effects. However, limited studies on painting therapy used universal data to assemble in-depth evidence to propose a better recommendation on it for the future use. Large-scale retrospective studies that used bibliometric methodology are lacking. Therefore, this study presented a broad view of painting therapy and provided an intensively analytical insight into the structure of knowledge regarding painting therapy employing bibliometric analysis of articles. CiteSpace software was used to evaluate scientific research on painting therapy globally published from January 2011 to July 2022. Publications related to painting therapy from 2011 to 2022 were searched using the Web of Science database. This study employed bibliometric techniques to perform co-citation analysis of authors, visualize collaborations between countries/regions as network maps, and analyze keywords and subjects relevant to painting therapy by using CiteSpace software. In total, 871 articles met the inclusion criteria. We found that the number of painting therapy publications generally trended incrementally. The United States and United Kingdom made the most contributions to painting therapy research and had the greatest impact on the practical application in other countries. Arts in Psychotherapy and Frontiers in Psychology occupied key publishing positions in this research field. The application groups were mainly children, adolescents, and females, and Western countries paid high attention to painting therapy. The main areas of application of painting therapy were Alzheimer's disease and other psychosomatic disease fields. Identified research priorities for painting therapy were emotion regulation and mood disorder treatment, personality disorder treatment, personal self-esteem enhancement, and medical humanistic care. Three keywords, "depression," "women," and "recovery," had the strongest citation bursts, which emphasized the research trends. The general trend for painting therapy research is positive. Our findings provide useful information for researchers on painting therapy to determine new directions in relate to popular issues, collaborators, and research frontiers. Painting therapy holds a promising future, and further studies could explore the clinical implications of this therapy in terms of mechanisms and criteria for assessing efficacy.

Writing Motivation in the Web of Science and Scopus Databases: A Scientometrics Perspective in CiteSpace

In education, writing motivation is a major concern since high levels of motivation generally contribute to effective writing. This study selected 148 studies from the Web of Science and Scopus on writing motivation in the early 21st century (2001–2022). Accordingly, using the Scientometric perspective in CiteSpace, the current research state, development trends, and possible future paths in writing motivation are systematically analysed. The analysis of publications includes quantity and trends, citation frequency, and keyword co-occurrence. Findings reveal that (1) since 2011, the number of publications on writing motivation has increased annually, showing a steady upward trend. (2) Highly cited articles on writing motivation focus on the following research perspectives: motivation theory, writing performance, gender, grade level, and writing instructional methods. Furthermore, Pajares and the United States emerged as outstanding contributors and nations, respectively. (3) The majority of research hotspots are devoted to educational research, psychology, and linguistics. (4) The writing motivation research process can be separated into three distinct phases: the emerging phase, the stagnation phase, and the rapid development phase. Writing motivation is a promising research field that will require researchers and practitioners to investigate educational methodologies continuously, select large samples to study the scope, and implement ideas. By doing so, these constructive methods will benefit students’ writing and meet future work requirements.

Exploring the Development of Poverty Eradication Efforts in Southeast Asia: A Scientometric Perspective

This article intends to find out the development of Southeast Asia countries efforts in eradicating the poorness by mapping proclivity of the topics in the Scopus database. VOSviewer 1.6.18 was used to visualize such trends. This study shows that there are 187 relevant publications yet only 20 of them specifically discuss poverty eradication efforts. Indonesia is the most productive country in publishing such efforts. Andam’s document in 2010 is the most cited article that discusses the impact of protection systems on poverty as an effort to eradicate poverty in Thailand. Furthermore, efforts to eradicate poverty in Vietnam are implemented by enhancing the poor and providing funding facilities. In the Philippines, such efforts are accomplished through strengthening the poor networking and creating community support system, while in Malaysia the focus is more on IT. Meanwhile, other countries did not specifically discuss poverty eradication efforts.

Evaluation of global research trends in photocatalytic degradation of dye effluents using scientometrics analysis.

Photocatalysis technology is observed to be an effective approach for its outstanding performance to eliminate wide range of organic pollutants including dyes in textile effluent. Despite growing number of studies, there is no scientometric perspective addressing the research topic "photocatalytic degradation of dye effluents". In this regard, a total of 954 documents were extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) database using keywords search to cover all the published documents during the period 1996-2020. Publications in this area started to increase exponentially from year 2007. The most dominant subject categories were Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science & Ecology. Applied Catalysis B-Environmental and Desalination & Water Treatment were identified as the most-impactful and productive journals respectively. Authors based in India accounted for 29.6% of total publications followed by China (14.2%); but in terms of citations Spain and Italy were more influential. Based on keyword analysis, azo dyes, TiO2, nanoparticles, adsorption, methylene blue, visible light, ZnO and kinetics are the most studied, and visible light mediated photocatalysis, hybrid treatment systems, nano based photocatalysis and more recently, metal based photocatalysis, have received most attention. Studies on cost and energy analysis, recovery of value-added products, development of more efficient photocatalytic materials and new photocatalyst regeneration approaches should be considered for future research. This study therefore, provides a comprehensive understanding about the trends and patterns of the specified research field worldwide.

Bias and Motivation of Energy Monitoring during Exercise under Scientometric Perspective

The thermodynamics is of great value for better practical applications of Internet of Things (IoT). With the development of IoT, Wearable Energy Harvester can provide more abundant measurement methods for human engineering and human heat. However, how close the relationship is between traditional individual thermal measurement and emerging technologies remains a topic that has not been paid attention to. Therefore, this paper first sorts and summarizes the literature of human calorimetry and then shows the cross field of Wearable Energy Harvester and traditional research using graph theory. Specifically, this paper presents the evolution of the research field in the form of dual-map overlays by characterizing the network structure and measuring the structural transformation of the knowledge network. With Web of Science as the data source and CiteSpace 5.0 software as the tool to make a knowledge graph for quantitative statistics, it is found that the research hotspot of individual energy expenditure is in the physiological field. The starting point of individual thermal energy monitoring technology represented by Wearable Energy Harvester is to aid with human health. However, as time progresses, although the development of this field still focuses on the fields of chemical industry and materials, it has gradually become closely related to multiple disciplines such as the monitoring of thermal energy during high-intensity sports training.

Emerging trends and knowledge domain of research on urban green open spaces and wellbeing: A scientometric review.

Green Open Spaces (GOS) and its linkages to human health and wellbeing have received growing attention in the field of urban planning. In spite of increase in number of studies in this field, there is lack of scientometric perspective pertaining to this research domain. The purpose of the study is to map the research status and key research directions in the interdisciplinary domain: Green open spaces, public health and urban planning, using Citespace. Scientometric analysis (co-author, co-citation, co-word and cluster analysis) is conducted for 451 peer reviewed publications, primarily published in last two decades (2000-2021) in the web of science database. The study assessed influential authors, journals and documents to identify the intellectual structure and network of co-authorship and countries to understand research collaborations of this domain. As a result of this review, five emerging research trends in this domain are identified - Emerging data sources, Study areas at various spatial scales, Type of study, Assessment of urban GOS benefits and Urban planning contribution in the research area. In addition, critical review of these trends is conducted to understand corresponding challenges and opportunities. The critical analysis highlighted the need of generating evidence base appropriate for assessing GOS use and user perception, especially in developing nations capturing socio-demographic diversity. The use of Citespace for scientometric analysis facilitated the systematic understanding of this research area by visualizing and analyzing various patterns and trends. This study provides an intensive understanding of present research status and emerging trends of this research domain. Findings in this study are envisioned to provide practitioners, decision makers and researchers with promising future research directions.

Hotspots and future directions in rheumatoid arthritis-related cardiovascular disease: A scientometric and visualization study from 2001 to 2021 based on Web of Science.

BackgroundThe morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is significantly higher than those in the general population, leading to RA-related CVD has attracted broad attention and numerous articles have been published. However, no study has systematically examined this area from a scientometric perspective. This study aimed to visualize the knowledge structure and identify emerging research trends and potential hotspots in this field.Materials and methodsArticles and reviews on RA-CVD published from 2001 to 2021 were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection database. CiteSpace and VOSviewer software were used to visualize the knowledge network of countries, institutions, authors, references and keywords in this field. SPSS and Microsoft Excel software were used for curve fitting and correlation analysis.ResultsA total of 2,618 articles and reviews were included. The number of publications about RA-related CVD significantly increased yearly. Publications were mainly concentrated in North America, Europe and East Asia. The United States contributed most with 699 publications, followed by the United Kingdom and Italy. Gross Domestic Product was an important factor affecting scientific output. University of Manchester and Professor Kitas George D. were the most prolific institutions and influential authors, respectively. Journal of Rheumatology was the most productive journal for RA-related CVD research. The research hotspots switched in the order of clinical features (cardiovascular events), mechanism exploration, anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy, risk factors, and antirheumatic drug safety, which can be observed from the keyword analysis and co-cited reference cluster analysis.ConclusionsThis study found that research on RA-related CVD is flourishing. The safety and cardiovascular pharmacological mechanisms of anti-rheumatoid drugs, especially targeted synthetic DMARDs, would be the focus of current research and developmental trends in future research.

Textile effluent toxicity trend: A scientometric review

Textile production generates high volumes of colored effluents, including several toxic substances potentially dangerous to the environment. It is important to highlight out that decolorization is not the removal of toxicity and currently there is no scientometric perspective addressing about this theme. The present study aimed scientometrically review the state-of-art on textile effluent toxicity, presenting scientific trends and gaps, research hotspots and science statistics on this issue, and identifying the directions to guide future efforts. The words “textile effluent” AND *toxicity* were searched in the Web of Science, between the years 1945 a 2020. 214 articles were retrieved and selected with relevant impact factor (H-index = 45) and were analyzed in CiteSpace, Excel, Statistica and Bibliometrix software. Clearly, greater focus and scientific efforts are urgent to find efficient ways to manage textile wastewater. India, Brazil, and Turkey lead in the publications number on the topic and are also the leading textile producers worldwide. The efforts were focused on the search for efficient effluent treatments promoting decolorization, nontoxic and economically feasible for textile industries. Highlights those 40 years have passed since the first publication and still no efficient and sustainable way of managing this waste is available.

From the Cradle to the Web: The Growth of “Sharenting”—A Scientometric Perspective

“Sharenting” is an internet trend in which parents report detailed information or repeatedly post pictures, videos, and other content about their children on social media. Due to the duality of sharenting, which takes place online but has offline consequences, it is essential to understand the implications of sharenting for real-world parenting and child development. The present work analyzes references in the existing literature and links among published articles to better understand sharenting, evidence for it, and major topics associated with it and to uncover the gaps in the literature. Citation analysis of the current literature mainly focuses on risks and benefits related to sharenting practices, especially for the children, and on ethical and privacy concerns. Future studies should investigate the psychological mechanisms that drive sharenting-related behaviors in parents and multidisciplinary approaches to the phenomenon. With a broader perspective on these issues, practitioners and professionals in family studies will be able to delineate guidelines for informative interventions to increase awarenes about the causes and consequences of publicly sharing child content.