Little Sciece, Big Science
... La red muestra una estructura jerárquica con artificial intelligence como nodo central, validado por sus altos valores de PageRank e intermediación, en línea con la "normalización paradigmática" de Price (1963). ...
... Los resultados indican que la IA se ha consolidado como categoría estructurante en el discurso académico sobre comunicación corporativa, en línea con la "normalización paradigmática" descrita por Price (1963), donde disciplinas emergentes configuran núcleos teóricos estables. Esta centralidad se refleja en la alta densidad semántica de redes de coocurrencia y la prominencia de términos como ethics, stakeholder engagement y machine learning. ...
Objectives: This study analyzes the development of scientific research on artificial intelligence (AI) applied to corporate communication between 2005 and 2024. The objective is to identify key thematic lines, collaboration dynamics, and institutional concentration patterns, with particular attention to the evolution of academic discourse and its orientation toward sustainability, ethics, and digital literacy. Design/Methodology: A structural bibliometric analysis was conducted based on a corpus of 670 articles retrieved from Web of Science and Scopus. The data were processed using Biblioshiny (Bibliometrix), applying performance analysis, co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrence, and strategic mapping techniques. This methodology enables the mapping of thematic clusters and the evaluation of the cognitive structure of the field, while acknowledging the inherent limitation of relying exclusively on indexed databases. Findings: Scientific output shows sustained growth since 2016, driven by technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and generative systems. Four evolutionary stages were identified, marking a shift from functional approaches to a critical maturity phase centered on ethical governance and institutional responsibility. The most developed areas include communicative automation, algorithmic personalization, and the use of AI in branding and education. Notable imbalances were also found in the geographic and linguistic distribution of knowledge, with a predominance of authors from the Global North and publications in English. Originality/Value: This study offers a novel and replicable systematization of the field, providing a structural perspective on how AI has reconfigured corporate communication from an interdisciplinary standpoint. Its main contribution lies in outlining a research agenda aimed at critically integrating technological innovation, communicative sustainability, and epistemic equity in organizational contexts.
... After the publication of the first paper, a new paper was not found until 1979 [54]. Since then, there have been other periods of continuous publications, followed by years without publication: -1984, 1986-2007, and 2009(until 27 September 2024. By applying the Price/Dobrov law, it was found that annual publications in this last period were not in an exponential growth phase (R 2 = 50%). ...
... In addition, the methodology is robust and based on traditional laws, such as Price's law for assessing the growth of scientific production and Bradford's law for identifying the most relevant journals in the field. These techniques provide a solid quantitative basis that not only facilitates the identification of trends but also the relevance and impact of the most influential authors [64]. Finally, the study allows us to identify the wide range of disciplines where isometric training has varied applications, such as sports medicine, physiology, and rehabilitation. ...
Isometric training is a method focused on muscle strengthening without joint movement and has gained attention in recent years due to its applicability in rehabilitation and sports medicine. However, no comprehensive bibliometric analysis focused exclusively on adult populations has been performed. This study aimed to analyze the scientific production related to isometric training in adults; identify prominent authors, journals, and thematic trends; and evaluate the evolution of interest in this field over time. A bibliometric review was performed using the Web of Science Core Collection (SCI-E, SSCI, and ESCI). A specific search strategy was applied to identify articles and reviews focused on isometric training in adult populations. A total of 238 records met the inclusion criteria. Data were analyzed using Excel 2016 and VOSviewer software1.6.20. Bibliometric indicators such as Price’s Law, Bradford’s Law, Lotka’s Law, h-index, and co-occurrence and co-authorship network analysis were applied. The results showed a steady increase in publications in the last decade, highlighting the categories of Sports Science, Physiology, and Cardiovascular. The Journal of Applied Physiology was the most frequent source, and Springer Nature was the most prolific publisher. The h-index identified 21 highly cited papers, and Lotka’s Law confirmed the existence of a small group of prolific authors. VOSviewer analysis revealed clear thematic clusters, mainly around blood pressure regulation, rehabilitation, and aging. International collaboration was evident, with the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom leading the co-authorship networks. Scientific interest in isometric training for adult populations is growing, particularly in relation to cardiovascular health and rehabilitation. Despite this, gaps remain in terms of methodological consistency and standardized protocols. Addressing these issues could improve the applicability and scientific impact of this training modality.
... Price's law [35], which describes four phases in the development of a research area: (1) the precursors' phase, where a small group of scientists pioneers the field; (2) the exponential growth phase, marked by increasing interest and exploration of various aspects of the topic; (3) the knowledge consolidation phase; and (4) the maturity phase, characterized by a significant decline in publications as the field becomes fully explored [36]. However, it is uncertain whether safety culture research has reached this final stage. ...
... The study by Li and Hale [8] provides a useful perspective for evaluating this upward trend in safety culture publications compared to other research topics. The growth of scientific publications in a particular field can be analyzed using Price's law [35], which describes four phases in the development of a research area: (1) the precursors' phase, where a small group of scientists pioneers the field; (2) the exponential growth phase, marked by increasing interest and exploration of various aspects of the topic; (3) the knowledge consolidation phase; and (4) the maturity phase, characterized by a significant decline in publications as the field becomes fully explored [36]. However, it is uncertain whether safety culture research has reached this final stage. ...
Safety culture plays a vital role in creating safer work environments, making its understanding important. This paper comprehensively analyzes safety culture research trends through a bibliometric study using the Scopus database. This study provided a full insight by analyzing 7058 papers published between 1978 and 2023, employing the PRISMA method and VOSviewer 1.6.19 for bibliometric mapping. The USA, England, China, and Australia are the leading contributors, with Johns Hopkins University being the most active institution. Approximately 75% of publications are co-authored, indicating strong collaboration in this field. Guldenmund (2000) is the most referenced work in safety culture research. Based on the results, this work identifies significant geographical gaps, particularly in Oceania, South America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa, as well as underexplored sectors such as transportation, logistics, energy, sports, education, and construction. The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted research in this area, particularly healthcare, while potentially diverting attention from other critical sectors. This study contributes a fresh perspective on the trends of safety culture research, offering valuable insights for scholars and practitioners. Additionally, it highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in addressing the unique challenges faced by safety culture across diverse industries and regions.
... La Ciencia de la Ciencia tiene una historia de más de 70 años (Mingers y Leydesdorff, 2015), y desde la década de los 60s del Siglo XX ha tenido como principal disciplina instrumental a la Cienciometría, reforzada en la actualidad con los avances alcanzados por la Ciencia de Datos y la Inteligencia Artificial. Con base en los trabajos clásicos desarrollados por Derek John De-Solla-Price en los Estados Unidos, y Vasily Nalimov en la extinta Unión Soviética (Nalimov y Mulchenko 1969;De-Solla-Price, 1963), Salvador Gorbea define a la Cienciometría como la "aplicación de métodos y modelos matemáticos y estadísticos al estudio de la actividad y sistemas científicos, con el propósito de elevar su eficiencia, así como para contribuir al estudio de la historia y sociología de la ciencia y la tecnología, definir las tendencias de su desarrollo y contribuir a la toma de decisiones en materia de política científica" (Gorbea-Portal, 2005). ...
El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar la evolución y las características de la producción científica iberoamericana publicada en las principales revistas internacionales especializadas en Cienciometría. Se empleó la bibliometría descriptiva como método, y el abordaje interpretativo se enmarcó en perspectivas históricas y epistemológicas. La delimitación del dominio de conocimiento y su análisis se realizaron a partir de los registros bibliográficos de los documentos publicados en cinco revistas, y en las actas de un congreso especializado en Cienciometría, todos indexados en el Core Collection del Web of Science. Se examinaron las características de 1734 documentos con al menos un autor iberoamericano, publicados entre 1983 y 2024. El estudio permitió evidenciar la consolidación de un dominio regional con identidad propia, devenido escuela científica por sus aportes cognitivos y sociales. Se observó un crecimiento sostenido de la producción científica, una diversificación temática que refleja el carácter interdisciplinario de la investigación, y una colaboración estructurada mediante importantes redes regionales y globales.
... By analyzing the authors of the studies, we can identify the representative scholars and core research forces in the research field. According to Price's law (Price, 2019), the minimum number of articles published by core authors in this field is m ≈ 2.803. Therefore, authors who published more than three articles were considered core authors in this field. ...
Background
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition characterized by organ dysfunction resulting from a dysregulated host response to infection, with pathological mechanisms closely linked to imbalances in the intestinal flora. While the gut microbiota influences sepsis progression through metabolic and immune regulation, systematic analyses of research trends remain limited. This bibliometric study comprehensively evaluates the sepsis and gut microbiota field from 2014 to 2024.
Methods
We analyzed 944 English-language articles from the Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection using CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and other software tools. The bibliometric assessments included analysis of publication trends, collaborative networks, geographic distributions, journal impact, and keyword clustering.
Results
A total of 944 publications included contributions from 5,901 authors across 69 countries. These works were published in 405 journals, and cited a total of 45,932 references. The focus of research has transitioned from early topics such as “necrotizing enterocolitis” and “premature infants” to more recent interests on “short-chain fatty acids” (SCFAs) and “ Candida albicans .” Futhermore, emerging topics include “sepsis-associated encephalopathy,” with microbiology and critical care medicine identified as interdisciplinary core fields.
Conclusion
The therapeutic potential of the gut microbiota in sepsis is increasingly recognized. Future research should prioritize microbial-targeted therapies, immune-barrier-metabolic network regulation, and integrated traditional Chinese–Western medicine approaches.
... In Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems (1971) he formulates a critique of the 'industrialization of science'. Throughout the twentieth century, science has moved from Little Science to Big Science (Solla Price, 1963), the latter being inextricably linked to economic and industrial factors: "Applied science has now become the basic means of production in a modern economy." (Ravetz, 1971, p. 21) For Ravetz traditional philosophy of science is unable to conceptualize this transition. ...
In this article, I sketch out the contours of a political philosophy of experimentation. Drawing on the work of Joseph Rouse, Hans Radder, Gilbert Hottois, and Jerome Ravetz, I argue that such a political philosophy of experimentation already exists, but has often been rendered invisible. Mainstream Anglophone philosophy of science often focuses on epistemological questions, typically at the expense of political questions about science. I argue that such a politicization of philosophy of science can be linked to the topic of experimentation, which transforms epistemological questions about representations of the world into political questions about interventions in the world. In the first section of the article, I examine the work of a number of political philosophers of experimentation in order to make explicit what I mean by a “political” philosophy of experimentation. In the second section of the article, I present a systematized argument why a philosophy of experimentation should be political. Finally, in the last section, I map out more explicitly the set of questions that are central to such a political philosophy of experimentation, in particular questions about what I call the politics of interaction, referring to how science and society should interact; the politics of organization, referring to how science should be organized; and the philosopher as political activist, referring to the question of whether philosophers should also act on their theories.
... Most studies are based on psychological theories (e.g., signaling theory, S-O-R framework) and empirical data, revealing the importance of emotional interactions between anchors and viewers, as well as information transfer, on consumer decisions. (20,21,22,23) This knowledge cluster's research is substantially theory-driven and empirically rich, providing a solid foundation for future study. ...
To elucidate the developmental trajectory of live streaming marketing re-search, this study conducts a quantitative bibliometric analysis and visualiza-tion of 216 peer-reviewed articles indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) core collection between 2010 and 2024, utilizing VOSviewer software. Through co-occurrence analysis, cluster analysis, and co-citation mapping, this re-search identifies evolving research hotspots, collaborative networks, and dis-ciplinary trends. Key findings include: (1) The establishment of a nascent yet fragmented author collaboration network, with core authors contributing 59,26 % of publications; (2) A dominance of retail and e-commerce-focused journals, notably “Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services” and “Frontiers in Psychology”, with open-access journals significantly advancing the field; (3) Rapid expansion in research breadth and depth over the past decade, driven by interdisciplinary explorations of consumer behavior, technological affordances and trust dynamics. This study synthesizes foundational literature, highlights methodological contribu-tions, and outlines future research directions to guide scholars and practition-ers in navigating this dynamic domain.
... Os periódicos científicos desempenham papel central no sistema da comunicação científica, cumprindo funções de registro, certificação, disseminação e preservação dos conhecimentos científicos (Priem;Hemminger, 2012). Desde seu surgimento na Europa no século XVII, com a publicação francesa Journal des Sçavants e, logo em seguida, o inglês Philosophical Transactions da Royal Society of London, os periódicos cresceram em quantidade, aceitação e uso (Garvey, 1979;Price, 1963), acompanhando o desenvolvimento das próprias comunidades científicas e o processo de institucionalização e profissionalização da pesquisa (Meadows, 1999). ...
Resumo Os portais de periódicos científicos constituem um importante recurso de apoio à produção e à disseminação dessas publicações no país, onde o exercício da atividade de editoria científica - centrado nas instituições de ensino superior públicas - enfrenta enormes desafios. Diversos trabalhos relatam a implantação de portais em universidades brasileiras e revelam que serviços de apoio aos periódicos e políticas de desenvolvimento das coleções são fundamentais para garantir a qualidade das publicações, mas exigem esforço de coordenação nas instituições. O presente estudo visa investigar os portais das instituições de ensino superior públicas brasileiras identificando se possuem políticas publicadas, que serviços oferecem e quem são os responsáveis por eles nas instituições. De natureza descritiva e exploratória, o estudo investiga 289 instituições identificadas nos microdados do censo da educação superior e, como métodos, utiliza pesquisa documental, análise de conteúdo e estatísticas descritivas. Como resultados, foram identificados 139 portais vinculados a 132 instituições (46% da população), dos quais 26% trazem informações sobre serviços oferecidos, sendo os mais comuns os de assessoria e capacitação e de controle, normalização, edição e indexação; 35% possuem políticas de desenvolvimento de coleções; e cerca de 65% identificam as unidades responsáveis por sua gestão. Embora revelem um crescimento significativo no número de portais na comparação com estudos anteriores, especialmente entre as universidades federais, os resultados sugerem haver espaço para o desenho de políticas públicas e institucionais específicas para estimular a institucionalização dos portais, mirando o aperfeiçoamento das políticas de desenvolvimento de coleções e o incremento da oferta de serviços para as publicações.
... En primer lugar, se analizan los resultados asociados a la productividad diacrónica, correspondiente al conjunto de volúmenes y números publicados en un rango de años, con el objetivo de intentar verificar la ley de crecimiento exponenciallogístico de Price (Bueno y Fernandez, 2003;Price, 1959Price, , 1986. En la búsqueda realizada en la base de datos WoS se seleccionaron en el periodo de los últimos 10 años 210 artículos, donde se evidencia un crecimiento que varía desde 11 artículos el 2013 a 59 el 2021 y 43 el 2022, evidenciando un crecimiento de 325%, si se comparan los años 2013-2014 versus 2021-2022. ...
Este artículo presenta una revisión bibliométrica enfocada en la utilización de datos para la toma de decisiones en el ámbito educativo. Se examinan las bases de datos Web of Science (WoS) y Scopus en el periodo 2013-2022, revelando indicadores bibliométricos clave, como el número de publicaciones y el factor de impacto, que evidencian un creciente interés global en la investigación de esta temática. La recopilación y análisis de datos emergen como pilares fundamentales para la toma de decisiones docentes efectivas, lo que ha sido teorizado en distintos estudios sobre la toma de decisiones guiada por datos y la alfabetización de datos en el contexto educativo. El estudio muestra un incremento constante en publicaciones, citas, colaboraciones y distribución geográfica entre otros, acentuando la importancia creciente de esta área en la esfera educativa. Este análisis proporciona una visión panorámica de la evolución del campo y fomenta futuras investigaciones que, entre otras cosas, muestren los efectos de la alfabetización de datos docente para la toma de decisiones en el contexto educativo. En resumen, la revisión destaca la vital relación entre el uso de datos y la mejora de las decisiones en la enseñanza, reflejando un campo en crecimiento constante y de gran relevancia global.
... No obstante, ya en los sesenta, surgen nuevas líneas de investigación sobre las lógicas de articulación de la cooperación científica. En este marco, Price (1963) sugiere que los investigadores tienden a congregarse en torno a científicos altamente productivos que conforman colegios invisibles, esto es, estructuras informales de organización que facilitan la comunicación en el campo y confieren prestigio a sus miembros. ...
La biología sintética es una disciplina emergente y altamente promisoria, aunque la investigación en el campo se concentra en países desarrollados. En este marco, la presente investigación mapea el campo de la biología sintética en Chile con el objetivo de describir las redes de colaboración, las características de los investigadores y líneas temáticas que configuran este campo en un país periférico. El trabajo ha seguido un diseño de estudio cuantitativo no-experimental descriptivo. A partir de un corpus de 89 publicaciones con autoría de investigadores afiliados a Chile, se ha construido una red de coautoría de 375 nodos y otra de coocurrencia de palabras clave compuesta por 290 nodos. Sobre tales redes se han aplicado técnicas cienciométricas y de análisis de redes sociales. Los resultados evidencian una red de baja densidad en el campo de la biología sintética en Chile, la cual se encuentra fragmentada en 48 componentes. Asimismo, se han identificado seis líneas de investigación, entre las cuales domina un énfasis productivo, aunque también existen clústeres orientados a la ciencia básica y a la dimensión social de la biología sintética.
... This finding reinforces the growing dominance of teams in science. The average team size has more than doubled since the 1970s (from 1.9 to 3.5 members), a trend attributable to reduced communication costs, increased workforce specialization in knowledge frontiers, and the rise of large-scale projects (i.e., big science) in areas such as high-energy physics and biomedicine (Wuchty, Jones, and Uzzi 2007;Ioannidis, Cristea, and Boyack 2020;de Solla Price 1963). ...
Understanding how science teams contribute to energy transition is essential as global energy demands rise and the environmental costs of clean technologies intensify. Science teams are increasingly central to scientific progress and innovation in the energy field. However, comparatively little is known about team-based scientific performance and thematic knowledge structures across regions, particularly between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This study aims to identify and compare the scientific performance and the structural characteristics of scientific knowledge produced by research teams from Europe and LAC over the period 1996 to 2019 using a sample of 6,248 energy-related research articles sourced from Scopus. Via descriptive exploratory analysis, Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn's post-hoc analysis, and a temporal network analysis, we show that while European science teams consistently exhibit higher normalized citation scores than their LAC counterparts, a convergence trend is emerging. We also found structural differences in research strategic and persistent priorities, with LAC emphasizing biomass and solar energy and Europe engaging more with materials science and experimental optimization. Both regions show sustained interest in bioenergy and solar-related technologies, suggesting areas for thematic complementarity. These findings provide evidence on how science team composition and regional priorities shape scientific knowledge, providing evidence to support more inclusive and strategically aligned research partnerships. The observed convergence in performance and evolving knowledge structures offer a roadmap for collaboration strategies and co-innovation between both regions.
... In contemporary science, collaboration and "team science" has become a cornerstone of scientific progress (Bozeman & Youtie, 2018;Lazebnik et al., 2023). This dramatic shift from solo-authored to team-authored publications, which primarily took place during the twentieth century, is well documented (de Solla Price, 1963;Greene, 2007;Leahey, 2016), extensively studied (Hall et al., 2018;Larivière et al., 2015;Wagner et al., 2017), and seems to span across virtually all fields of science (Wuchty et al., 2007). In particular, Teddy Lazebnik and Ariel Rosenfeld have equally contributed to this work. ...
Collaboration has become a defining feature of modern science. Nevertheless, solo-authorship has not disappeared entirely. In this study, we investigate solo-authorship dynamics at the individual scholar level, a perspective often overlooked in favor of publication-level analyses, focusing on the propensity of scholars to solo-publish over their careers and this propensity’s potential relation to their academic influence. Using a dataset of 7238 scholars from Biology, Computer Science, Psychology, and Philosophy, we analyze the temporal solo-authorship patterns through heatmap analysis, time series clustering, and statistical testing. By formally defining and analyzing the notion of the academic “Lone Wolf”—a scholar who persistently solo-publishes at a high rate—we show that a global definition of a Lone Wolf may seem unreasonable. Nevertheless, we identify three characteristic solo-authorship trajectories across the four disciplines that share several commonalities and highly their differences. Our findings do not suggest any significant relation between scholars’ solo- authorship dynamics and their influence metrics.
... У наші дні, як і в минулому столітті, стаття зазвичай містить посилання на праці попередників [13]. Відсутність посилань у статті автора-початківця розглядають як одну з ознак низької кваліфікації, що ускладнює її публікацію. ...
... Historians have identified the philosophical and social forces underscoring the methodological imperative internalized by psychologists in the 20th century. In the same period, the research output of psychologists experienced a staggering growth, as is the case for most of science (see De Solla Price, 1986; also see Figure 1 in this article). Psychology, the "traditional history" of the discipline in the 20th century would tell us (Walsh, Teo, & Baydala, 2014, p. xiii), also went through important changes-the cognitive revolution, the rise of evidence-based therapies and various professional psychologies, and the advent of neuroscience, just to name a few. ...
This study investigated the structure of psychological literature as represented by a corpus of 676,393 articles in the period from 1950 to 1999. The corpus was extracted from 1269 journals indexed by PsycINFO. The data in our analysis consists of the relevant terms mined from the titles and abstracts of all of the articles in the corpus. Based on the co-occurrences of these terms, we developed a series of chronological visualizations using a bibliometric software tool called VOSviewer. These visualizations produced a stable structure through the five decades under analysis, and this structure was analyzed as a data-mined proxy for the disciplinary formation of scientific psychology in the second part of the 20th century. Considering the stable structure uncovered by our term co-occurrence analysis and its visualization, we discuss it in the context of Lee Cronbach’s “two disciplines of scientific psychology” and conventional history of 20th century psychology’s disciplinary formation and history of methods. Our aim was to provide a comprehensive digital humanities perspective on the large-scale structural development of research in English-language psychology from 1950 to 1999.
... En párrafos anteriores nos hemos referido a las investigaciones científicas y a sus vínculos con los artículos académicos. Considero importante clarificar lo que se va a entender por ciencia en este texto: aquello que se edita y se publica en revistas científicas, esto permite medir la actividad de la ciencia tomando en consideración características de las publicaciones que conectan a la comunidad científica (Price, 1963 Sobre cómo estudiar revistas académicas: una posible ruta para la historia de las formas-efectos de las publicaciones científicas en Centroamérica Cristopher Montero Corrales tiene limitaciones, como frontera, pues deja por fuera muchísimas formas de producción y difusión del conocimiento investigativo. Para el caso de la forma del artículo, este «comunicar» o «difundir», corresponde a una práctica en concreto. ...
This article addresses a series of problems and recommendations related to the research of academic journals in the area of art-humanities and social sciences fundamentally, but it also addresses reflections and general questions for the study of journals or various articles that can be used regardless of the field. These problems emerge from a doctoral research of the magazine Repertorio Americano, from my work as director of the Revista Ítsmica, Magazine of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, of the National University (Costa Rica) dedicated to Central American and Caribbean studies and , as the former professor in charge of the academic writing course for extension for academics of the same National University, during the years 2022 to 2024; in which I guided the writing of around 30 academic articles in different areas of knowledge. This is a self-reflective look at the process of researching journals and articles for a possible route for the formation and development of research designs, research objects, materials, data and conclusions related to academic journals.
... For example, references have been used as the tools for "historical and sociological research" (Kaplan, 1965, p. 179), to trace intellectual lineages (Garfield et al., 1964), as a way of establishing "the pedigree of ideas" (Cronin, 1981, p. 16), identify closely-knit communities of researchers ("invisible colleges") (Price, 1965), map intellectual structure of science (Krauze, 1972), and measure stratification in science (Cole & Cole, 1973). Other researchers studied citations in the mathematical tradition, focusing on the shape of the citation distributions and phenomena such as the growth and decay of citations (Cole & Cole, 1967;MacRae, 1969;Price, 1963Price, , 1965 and citation halflife (Burton & Kebler, 1960). ...
This paper presents an overview of the interdisciplinary field of science of science in the context of previous efforts to quantitatively study science, dating back to the 1920s. Rather than focusing on research questions/problems that science of science addresses, this paper focuses on the challenges for the field in its second century. In particular, it addresses existing and potential new sources of data, theoretically-based interpretation of the existing measures/indicators, and the development of new ones. The paper highlights the role of qualitative scholarship to inform current quantitative efforts. Finally, it discusses the efforts to model science as a complex multi-layered system using ideas from ecology, evolution theory, and the latest advancements in artificial intelligence and other types of modeling.
... де Солла Прайса. У своїй праці «Маленька наука, велика наука» (1963) [32] він дослідив закономірності зростання наукових публікацій, фактично закріпивши використання бібліометрії для оцінки наукової активності. Його дослідження згодом стали основою аналізу публікацій за ключовими словами. ...
The scientific monograph presents theoretical and practical aspects of the development of science, technology, and innovation in the context of the global transformation of society. It covers general issues of medical sciences, economics and law sciences, pedagogical and philological sciences. The publication is intended for scientists, educators, postgraduate students and undergraduates, as well as the general readership.
... Seminal works applying NA in scientometrics can already be traced back to the pioneering work of Derek Price and Henry Small in the 1960s and 1970s. Price introduced the concept of "scientific elites" and "invisible colleges," emphasizing the informal communication networks among scientists (Price, 1963). Henry Small further developed these ideas by introducing co-citation analysis that maps the relationships between scientific papers based on their citation patterns (Small, 1973). ...
Philosophers of science have recently started to discuss the role of scientific methods for their field. Those tendencies have immediate methodological implications for Integrated History and Philosophy Science (&HPS) as an area that contributes to philosophy of science while drawing heavily on historical case studies. This paper addresses the questions whether and if so in which way scientific methods can be useful for research in &HPS by discussing the usefulness of one such method, namely network analysis. By focusing on the example of model transfer in science, I argue that network analysis is particularly useful for doing research in &HPS because it allows for addressing a set of methodological issues arising from the use of case studies. More specifically, my claim is that network analysis can enhance the core functions of case studies in &HPS, namely those of concept generation, of concept refinement, and of empirical justification of concepts. While I discuss the advantages of network analysis for &HPS, I close by cautioning that it cannot replace more traditional philosophical methods. Rather, network analysis must rely on them to fully develop its potentials.
... Despite the considerable number of authors engaged in green advertising research, the relatively low network density suggests a dearth of close-knit cooperative relationships. As per Price's law, a robust cooperative relationship among authors is only evident if core authors contribute over 50% of the total collaboration in the field (Price, 1963;Zhu et al., 2022). Additionally, the Prime Law posits that the M value, representing the number of papers by core authors, is approximately 0.749 times more by small-scale collaborations than comprehensive, field-wide interactions. ...
In response to the urgent need for sustainable development, the significance and attention given to green advertising have progressively increased. However, there is currently a lack of comprehensive evaluation in this field, leading to ambiguity regarding its progress and prospects. This study employs a bibliometric analysis approach to explore the evolution and trends in green advertising research. Utilizing CiteSpace software, the analysis examines 697 articles from the Web of Science database spanning 1996 to 2023. The research constructs visual networks to illustrate the interconnections within the field, employs co-citation and cluster analyses to discern key themes and emerging trends, and identifies significant citation bursts to pinpoint novel research directions. The findings provide a multi-dimensional perspective on the dynamic development of green advertising, offering valuable insights for future research and contributing to the advancement of sustainable and innovative practices in the domain, while promoting the harmonious coexistence of ecological conservation and economic prosperity.
... Este retrato del empresariado nacional, sobre el que existía cierto consenso, conci-32 Esta expresión había sido acuñada en la década de 1960 por diversos autores. Entre los más emblemáticos -y citados por Herrera y Kaplan-pueden mencionarse Price (1963), Goldsmith y Mackay (1966), Dedijer (1966. En 1973 Manuel Mora y Araujo, del Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Fundación Bariloche, realizaría uno de los primeros estados de la cuestión (además del que realizara Kaplan) sobre sociología de la ciencia y sobre la "ciencia de la ciencia". ...
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el modo en que, entre fines de la década de 1960 y principios de la siguiente, la ciencia y la tecnología fueron retematizadas en la arena pública como un asunto estratégico. Para eso se considerarán dos grandes vertientes ideológicas que tienen consecuencias teórico-conceptuales y normativas divergentes: una más radical, cuyo representante emblemático fue Oscar Varsavsky, puesto que cuestionó tanto el núcleo duro de la ciencia (sus prácticas, sus agendas, sus modos de financiamiento, sus métodos, etc.), como también el orden social vigente y una vertiente más moderada, que en la definición/estigmatización de Varsavsky ha sido asimilada a las ideas “desarrollistas”, en las que se destacan los trabajos y reflexiones de autores como Jorge Sabato, Amílcar Herrera, Jorge Katz, Carlos Mallmann y Alberto Aráoz. El análisis de las diversas perspectivas se enmarcará, a su vez, en un proceso de creación de espacios institucionales para la discusión y producción de conocimiento acerca de la ciencia y la tecnología, como la Fundación Bariloche, el Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, la revista Ciencia Nueva y, en el ámbito internacional, en la interlocución con diversos organismos, en particular la Unesco y la OEA.
... Uveren u nasledni karakter genija, Galton je bio zabrinut za sudbinu civilizacije zbog opadanja broja potomaka kod njenih graditelja, "ljudi od naukeˮ (Godin 2007a). Prajs u Matejevom efektu nije uočio pokazatelj neobjektivnosti citatne analize koliko neefikasnosti američkog posleratnog naučnog sistema, koji je Miloš Šumonja 272 tokom svog naglog rasta postao zasićen neodrživo skupom većinom neproduktivnih naučnika i neupotrebljivih istraživanja (Price 1963). Jednako je uočljiv kontinuitet u pozitivističkom duhu scijentometrije, od eugenike preko Znanjeckog, Prajsa sve do američke administracije. ...
This paper is a critique of scientometrics as both a meta-science and a scientific policy within the context of the ongoing methodological crisis in science. Scientometrics emerged as a quantitative social ‘science of science’, under the assumption that citations reflect the value scientists attribute to others’ work and that their quantity serves as an objective measure of ‘scientific quality’. However, during the ‘replication crisis’ it became apparent that many widely cited statistical studies from various scientific fields could not be replicated; that the prevailing research practice of statistical hypothesis testing is riddled with methodological flaws and abuses; and also that falsified research continues to be cited unabated even after unsuccessful replication attempts. These issues prove that scientometrics cannot be justified as a science that objectively describes scientific value. Earlier critics argued that using quantification for the purpose of evaluating articles across different disciplines implies abstracting their content, and thus, the citation motives, which otherwise vary empirically. However, when it was introduced into science policy, scientometrics transformed into an applied science that could ignore these theoretical problems because the purpose of citation analysis was not the objective evaluation of scientific work. Starting from the fact that the spreading of the competitive market logic across all aspects of society is the essence of neoliberal political projects, this paper argues that scientometric indicators in science policy serve as a quasi-scientific technology for simulating and legitimizing competition among academic entities. In this way, they stimulate rational behavior with scarce resources among actors in the process of producing scientific ‘goods’ for the academic ‘market of ideas’. As a form of neoliberal management of society through numbers, evaluative scientometrics falls prey to Goodhart's Law. When ‘good numbers’ are set as the goal of an activity, actors focus on them at the expense of the integrity of the original activity. Scientists change and adapt their behavior, including the interpretation and application of methodological standards, to meet quantitative criteria and ensure their professional existence. This explains the current methodological and confidence crisis in science.
This study proposes a new concept that explains a source of technological change: The invasive behaviour of general purpose technologies that breaks into scientific and technological ecosystems with accelerated diffusion of new products and processes that destroy the usage value of all units previously used. This study highlights the dynamics of the invasive destruction of new path-breaking technologies in driving innovative activity. Invasive technologies conquer the scientific, technological, and business spaces of alternative technologies by introducing manifold radical innovations that support technological, economic, and social change. The proposed theoretical framework is verified empirically in new technologies of neural network architectures, comparing transformer technology (a deep learning architecture having unsupervised and semi-supervised algorithms that create new contents and mimic human ability, supporting Generative Artificial Intelligence) to Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs). Statistical evidence here, based on patent analyses, reveals that the exponential growth rate of transformer technology over a period of five years (2020–2024) is 45.91% more than double compared to the alternative technologies of LSTM (21.17%) and RNN (18.15%). Moreover, the proposed invasive rate in technological space shows that is very high for transformer technology at the level of 2.2%, whereas for LSTM it is 1.39% and for RNN it is 1.22% over 2020–2024, respectively. Invasive behaviour of drastic technologies is a new approach that can explain one of the major causes of global technological change and this scientific examination here significantly contributes to our understanding of the current dynamics in technological evolution of the Artificial Intelligence technology having high industrial impacts on the progress of human society.
In the era of exponential data growth, the imperative to establish secure and efficient data trading mechanisms has become paramount. While traditional centralized architectures present critical limitations in security and operational efficiency, the emergence of blockchain technology offers transformative potential for decentralized solutions. This study conducts a systematic literature review to critically examine blockchain’s evolving role in data trading ecosystems. Adhering to the PRISMA 2020 framework, we analyzed 18 rigorously selected studies from an initial pool of 164 Web of Science publications identified through “data trading” and “blockchain” keyword searches. Our analysis reveals three principal findings: first, current blockchain implementations predominantly cluster within computer science applications, indicating disciplinary concentration. Second, technical development emphasizes solution-oriented systems over theoretical model construction, suggesting an application-prioritized research paradigm. Third, we identify persistent challenges across three critical dimensions: (i) security-efficiency paradox in decentralized architectures, (ii) transparency-privacy equilibrium maintenance, and (iii) scalability constraints under high-concurrency scenarios. This study aims to offer in-depth insights into blockchain’s potential applications in data trading and future research directions.
This article addresses the question of whether the ‘freedom of science’ (or ‘academic freedom’) is affected by the various measures of evaluation and performance measurement that have been introduced into research and higher education. The assumption is that the political, economic and technical changes that have taken place over the last three quarters of a century have had profound effects on the communication of science in general and on scientific publishing in particular. The crucial developments are: overall growth of science, the change of science policy in response to it, especially with respect to the governance of universities; the commercialization of academic publishing companies and the concentration of the journal market; the digitization of academic publishing and the capture of the process of evaluation internal to science by the publishing companies via the production of performance indicators, as well as of communication on digital platforms. All of these developments are interrelated in specific ways and, as such, unfold their effects on the publishing process and specifically on the publishing behaviour of academics. Rather than concluding that academic freedom is curtailed by evaluations and the application of performance indicators, these have led to a fundamental change of the publishing behaviour of scholars, and more generally of the culture of communication in science.
Over the past two decades, Positive Youth Development (PYD) interventions and programs have increased significantly worldwide. This paper reviews 1305 scientific papers on PYD programs using scientometric methods and visualization tools. First, the development trends of various production entities and interdisciplinary collaborations are analyzed using the scientific knowledge collaboration network method. Second, trends and research hotspots in PYD programs are identified through keyword emergence and co-citation analysis of relevant literature. Finally, the types and development characteristics of PYD programs that have been implemented and produced empirical results are summarized. The findings of this study offer a comprehensive academic foundation for scholars and practitioners involved in designing and implementing future PYD programs.
Squash, which originated in the early 19th century, was officially incorporated into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee in 2023. This inclusion marks a significant milestone, highlighting its growing international recognition and potential for global development. However, squash has historically been underrepresented in academic research compared to other popular sports, with studies being scattered and relatively underdeveloped. To systematically evaluate the current state of squash research and foster academic development in the field, this study employs a combination of bibliometric and qualitative analyses, aiming to provide a comprehensive overview of squash research in terms of research progress, collaboration networks, key findings, and thematic evolution. Drawing on Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed data, the analysis covers 206 publications from 36 countries spanning from 1973 to 2024. Network analysis based on co-authorship frequency and geographic clustering identifies the UK and Australia as leading contributors, with extensive collaboration among institutions and authors. Performance analysis (tactical and technical modeling), physiological profiling (energy demands), and medical studies (injury epidemiology) emerged as the three core research areas. The study reveals a shift in research focus from safety and physiological characteristics to performance enhancement, which is driven by technological innovation. Future research should prioritize underdeveloped areas such as youth development, psychology, and nutrition while integrating diverse participant groups (e.g., female athletes, recreational players) and advanced technologies.
Business translation research has grown in importance worldwide. In the West, we have witnessed significant advances in the teaching and research of the field, broadening our understanding of its key areas and academic trends. However, the landscape of research in business translation in the East remains largely unknown to us. This article addresses this gap in our knowledge and explores the landscape of business translation research in the East, comparing it with Western research production. First, we compiled two bibliographic corpora: one from BITRA for the Western case and another from CNKI and CAOD for the Chinese case. We then analyzed both corpora using a series of bibliometric indicators (production, collaboration, scattering, and content). The results show that research in both corpora aligns to some extent with classical bibliometric laws (exponential growth, publication scattering, and author distribution), but there are also differences in content: while Western research reveals a diversity of objects of study, Chinese research appears to align with national foreign trade strategies.
Loet Leydesdorff revolutionized science studies by characterizing scientific communications as an emergent social system that exhibits nonlinear dynamics including feedback loops, emergence, and self-organizational traits. A network of international collaboration (derived from coauthorships) was an appealing system to investigate because it reflects a next-order dynamic that feeds back to the national and local levels. Leydesdorff and colleagues discovered a reputationally regulated incentive mechanism that operates globally. A worldwide network was demonstrated as growing denser and more integrated over time, signaling that players and states are interested in participating at that level. As the network grew, significant hubs arose and clusters formed around leaders; yet, the network became more decentralized, implying that power was shifting away from historic leaders like the United States. Increasing density resulted in shorter pathways across the global network, promoting rapid dispersion and creating chances for new entrants. The global system was found to contain small worlds and display self-organized criticality, as predicted by a complex adaptive system. The insights developed by Leydesdorff provide insight into the dynamics of knowledge creation which can help policymakers better support science by using principles of network governance.
Superficial mycosis is a common and recurrent infectious skin disease. It poses significant challenges, with high recurrence rates and drug resistance, which notably diminishes the quality of life for patients and presents substantial public health issues. Numerous publications on superficial mycosis have posed significant challenges for researchers to manage the overwhelming amount of information effectively. This study aims to comprehensively explore the current state and latest advancements in global research through bibliometric techniques, providing a holistic appraisal of the field. Publications from the Web of Science Core Collection database were analyzed, including publications and citations, author groups and their countries and regions, journal categories, publishing institutions, and keywords using Excel 2019, VOSviewer, and CiteSpace. A total of 2206 papers were reviewed, showing a stable increase in research output from 2020 to 2022 and a predicted growth trend. The United States and India published the most significant number of research papers. Key research areas identified were “Outbreak”, “Desorption ionization time”, “Formulations”, “Impact”, “Dermatophyte”, and “Dermoscopy”. This bibliometric analysis provides a comprehensive visualized map to describe current and development trends. Advanced diagnostic technologies and innovative delivery systems are key current research priorities and will remain focal areas in this field.
This study explores the global research landscape of Knowledge Management (KM) in economics by applying the network visualisation and topic modelling techniques. The primary goal is to provide a comprehensive understanding of key research trends, collaborations and emerging themes within the field. A systematic scientometric analysis was conducted using a dataset of 19,907 publications retrieved from the Scopus database during 2014-2023. Network visualisation was employed to map collaborations among authors, countries and journals, while topic modelling identified latent themes. Tools such as Biblioshiny and LDAShiny were utilised for performance analysis and topic extraction. The findings reveal a growing trend in KM-related research in economics, particularly since 2019, with sustainable development and intellectual capital emerging as the dominant themes focussing on sustainability and organisational knowledge assets. China, the US and the UK have emerged as leaders in global collaborations within this field, with Resources, Conservation and Recycling identified as the most productive journal. However, a recent decline in citation rates raises potential concerns regarding future research engagement. The study is limited to English language publications, potentially excluding significant contributions in other languages, highlighting the need for continuous analysis to track evolving trends in KM and economics. Furthermore, the implications of this research indicate that KM is critical for policymakers and organisations in addressing sustainability challenges and fostering innovation. Integrating KM into economic policies and strategies can enhance evidence-based decision-making and organisational competitiveness. This study provides a unique combination of network visualisation and topic modelling to present a holistic view of the KM–economics research landscape, providing valuable insights for scholars, policymakers and organisations seeking to deepen their understanding of KM’s role in economics.
Aim: To conduct a bibliometric analysis of the nurses’ job satisfaction from 2004 to 2023.
Design: The bibliometric and visual analysis was performed in January 2024.
Methods: Bibliometric approaches were applied to analyse 11,993 articles, utilising R and VOSviewer software.
Results: Articles published by 24,155 authors from 1735 distinct sources between 2004 and 2023 were retrieved from the Web of Science and incorporated into the research’s purview. The most productive nation and institution correspondingly were the United States and the University of Toronto. The leading scholars in this sphere were Spence Laschinger, Heather K, Labrague, Leodoro J, and Rodwell, John according to Price’s Law, author co-citation and bibliographic-coupling network analysis. 14,152 keywords about nurses’ job satisfaction study were discovered in this research. The most common keywords encompassed “job satisfaction,” “nurses,” “burnout,” “turnover,” and “intention” It was also observed that while trend topics like “work engagement” “COVID-19” and “grit” have gained popularity recently, the most commonly employed trend topics in earlier years included “empirical research report” “longitudinal study,” and “organizational characteristics.”
Conclusion: Research on nurses’ job satisfaction remains relatively limited and requires more attention, especially in developing countries. Developed countries, especially the United Kingdom and the United States, are the main contributors to nurse job satisfaction research. In the early days, nurse job satisfaction research mainly focused on the current status and influencing factors of nurse job satisfaction in different medical organizations, nurse groups or departments, while more researchers have recently paid more attention to research on specific issues emerging in this field, such as the impact of COVID-19 on nurse job satisfaction and turnover. In addition, scholars in the field of nurse job satisfaction focus on finding the real determinants of job satisfaction of adult practicing nurses, such as interpersonal value consistency, human resource management, and the impact of job satisfaction of adult nurses in different medical environments. Topics such as “perseverance,” “COVID-19” and “work engagement” may be potential focuses for future research. Furthermore, transnational research should be given greater emphasis to investigate whether the major factors and effective interferences of nurses’ job satisfaction differ between cultures and more multicenter as well as big sample studies should be conducted to efficiently improve nurses’ job satisfaction.
Impact: This study used bibliometric analysis to examine the most contributing nations, institutions, authors, trend topics, and research focus. Data on the present state of nurses’ job satisfaction research, including its knowledge maps, study emphasis, and thematic trends are few. The findings of this research can lay a strong basis for future research and offer direction.
No Patient or Public Contribution: There were no humankind subjects in the bibliometric analysis of published papers.
We present the research process and then focus on the beginning and end of the process, i.e., information retrieval and writing a scientific paper. We summarize the practical methods to find existing knowledge. We show the strength of using bibliographies, references, and citations in literature reviews to find landmark books and papers. It is essential to know the terminology and the area’s history thoroughly. We must classify the material using taxonomies and show the hierarchical relationships. We describe a paper’s introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusion structure. We also discuss the various moves that describe the contents of each section of a paper. We emphasize the details of the materials and methods section, which standard writing instructions often overlook, especially regarding the system concept.
Blasting is an important process in open-pit mining, and blasting technology directly affects the efficiency, cost and ecology of mine production. Research on blasting in open-pit mining has been progressing, but there is a lack of systematic discussion of the current status of its research and future directions. Therefore, in this study, CiteSpace and VOSviewer were used to visualize and analyze 446 documents in the field of open-pit mining blasting technology in the Web of Science database from January 1999 to July 2024 and to summarise the current history of the field's development, journals, research collaborations, and research hotspots and trends. The research results indicate that the current research hotspots are "blast vibration," "prediction," "model," and others. Numerical simulation and machine learning are key research directions driving continuous innovation and intelligent development in open-pit mining blasting technology. On this basis, the applications of numerical simulation and machine learning in this field are systematically reviewed. New research methods for open-pit mining blasting technology are proposed by integrating the advantages of both numerical simulation and machine learning techniques.
This interlude addresses the issue of modes of subjectivation within contemporary global science. It explores these modes through the figure of the ‘Academic Robinson’, highlighting individualisation and separation as key outcomes. This chapter deconstructs these outcomes by engaging with critiques of Robinsonades in critical theory. It argues that the figure of the Academic Robinson is founded on a causal reversal, wherein the invisible conditions necessary for academic individuation are reconstructed to present the global science order as merely the sum of individual choices driven by the maximisation of personal profit. This leads to a specific experience of alienation and reification in global academia, which, although connecting the labour of myriad individuals across the globe, presents these connections in an individualised form. The interlude concludes by providing a positive articulation of what the ‘Academic Robinson’ obscures: the common.
This literature review examines the application of informetric methods to assess diversity within the scientific workforce, focusing on recent advances in author name disambiguation, researcher profiling, and the evaluation of individual-level metrics. The study traces the evolution of quantitative approaches, from traditional productivity metrics to modern multidimensional models that incorporate contextual factors such as career trajectory, research practices, and social engagement. Emphasizing methodological innovations, the review explores the potential of advanced algorithms and new data sources (e.g., OpenAlex, ORCID) to offer a nuanced understanding of diversity in science. The review highlights gaps in the current literature, particularly the need to account for diverse individual characteristics, including gender, ethnicity, and team dynamics, and suggests pathways for future research. The findings contribute to ongoing discussions in the field of scientometrics regarding responsible research assessment and the development of equitable evaluation frameworks.
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В условиях современных вызовов, стоящих перед российской наукой, формирование науковедения как интегрированного научного направления приобретает особую актуальность. Цель данного исследования — определить контуры развития российского науковедения на современном этапе, основываясь на результатах сравнительно-исторического анализа предметной области. В ходе анализа автор рассматривает науковедение как трансдисциплинарную область, которая изучает универсальные закономерности создания, распространения и использования научного знания, а также научно-технологического развития с использованием методов, возникших в различных дисциплинах, и в их взаимосвязи с социальным, экономическим, политическим, культурно-историческим и природным контекстом. Исследование выявило три ключевые проблемы современного российского науковедения: 1) дивергенцию российской и мировой исследовательской повестки в области науковедения; 2) разрыв между академическим науковедением и процессом принятия решений в области научно-технической политики; 3) отсутствие науковедения как направления в системе специальностей и направлений подготовки высшего образования и научных специальностей. Ключевым фактором успеха является постепенное преодоление дисциплинарных границ в рамках науковедения как единого научного направления. Первым шагом в этом направлении должно стать включение науковедения в номенклатуру научных специальностей, перечень специальностей и направлений подготовки высшего образования, а также разработка единого теоретико-методологического инструментария и создание междисциплинарных координационных механизмов. Трансдисциплинарность является основным инструментом для достижения этой цели.
In light of the current challenges facing Russian science, the development of science studies as an integrated research field is acquiring particular importance. In this article, the author aims to assess the current state of Russian science studies and determine its future directions through a comparative historical analysis. Science studies are viewed as a transdisciplinary field that examines versatile patterns in the creation, distribution, and implementation of scientific knowledge and technology using methods from various disciplines and considering social, economic, political, cultural, and historical contexts. The author identifies three key issues in contemporary Russian science studies: 1) divergence between Russian and global research agendas; 2) a gap between academic science studies and decision making in scientific and technological policies; 3) the absence of science studies as a field within the system of academic disciplines and qualifications in higher education. The essential condition for advancing science studies consists in gradually overcoming disciplinary barriers. In this regard, science studies should be included in the list of academic and higher education disciplines. Furthermore, further progress in the field requires the development of common methodological approaches and mechanisms for interdisciplinary collaboration. These goals can be achieved exclusively through transdisciplinary research.
This study answers how bibliometrics and the analysis of terminology in selected theoretical books and reference sources can allow domain analysis in interdisciplinary fields of knowledge, taking as a case study the global studies (GS) field. A mixed-methods approach was applied to answer this. First, an analysis of GS’s lexicon from three sources: (1) The Encyclopedia of Global Studies (2012), (2) The Global Studies Encyclopedic Dictionary (2014), and (3) The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History (2009). Second, the analysis of GS topic tendencies using bibliometrics. The results show (1) the validity of the methods used for domain analysis under the lenses of library and information science (LIS) and (2) the importance of a manual selection of sources for domain analysis and the correspondence between the methods and the application of results using integrative level classification (ILC). The author concludes that domain analysis for emergent interdisciplinary fields of knowledge benefit from quantitative approaches based on a methodology that considers terminology in various formats and can be applied not just for the global studies field. Finally, we emphasize the need for collaboration between librarians and scholars for a better understanding of the dynamics of interdisciplinary vocabularies in science.
As collaboration prevails in academia, the convention of overemphasizing the first author while neglecting other contributors has become problematic, leading to the emergence of co-first authorship. In this study, we identified papers with co-first authors (CFAs) using author contribution declarations from 96,264 papers in PLOS journals published between 2018 and 2022, then conducted a quantitative analysis to examine the role of co-first authorship in collaborative research via informetric methods. The results showed that (1) though CFAs usually claim to have equal contributions, those listed ahead typically contribute more, e.g. our calculations show that the contribution index of the first CFA is 2.55 times greater than that of the second CFA; (2) authors declared as CFA in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions typically contribute more than those in the same positions who were not declared as CFA; (3) co-first authorship is associated with increased collaboration, as evidenced by a higher average number of authors per publication (7.41 for CFA papers compared to 6.36 for non-CFA papers), and a greater intensity of contributions and collaboration among leading authors. Our study lays the groundwork for further exploration of co-first authorship and its effects on collaboration, while providing valuable insights for research administrators to enhance evaluation practices and foster scientific collaboration.
Recent years have seen a sharply rising interest on the scientific area dedicated to study of use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) research and applications (AI4CBT for brevity). Yet, little is known about how this interest is realized and hence the overall status, prospects, and possible challenges of AI4CBT as a field (e.g. breadth of the field, key topics and methods, key producing countries/institutions/authors, interdisciplinary grounding). This paper addresses this gap by developing a broad-spectrum bibliometric analysis towards acquiring a comprehensive overview of the AI4CBT field. Four key dimensions are analyzed (productivity, producers, productions, and contents) along array of bibliographic metrics, including: production trends over time, leading contributors at various levels, co-authorship, citation, and keywords co-occurence networks, publication formats, key venues, methodological trends, and disciplinary assessment. The paper concludes by framing the status of AI4CBT as a scientific field, allowing to tie it to scientific and applicative challenges and opportunities that AI4CBT may encounter and offer as it further develops.
En el artículo se analizan los fundamentos conceptuales y metodológicos para diseñar y elaborar el estado del arte en la investigación jurídica, con un enfoque metodológico que promueva una comprensión profunda de la pluralidad de enfoques dentro de esta disciplina. Se aborda, en primer lugar, la revisión de las fuentes bibliográficas, con énfasis en la pertinencia de utilizar documentos actuales y referenciales para garantizar la solidez teórica y práctica de las investigaciones. Asimismo, se analiza la vigencia y relevancia de las fuentes en un contexto jurídico en constante evolución, subrayando la necesidad de adaptar el marco teórico a los cambios normativos y jurisprudenciales. Respecto a la metodología, se propone una formulación estructurada para el diseño del estado del arte, que incluye la identificación, clasificación y análisis crítico de fuentes primarias y secundarias. Este enfoque permite articular un marco conceptual sólido que oriente la investigación jurídica contemporánea. Finalmente, se exploran las principales fuentes referenciales sobre metodología jurídica, contribuyendo a un debate sobre la pluralidad de enfoques en la investigación científica del Derecho.
Purpose
This bibliometric study aims to comprehensively analyze the research landscape of Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp.) from 2003 to 2024, identifying key research areas, trends, and patterns, as well as the roles of major countries and institutions in advancing the field.
Methods
A quantitative analysis of literature pertaining to Maca was performed utilizing the bibliometric tools VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and R Bibliometrix. This analysis encompassed an examination of publication frequency, author collaboration networks, and keyword co-occurrence patterns.
Results
The number of published studies on Maca has increased every year since it was studied, with China, Peru, and the United States being the leading countries studied. Research focuses on pharmacology (hormone regulation, antioxidant effects), nutrition (nutrient composition), phytochemistry (bioactive compounds) and agriculture (cultivation techniques). An important feature of Maca research is international collaboration, including researchers from Asia, Europe, South America, and other regions. Keywords such as “maca”, “nutritional composition” and “pharmacological action” are particularly prominent. The study of maca polysaccharides has become a focus area, showing potential in various aspects of health such as immunity and anti-tumor effect.
Conclusion
Maca research is growing, with international collaboration crucial. Future research should explore Maca’s biological mechanisms deeper, especially those of Maca polysaccharide, and enhance cross-country research comparisons. Our study provides a comprehensive understanding of Maca research trends, guiding further investigations.
This study investigates entropy's potential for analyzing scientific research patterns across disciplines. Originating from thermodynamics, entropy now measures uncertainty and diversity in information systems. We examine Shannon Entropy, Entropy Weight Method, Maximum Entropy Principle and structural entropy applications in scientific collaboration, knowledge networks, and research evaluation. Through publication analysis and collaboration network studies, entropy-based approaches demonstrate effectiveness in mapping interdisciplinary knowledge integration, with higher entropy values correlating to increased knowledge diversity in citation networks. Structural entropy analysis reveals dynamic collaboration patterns affecting research productivity. Results indicate entropy metrics offer objective tools for assessing research quality, optimizing team structures, and informing science policy decisions. These quantitative methods enable systematic tracking of knowledge evolution and resource allocation efficiency, providing actionable insights for researchers and policymakers managing complex scientific ecosystems
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