Scientometric analysis and knowledge mapping of literature-based discovery (1986–2020)

An important part of an organisation’s mission is protecting its information assets from inside or outside threats. As the information environment has become more diverse and inclusive, security concern has shifted from information assets resided in the organisation to information assets and networked devices exposed to broader cyberspace, such as cloud or Internet of things environment and mobile Internet. Organisations have to keep up with the knowledge and trends in information security and cyber-security to safeguard their information assets. Knowledge mapping will aid in this sort of knowledge management process. Mandatory standards and government regulations help industries establish best practices in cyber-security. Knowledge mapping and scientometric analysis across disciplines also provide a tracking system to notify researchers and practitioners should the new solutions and technology facilitating threat detection emerge. While various topics in information security and cyber-security have been extensively investigated in academia, identifying salient themes and development trajectories in information security and cyber-security research is relatively unexplored. This study employs scientometric analysis and topic modelling to develop knowledge maps that visualise core concepts associated with information security and cyber-security research over time and across disciplines. With scientometric analysis and knowledge mapping using topic models, this study identifies the commonality, difference, and relationship between information security and cyber-security research domains. This approach could gain insights into how these research areas have evolved and might be improved concerning learning and teaching cyber-security. The proposed approach to developing the knowledge map may be extended to other research areas.

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Knowledge Mapping of Homeowners’ Retrofit Behaviors: An Integrative Exploration

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings11070273 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 273

Author(s):

Guo Liu ◽

Yongtao Tan ◽

Zhijia Huang

Keyword(s):

Residential Buildings ◽

Investment Decision ◽

Policy Instruments ◽

The Body ◽

Future Research ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Mapping ◽

Research Knowledge ◽

Main Research ◽

Energy Retrofit

Energy retrofitting of existing residential buildings has a great potential to achieve a sustainable future. One important way to reach this potential is to understand homeowners’ retrofit behaviors due to their crucial roles in retrofit adoption and retrofit effects. Despite many attempts, researchers and governments still know less about the holistic profile of homeowners’ retrofit behaviors, which brought little success in trigging renovation activities and achieving expected retrofit effects. This study tries to fill this research gap by a comprehensive review of the body of existing research. A keyword-based scientometric analysis was performed based on a set of 152 journal articles. By further refining keywords, main research domains pertaining to investment-decision-energy behaviors, policy instruments, retrofit types, construction & services, and methods & methodologies were mapped to show relevant research knowledge and research topics. Based on these research results, a further integrated framework was developed, which explains homeowners’ retrofit behaviors in a systematic way of cross-disciplinary knowledge interactions. Furthermore, implications for retrofit policies in existing buildings were provided. This study is useful for facilitating future research to deepen homeowners’ retrofit behaviors, and also provides valuable references for policy makers to successfully promote home energy retrofit.

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Knowledge Mapping of Opuntia Milpa Alta Since 1998: A Scientometric Analysis

Phyton ◽

10.32604/phyton.2021.015723 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 90 (5) ◽

pp. 1507-1518

Author(s):

Meixiang Chen ◽

Hong Yang ◽

Zhengda Song ◽

Yonghua Gu ◽

Yuhong Zheng ◽

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Keyword(s):

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Mapping

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Scientometric Analysis of Public Health Emergencies: 1994–2020

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph19020640 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 640

Author(s):

Jing Liu ◽

Yujie Wang ◽

Qian Zhang ◽

Jianxiang Wei ◽

Haihua Zhou

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

United States ◽

Emergency Preparedness ◽

The United States ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Mapping ◽

Public Health Emergencies ◽

Detection Analysis ◽

Central Value ◽

Leading Position

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the research hotspots and frontiers in the field of public health emergencies (PHE) between 1994–2020 through the scientometric analysis method. In total, 2247 literature works retrieved from the Web of Science core database were analyzed by CiteSpace software, and the results were displayed in knowledge mapping. The overall characteristics analysis showed that the number of publications and authors in the field of PHE kept an upward trend during the past decades, and the United States was in the leading position, followed by China and England. Switzerland has the highest central value and plays an important intermediary role in promoting the integration and exchange of international PHE research achievements. The keyword co-occurrence analysis indicated that COVID-19 was the most high-frequency keyword in this field, and there had been no new keywords for a long time until the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019. The burst detection analysis showed that the top five burst keywords in terms of burst intensity were zika virus, Ebola, United States, emergency preparedness and microcephaly. The results indicated that the research theme of PHE is closely related to the major infectious diseases in a specific period. It will continue to develop with more attention paid to public health. The conclusions can provide help and reference for the PHE potential researchers.

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Knowledge Mapping of Acupuncture for Cancer Pain: A Scientometric Analysis (2000–2019)

Journal of Pain Research ◽

10.2147/jpr.s292657 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 14 ◽

pp. 343-358

Author(s):

Li Huang ◽

Yanqing Zhao ◽

Minhong Xiang

Keyword(s):

Cancer Pain ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Mapping

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Scientometric Analysis of Medicinal and Edible Plant Coptis

Frontiers in Pharmacology ◽

10.3389/fphar.2021.725162 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Zhibang Huang ◽

Zhengkun Hou ◽

Fengbin Liu ◽

Mei Zhang ◽

Wen Hu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oxidative Stress ◽

Alzheimer’S Disease ◽

Alzheimer's Disease ◽

South Korea ◽

Knowledge Bases ◽

Research Field ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Mapping ◽

Edible Plant ◽

Research Hotspots

Objective: A scientometric analysis to obtain knowledge mapping of Coptis revealed the current research situation, knowledge base and research hotspots in Coptis research.Methods:Coptis-related documents published from 1987 to 2020 were selected through the Web of Science Core Collection. CiteSpace, VOSviewer and Microsoft Excel were used to construct knowledge maps of the Coptis research field.Results: A total of 367 documents and their references were analyzed. These papers were primarily published in mainland China (214), followed by Japan (57) and South Korea (52), and they each formed respective cooperation networks. The document co-citation analysis suggested that the identification of Coptis Salisb. species, the production of alkaloids, and the mechanisms of action of these alkaloids formed the knowledge bases in this field. A keyword analysis further revealed that the research hotspots were primarily concentrated in three fields of research involving berberine, Coptis chinensis Franch, and Coptis japonica (Thunb) Makino. Oxidative stress, rat plasma (for the determination of plasma alkaloid contents), and Alzheimer’s disease are recent research hotspots associated with Coptis.Conclusion:Coptis research was mainly distributed in three countries: China, Japan, and South Korea. Researchers were concerned with the identification of Coptis species, the production of Coptis alkaloids, and the efficacy and pharmacological mechanism of the constituent alkaloids. In addition, the anti-oxidative stress, pharmacokinetics, and Alzheimer’s disease treatment of Coptis are new hotspots in this field. This study provides a reference for Coptis researchers.

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Research Progress of Urban Floods under Climate Change and Urbanization: A Scientometric Analysis

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings11120628 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 628

Author(s):

Qiu Yang ◽

Xiazhong Zheng ◽

Lianghai Jin ◽

Xiaohui Lei ◽

Bo Shao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Scientific Knowledge ◽

Global Climate ◽

Low Impact Development ◽

Research Progress ◽

Future Research ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Mapping ◽

Urban Floods ◽

Urban Flood

Urban floods research has been attracting extensive attention with the increasing threat of flood risk and environmental hazards due to global climate change and urbanization. However, there is rarely a comprehensive review of this field and it remains unclear how the research topics on urban floods have evolved. In this study, we analyzed the development of urban floods research and explored the hotspots and frontiers of this field by scientific knowledge mapping. In total, 3314 published articles from 2006 to 2021 were analyzed. The results suggest that the number of published articles in the field of urban floods generally has an upward trend year by year, and the research focus has shifted from exploring hydrological processes to adopting advanced management measures to solve urban flood problems. Moreover, urban stormwater management and low impact development in the context of climate change and urbanization have gradually become research hotspots. Future research directions based on the status and trends of the urban floods field were also discussed. This research can not only inspire other researchers and policymakers, but also demonstrates the effectiveness of scientific knowledge mapping analysis by the use of the software CiteSpace and VOSviewer.

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Knowledge mapping of office workspace: a scientometric review of studies

Facilities ◽

10.1108/f-07-2018-0086 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 38 (3/4) ◽

pp. 316-345

Author(s):

Wadu Mesthrige Jayantha ◽

Olugbenga Timo Oladinrin

Keyword(s):

Keyword Search ◽

Facility Management ◽

Future Research ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Mapping ◽

Business Organizations ◽

Content Type ◽

The Subject ◽

Active Research ◽

Bibliometric Studies

Purpose Office workspace is more than a place but one of the essential resources in business organizations. In recent years, research in office workspace management has become an increasingly important scholarly focus. However, there is a dearth of bibliometric studies to date on the subject. This study aims to explore a scientometric analysis of office workspace field. Design/methodology/approach The title/abstract/keyword search method was used to extract related papers from 1990 to 2018. A total of 1,670 papers published in Scopus were obtained and subjected to scientometric data analysis techniques via CiteSpace software. Findings The results revealed the active research institutions and countries, influential authors, important journals, representative references and research hotspots in this field. Practical implications While this study focused on office workspace management, the findings hold useful implications for the built environment in general and facility management in particular, being a sector that encompasses multiple disciplines involving building, office assets, people, processes and technology, which enable effective functioning of the built facilities. Originality/value This is probably the most comprehensive scientometric analysis of the office workspace field ever conducted. This study adds to the so far limited knowledge in the field and provides insights for future research.

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Mapping Knowledge in the Economic Areas of Green Building Using Scientometric Analysis

Energies ◽

10.3390/en12153011 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (15) ◽

pp. 3011 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Xue Xiao ◽

Martin Skitmore ◽

Heng Li ◽

Bo Xia

Keyword(s):

Citation Analysis ◽

Academic Research ◽

Green Building ◽

Underlying Structure ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Knowledge Map ◽

Knowledge Mapping ◽

Knowledge Domain ◽

Bibliographic Records ◽

Research Findings

This paper presents the first inclusive scientometric review of the economic areas of green building (GBE). The aim is to methodically examine and summarize the state-of-the-art of the GBE body of knowledge. To this end, this study analyses 1713 GBE-related bibliographic records retrieved from the Web of Science by using the quantitative method of knowledge mapping. The knowledge base, knowledge domain, and knowledge evolution of how they interacted with each other are explored using document co-citation analysis and keywords co-citation analysis of the existing body of literature. The research findings are informative in recognizing and interpreting the underlying structure and trends in GBE. A knowledge map provides a valuable and instructive understanding of the evolution and status quo of the GBE knowledge body, as well as assisting in recognizing the gaps and deficiencies involved. The results will help in understanding how GBE knowledge is evolving and its role played in green building, and thus provide suggestions of how academic research can enhance sustainability practices in terms of economic area in the future.

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