Global research productivity in cybersecurity: a scientometric study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayaz Ahmad Loan ◽  
Bashir Bisma ◽  
Nasreen Nahida
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Computer Security ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Research

Purpose The purpose of the study is to conduct a scientometric analysis of cybersecurity literature indexed in the core collection of the Web of Science for a period of ten years (2011–2020). Design/methodology/approach Cybersecurity is a focused topic of research across the globe. To identify the global research productivity in the field, the terms “cybersecurity, cyber-security, web security, information security, computer security, etc.” were used for retrieving the publications in the advanced search mode of the database “Web of Science”, limiting the time frame for 2011– 2020. The results retrieved were downloaded in the Excel file for further analysis and interpretation. The harvested data was analysed by using scientometric techniques to measure the progress such as growth rate, doubling time and author collaborations. Besides, the Biblioshiny and VOSviewer software were used for mapping networks. Findings The research output in the field of cybersecurity has shown an increasing trend during 2011–2020, and the maximum number of scholarly publications was published in 2020 (1,581), i.e. more than 715% of 2011 (221). A good number of countries (93) have contributed globally in cybersecurity research, and the highest share in research publications was reported by the USA (23.55%), followed by China (23.24%), South Korea (5.31%), UK (5.28%) and India (4.25%). The authorship patterns in cybersecurity publications show a collaborative trend, as most articles have been published by multiple authors. Total 5,532 (90.14%) articles have been published in co-authorship, whereas only 605 (9.86%) articles have been published by single authors. Keyword analysis shows that the most common keyword research by the authors is cybersecurity and its variants such as “cyber security” and “cyber-security” (1,698) followed by security (782), computer security (680) and information security (329). Research limitations/implications The database studied for the work does not represent the total literary output available on the theme. There are plenty of other databases, such as Scopus, Compendex, INSPEC, IEEE Xplore, arXiv, contributing to the same theme as well. Practical implications The findings of the study may help researchers, information technologists, library professionals and information specialists to identify the research progress, authorship patterns, collaborative networks and hot topics of research in the field of cybersecurity. Besides, it will assess the global response to the cybersecurity issue. Originality/value The study is the scientometric analysis of the cybersecurity based on current literature and will highlight the progress and development of global research in the said field.

Global Research Output in Occupational Health From 1998–2018

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Senthamilselvi A.
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Online Database ◽  
Global Research

An analysis of 12,317 publications published by Research Productivity on Occupational Health during 1998-2018 and indexed by Web of Science online database indicates the publication output in the global level research productivity of the publication. The highest numbers of papers were published during the year 2018 with 1,237 records followed by the year 2016 with 1,189 records. Overall, 31,498 authors contributed 2,866 publications in the journal and global cited scores with 149,345 records of the articles. A total of 138 countries have contributed in publications of the output of total research productivity. In this research, it is found that articles have been written using 25 languages.

Indian Scientist Research Productivity in Cloud Robotics: A Scientometric Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
C. Ranganathan
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Cloud Robotics ◽  
Indian Scientist

This study analyses the Indian contributions of research papers related to Cloud Robotics was undertaken from Web of Science Databases has been used to retrieve the data for 15 years (1999-2013) by the searching the keyword “Cloud Robotics”. Most of the researchers preferred to publish their research results in 586 journal articles. The authorship trend shows that, out of total 629 research literatures published, 97% of them or published under the joint author of publications in Cloud Robotics research output. This study aims to examine the emergence of research areas, research groups and countries and the pattern of publication, authorship, institutions, growth rate of publication and journals coverage of the scientists in the field of Cloud Robotics.

Visual analysis of global research trends in social bots based on bibliometrics

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiujuan Chen ◽  
Shanbing Gao ◽  
Xue Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
Global Research

PurposeIn order to further advance the research of social bots, based on the latest research trends and in line with international research frontiers, it is necessary to understand the global research situation in social bots.Design/methodology/approachChoosing Web of Science™ Core Collections as the data sources for searching social bots research literature, this paper visually analyzes the processed items and explores the overall research progress and trends of social bots from multiple perspectives of the characteristics of publication output, major academic communities and active research topics of social bots by the method of bibliometrics.FindingsThe findings offer insights into research trends pertaining to social bots and some of the gaps are also identified. It is recommended to further expand the research objects of social bots in the future, not only focus on Twitter platform and strengthen the research of social bot real-time detection methods and the discussion of the legal and ethical issues of social bots.Originality/valueMost of the existing reviews are all for the detection methods and techniques of social bots. Unlike the above reviews, this study is a systematic literature review, through the method of quantitative analysis, comprehensively sort out the research output in social bots and shows the latest research trends in this area and suggests some research indirections that need to be focused in the future. The findings will provide references for subsequent scholars to research on social bots.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-06-2021-0336.

Questions to the Article of research output and international cooperation among countries during the COVID-19 pandemic (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Chun Kuo ◽  
Tsair-Wei Chien ◽  
Willy Chou
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Medical Subject Headings ◽  
Pubmed Central ◽  
The Us ◽  
Circle Diagram

UNSTRUCTURED We read with great interest the study by Grammes et al. on research output and international cooperation among countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper is a quantitative study using scientometric analysis instead of a qualitative research using citation analysis. A total of 7,185 publications were extracted from Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) with keywords of “covid19 OR covid-19 OR sarscov2 OR sars-cov-2” as of July 4, 2020. We replicated a citation analysis study to extract abstracts from Pubmed Central(PMC) with similar keywords mentioned above and obtained 35,421 articles relevant to COVID-10 matching their corresponding number of citation in PMC. one hundred top-cited atricles were selected and compared on diagrams. Social network analysis combined with citation numbers in articles was performed to analyze international cooperation among countries. The results were shown on a world map instead of the circle diagram in the previous study. A Sankey diagram was applied to highlight entities(e.g., countries, article types, medical subject headings, and journals) with the most citations. Authors from Chian dominated citations in these 100 top-cited articles rather than the US in publications addressed in the previous study. Both visual representations of the world map and Sankey diagram were provided to readers with a better understanding of the research output and international cooperation among countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

scholarly journals Mapping the global research output on Ebola vaccine from research indexed in web of science and scopus: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Tosin Yinka Akintunde ◽  
Taha Hussein Musa ◽  
Hassan Hussein Musa ◽  
Shaojun Chen ◽  
Elhakim Ibrahim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Global Research

Gender moderation of intrinsic research productivity antecedents in South African academia

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-592
Author(s):  
Chris Callaghan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
South African ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Critical Ratio ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Ascription theory together with human capital theory both predict that, over time, the scarcity of knowledge and skills in increasingly complex working contexts will “crowd out” the influence of arbitrary characteristics such as gender. The purpose of this paper is to test the extent to which job performance determinants of research productivity differ by gender in their contributions to research productivity, in the developing country (South Africa) context, in which gender and other forms of historical discrimination were previously endemic. Design/methodology/approach Research output was measured as published journal articles indexed by Thomson Reuters Institute for Scientific Information, ProQuest’s International Bibliography of the Social Sciences and the South African Department of Higher Education and Training, as well as conference proceedings publications, conference papers presented and published books and book chapters. Structural equation modelling, with critical ratio and χ2 tests of path moderation were used to test theory predicting gender (sex) differences moderate the potential influence of certain intrinsic determinants of job performance on research productivity, as a form of academic job performance. Findings Gender is found to moderate the relationship between experience and research productivity, with this relationship stronger for men, who are also found to have higher research output. This is considered a paradox of sorts, as English and African home languages, which proxy racial differences in societal and economic disadvantages and unequal opportunities, are not significantly associated with research output differences. Findings further suggest none of the tested intrinsic effects are moderated by gender, contesting theory from general work contexts. Research limitations/implications This research applied a cross-sectional design, and did not apply causal methods, instrumental variables or controls for endogeneity. Nevertheless, these are limitations shared with most research in the human resources field, which is constrained by the type of data available in organisational contexts. Further research might do well to investigate non-intrinsic influences on research productivity which may be vulnerable to differences in societal gender roles. Originality/value This research offers a novel perspective of research productivity and gender inequality in a developing country context of increasing diversity, which might offer useful insights into other contexts facing increasing diversity in higher education. The problem of gender-based inequality in research productivity is empirically identified, and little evidence is found to support the notion that intrinsic effects, including core self-evaluations, are at the heart of this problem. Arguably, these findings reduce the problem space around gender inequality in research productivity, in a context in which other forms of disadvantage might no longer manifest in research productivity inequality.

Exploring a body of knowledge for promoting the sustainable transition to prefabricated construction

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Luo ◽  
Xiaolong Xue ◽  
Yongtao Tan ◽  
Yuna Wang ◽  
Yuanxin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Critical Knowledge ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
New Buildings ◽  
Sustainable Transition

PurposeThis paper aimed to introduce a systematic body of knowledge via a scientometric review, guiding the sustainable transition from conventional construction to prefabricated construction. The construction industry currently faces a challenge to balance sustainable development and the construction of new buildings. In this context, one of the most recent debates is prefabricated construction. As an emerging construction approach, although existing knowledge makes contributions to the implementation of prefabricated construction, there is a lack of a comprehensive and in-depth overview of the critical knowledge themes and gaps.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses the scientometric analysis to review the state-of-the-art knowledge of prefabricated construction. It retrieved data from the Web of Science core collection database. CiteSpace software was used to conduct the analysis and visualization; three analysis methods identify the knowledge hotspots, knowledge domains and knowledge topics. Finally, according to integrating the hidden connections among results, a body of knowledge for prefabricated construction application can be inferred.FindingsThe results show that 120 knowledge hotspots, five critical knowledge domains and five prominent knowledge topics are vital for promoting implementation of prefabricated construction. Based on the afore analysis, a body of knowledge for prefabricated construction that can systematically cover a broad knowledge of prefabricated construction-related research and activities are integrated and proposed in this paper.Originality/valueBody of knowledge systematically covers a broad knowledge of prefabricated construction applications and is vital to guide researchers and practitioners to conduct related research and activities, thereby promoting the sustainable transition to prefabricated construction implementation.

Human factor and information security in higher education

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efthymia Metalidou ◽  
Catherine Marinagi ◽  
Panagiotis Trivellas ◽  
Niclas Eberhagen ◽  
Georgios Giannakopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Computer Security ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association of lack of awareness and human factors and the association of lack of awareness and significant attacks that threat computer security in higher education. Design/methodology/approach – Five human factors and nine attacks are considered to investigate their relationship. A field research is conducted on Greek employees in higher education to identify the human factors that affect information security. The sample is consisted of 103 employees that use computers at work. Pearson correlation analysis between lack of awareness and nine (9) computer security risks is performed. Findings – Examining the association of lack of awareness with these attacks that threat the security of computers, all nine factors of important attacks exert significant and positive effect, apart from phishing. Considering the relationship of lack of awareness to human factors, all five human factors used are significantly and positively correlated with lack of awareness. Moreover, all nine important attacks, apart from one, exert a significant and positive effect. Research limitations/implications – The paper extends understanding of the relationship of the human factors, the lack of awareness and information security. The study has focused on employees of the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens, namely, teachers, administrators and working post-graduate students. Originality/value – The paper has used weighted factors based on data collection in higher education to calculate a global index for lack of awareness, as the result of the weighted aggregation of nine (9) risks, and extends the analysis performed in the literature to evaluate the effectiveness of security awareness in computer risk management.

Scientometric Analysis of the Research Output of Physics and Astronomy of Guru Nanak Dev University during 2006-15

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
Sunaina Khanna ◽  
Neeraj Kumar Singh ◽  
Deepika Tewari ◽  
Harinder Singh Saini
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
H Index ◽  
Average Citation ◽  
Publication Number ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
The University ◽  
Number Of Citations

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The study attempts to analyse research contributions of the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in physics and astronomy during the period 2006-15. The data for this study was extracted from Scopus. The study analyses the </span><span>year-wise research productivity, national and international collaborations, top collaborating institutions, most prolific </span><span>authors, journals used for communication, most preferred journals for publication, number of citations received by the University during the period under study. This paper analyses that the university has published 652 papers in physics and astronomy. The University had registered the average citation impact per paper of 7.01 per cent and 6 publications received 51 to 100 citations. Among the Indian universities, University stood at 23</span><span>rd </span><span>rank in term of publications output (652) and h-index (29), 16</span><span>th </span><span>rank in average citation per paper (7.01 per cent) and 18</span><span>th </span><span>rank in share of high cited papers (1 per cent) and 19</span><span>th </span><span>rank in terms of international collaborative papers (27.45 per cent) during 2006-15. Around 68.71 per cent publications of the University in physics and astronomy were in national collaboration between GNDU and several other Indian organisations. The study clearly indicates that journals are the most preferred form of publication to communicate research works by the researchers. </span></p></div></div></div>

scholarly journals The Nexus between Funding and Research Output: A Case Study in Universiti Teknologi MARA

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.15) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Caroline Henry ◽  
Nor Azura Md Ghani ◽  
Halilah Haron ◽  
Umi Marshida Abd Hamid ◽  
Ahmad Naqiyuddin Bakar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Continuous Problem

Financial sustainability has been a continuous problem that Higher Learning Institutions (HLI) have to face. In addition, funding has always played a role in the process of research as many have proven that there is a relationship between funding and research impact. This study highlights the impact of funding on UiTM’s research productivity. Publications published by UiTM in 2012 to 2016 from Web of Science (WoS) were used to compare the impact of both funded and unfunded publications. The findings showed that 32.53% of the publications published from 2007 to 2016 were funded. Funded publications published in high impact journals have higher citations compared to unfunded publications particularly for Medical and Science & Technology related fields such as Clinical Medicine and Chemistry. This proves that financial assistance is key to drive quality research and produce impactful publications as it indirectly increases the institution’s research productivity.  

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