Rural tourism and development: Evolution in Scientific Literature and Trends

This work represents a contribution by showing the state of the art of research on rural tourism and development, identifying trends and proposing future lines and topics of research. Rural tourism and its influence on the economic development of rural areas has been an important and dynamic area of research since 2004. For this purpose, a quantitative bibliometric analysis of the 892 documents related to this topic contained within the Web of Science Core Collection has been carried out. Results show that studies on rural tourism mainly focus on Spain, Romania, and China. However, the most prolific authors are from Portugal, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. There is a notable lack of studies focused on countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, mainly due to political and religious factors. Rural tourism is also an important and emergent sector, particularly in countries like Romania and China.

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Homosexuality and biomarkers of aging in the production of gerontological knowledge by American, British, and Brazilian authors

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/0102-311x00222618 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

Author(s):

João Paulo Ferreira ◽

Richard Miskolci

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Text Mining ◽

Sexual Risk ◽

Knowledge Production ◽

Web Of Science ◽

The United States ◽

R Software ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Biomarkers Of Aging ◽

The Web

Abstract: This study reviewed articles originated in Brazil, in the United Kingdom, and in the United States from 1970 to September 2018 in the Web of Science database. Text mining techniques were used, and a predominantly qualitative analysis was performed, including correspondence analysis and sentiment analysis using the R Software (version 3.5.0) tools. Results show a repathologization of homosexuality in the gerontological knowledge production. This includes studies performed in 51 areas of knowledge in the three countries. That was followed by the depsychiatrization of homosexuality during the peak of deaths caused by AIDS, and its consequent recognition as an epidemiological threat. The article concludes reviewing the collected biomarkers, such as “sexual”, “risk”, “MSM”, and “HIV/AIDS”, which prove the progressive impact of sexual panic in gerontology studies and also associates AIDS with masculine homosexuality.

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In the free web of science

Journal of Science Communication ◽

10.22323/2.02040902 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 02 (04) ◽

pp. F02

Author(s):

Mauro Scanu

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Great Britain ◽

Inflation Rate ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Scientific Information ◽

The United States ◽

Circulation System ◽

The Past ◽

The Web

A ghost is wandering around the web: it is called open access, a proposal to modify the circulation system of scientific information which has landed on the sacred soil of scientific literature. The circulation system of scientific magazines has recently started faltering, not because this instrument is no longer a guarantee of quality, but rather for economic reasons. In countries such as Great Britain, as shown in the following chart, the past twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in subscription fees, exceeding by far the prices of other publishing products and the average inflation rate. The same trend applies to the United States.

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Bibliometric analysis of publications on inclusive education from the Web of Science Core Collection published from 1992 to 2020

Science Editing ◽

10.6087/kcse.233 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 79-84

Author(s):

Jia-Fen Wu ◽

Xiaoxiao Lin

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Inclusive Education ◽

Core Collection ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Citation Index ◽

The United States ◽

Teachers Attitudes ◽

The Web ◽

Highly Cited Articles ◽

Highly Cited

Purpose: This study analyzed the bibliometric characteristics of publications on inclusive education in the Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded in the Web of Science Core Collection from 1992 to 2020.Methods: Terms related to “inclusive education” and “inclusion of education” were used as keywords to search for journal articles on July 3, 2020.Results: There were 1,786 articles, representing 3,376 authors, in the 345 journals scanned. The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia were the three leading countries/regions in this field. In the top 12 countries, the top 15 institutions and the top 10 most-cited journals were identified by either the number of publications or the number of total citations. Core themes from the 30 most highly-cited articles were teachers’ attitudes, teachers’ self-efficacy, and the effects of inclusive education. Teachers included both pre-service and in-service teachers; students represented those with and without special educational needs.Conclusion: The results indicate that the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia dominated inclusive education research, originating most of the highly-cited articles, having more prolific authors, and presenting the most-cited institutions. Furthermore, three emerging core themes from the 30 most highly-cited articles were teachers’ attitudes, teachers’ self-efficacy, and the effects of inclusive education. Frontline teachers are recommended to submit manuscripts about their teaching experiences to the most-cited journals, which have a large readership. To measure the effects of inclusive education, it is essential to formulate reliable, valid, and culture-free research instruments for future studies.

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Research progress on meibomian gland dysfunction from 2011 to 2020: a bibliometric and visualized analysis

10.21203/rs.3.rs-885696/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Qian Liu ◽

Fangkun Zhao ◽

Jun Kong

Keyword(s):

Core Collection ◽

Web Of Science ◽

International Workshop ◽

The United States ◽

Meibomian Gland ◽

Research Progress ◽

Meibomian Gland Dysfunction ◽

Research Areas ◽

Visual Science ◽

The Web

Abstract Background To explore the research areas, hotspots, and progress of meibomian gland dysfunction through bibliometrics. Methods Related publications were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection from 2011 to 2020. VOSviewer1.6.16, Citespace.5.7.R2, and GraphPad Prism 8 were used to visualize the distribution of countries, research institutions, journals, authors, keywords, and annual publication numbers in this field. Results A total number of 716 relevant publications were retrieved. The United States and Keio University ranked the first among the countries and organizations with the most publications. Cornea, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, and Ocular Surface were the top three journals with the highest publication counts and citations. The authors who contributed to this topic mainly formed three clusters which manifested the research areas, and the extracted keywords mainly formed four clusters which manifested the hotspots were explored. Conclusions The research areas and hotspots of meibomian gland dysfunction were as follow: (1) Pathogenesis or potential etiology of meibomian gland dysfunction; (2) Diagnosis of meibomian gland dysfunction; (3) Therapy of meibomian gland dysfunction and the International Workshop`s dedication to it; (4) Epidemiology of meibomian gland dysfunction.

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Sulfur Mustard and Immunology; Trends of 20 Years Research in the Web of Science Core Collection: A Scientometric Review

Iranian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.18502/ijph.v49i7.3573 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ramin SALOUTI ◽

Roghayeh GHAZAVI ◽

Sattar RAJABI ◽

Mohammad ZARE ◽

Mohammadreza TALEBNEJAD ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Core Collection ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Sulfur Mustard ◽

The United States ◽

Chemical Warfare ◽

Research Center ◽

Engineering Research ◽

Citation Score ◽

The Past ◽

The Web

Background: We aimed to use the scientometric approach to evaluate immunological studies on the subject of sulfur mustard over the past 20 years. Methods: In this scientometric study, the Web of Science Core Collection was searched on the studies about sulfur mustard. The published papers related to the field of immunology were retrieved from these papers. HistCite software and VOSviewer were the applied software packages for bibliometric analysis, information visualization, and creating bibliometric networks. Results: Over the past 20 years, 741 researchers from 22 countries have published 201 scientific papers in 95 journals. Iran and the United States with 93 and 68 published articles ranked at the top. The Journal of International Immunopharmacology, with 33 published papers, 439 Total Global Citation Score (TGCS), and 105 Total Local Citation Score (TLCS) was the most productive and most influential in this regard. The paper entitled "Biomonitoring of exposure to chemical warfare agents: A review" and another paper entitled "SardashtIran Cohort Study of Chemical Warfare Victims: Design and Methods" were the most influential papers in this topic with 200 TGCS and 27 TLCS, respectively. The most productive and the most influential centers were “Immunoregulation Research Center of Shahed University” and “The Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC),” respectively. Conclusion: The result of our report as the unique scientometric evaluation of the research on sulfur mustard and Immunology can be used as a roadmap for authors, researchers, and policymakers to define the best ways to allocate their financial and executive resources.

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Mapping the Literature on Sustainability Reporting: A Bibliometric Analysis Grounded in Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection

European Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.14207/ejsd.2021.v10n1p303 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 303

Author(s):

Oleh Pasko ◽

Fuli Chen ◽

Alvina Oriekhova ◽

Alina Brychko ◽

Iryna Shalyhina

Keyword(s):

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Business Strategy ◽

Core Collection ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

The United States ◽

Business Economics ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Corporate Social ◽

Journal Of Business Ethics

Sustainability reporting has become an increasingly common practice among companies around the globe as around 90% of the world’s 250 largest companies from Fortune 500 prepare and publish its sustainability reporting. Aiming to help researchers to grasp the intellectual landscape of global research on sustainable reporting, we conducted a bibliometric analysis using CiteSpace software by applying evaluative and relational techniques to 928 articles published in 480 different journals in Scopus and 698 articles published in 374 different journals in Web of Science Core Collection from 1981 to 2020. Our findings indicate that the number of articles published in the field has increased rapidly, especially since 2009. We identified the leading countries (the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Canada, the Netherlands and Italy), the most prolific journals (Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Business Ethics), main journals categories (Business, Economics, Management and Finance, Environmental and Ecology and Science, Technology and Engineering), and the major research directions in the near future (sustainability reporting, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, disclosure). From our findings we infer that the sustainability reporting research has just recently (2013-2019) gained traction in the literature. Moreover, our findings testify that a kind of bifurcation point has occurred is 2011 that manifests the maturity of the field of sustainability reporting. All this provides the reader with a high-view look at sustainable reporting as these quantitative findings complementing qualitative and providing valuable insights into the field.

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“Researching the Research” in Prostate Cancer: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis of the Top 100 Cited Articles in the Field of Prostate Cancer

Current Urology ◽

10.1159/000447191 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 26-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ahmed Adam ◽

Reuben Ras ◽

Amit S. Bhattu ◽

Avi Raman ◽

Marlon Perera

Keyword(s):

Prostate Cancer ◽

United States ◽

Gross Domestic Product ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Core Collection ◽

Web Of Science ◽

The United States ◽

Korean Journal ◽

Comprehensive Search ◽

The Web

Background: To perform the first comparative bibliometric analysis of the “Top 100 (T100) cited articles in prostate cancer (PCa)”. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive search using the Web of Science Database (v 5.21) covering the Web of Science™ Core Collection, BIOSIS Previews, Central Contents Connect, KCI-Korean Journal Database, MEDLINE, SciELO Index (February 2016) was performed, for all articles relevant to PCa. Results: The T100 were cited 582 to 3,387 times, and were published from 1966 to 2012. The top 3 subcategories associated with PCa included: genetics/biomarkers (n = 34), management (n = 25), and physiology (n = 11). T100 contributions from USA (n = 86), were most prominent. If the regional citation was corrected for percentage on research (citation record/percentage gross domestic product on research) a variation in the ranking was noted. Conclusion: The first bibliometric analysis in the field of PCa is presented. Regions that predominate the T100, include the United States and Europe. Articles published in higher impact factor journals, in English medium and content related to PCa research associated with genetics/bio-markers have the highest citation potential.

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Research Progress of Coronavirus Based on Bibliometric Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17113766 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (11) ◽

pp. 3766 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Fei Zhai ◽

Yuxuan Zhai ◽

Chuang Cong ◽

Tingyan Song ◽

Rongwu Xiang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

International Cooperation ◽

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Core Collection ◽

Web Of Science ◽

The United States ◽

Research Progress ◽

Research Directions ◽

The Past ◽

Funding Support ◽

The Web

Background: COVID-19 has become one of the most serious global epidemics in the 21st Century. This study aims to explore the distribution of research capabilities of countries, institutions, and researchers, and the hotspots and frontiers of coronavirus research in the past two decades. In it, references for funding support of urgent projects and international cooperation among research institutions are provided. Method: the Web of Science core collection database was used to retrieve the documents related to coronavirus published from 2003 to 2020. Citespace.5.6.R2, VOSviewer1.6.12, and Excel 2016 were used for bibliometric analysis. Results: 11,036 documents were retrieved, of which China and the United States have contributed the most coronavirus studies, Hong Kong University being the top contributor. Regarding journals, the Journal of Virology has contributed the most, while in terms of researchers, Yuen Kwok Yung has made the most contributions. The proportion of documents published by international cooperation has been rising for decades. Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 are under development, and clinical trials of several drugs are ongoing. Conclusions: international cooperation is an important way to accelerate research progress and achieve success. Developing corresponding vaccines and drugs are the current hotspots and research directions.

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Review of Research Trends in Learning and the Internet in Higher Education

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci9060101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 101 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Adrián Segura-Robles ◽

Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero ◽

María-Elena Parra-González ◽

Jesús López-Belmonte

Keyword(s):

Web Of Science ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

The United States ◽

Research Trends ◽

University Teaching ◽

The Internet ◽

E Learning ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Over Time ◽

The Web

Within the scientific literature, there has been much debate about the use of the Internet in teaching in university contexts. The potential of this tool and its educational possibilities is well documented. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the use of the Internet in university teaching from a bibliometric perspective. To analyze scientific works, scientific mapping strategies have been used; for example, exploring the co-words and co-authors in works on this topic. We have worked with an analysis unit of 5118 documents which are indexed in the Web of Science database. Among the findings of this research, it can be highlighted that most publications are in English—the topic has been thoroughly studied and works have been published in this language over time. Moreover, the United States is the country which is most productive in relation to educational and computing fields. The most relevant topics themes are “e-learning”, “systems” and “Internet of Things”.

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Sustainability and Tourism Marketing: A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications between 1997 and 2020 Using VOSviewer Software

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13094987 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 4987

Author(s):

William Quezado de F. Cavalcante ◽

Arnaldo Coelho ◽

Cristela Maia Bairrada

Keyword(s):

Bibliometric Analysis ◽

Web Of Science ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

The State ◽

Simultaneous Occurrence ◽

Tourism Marketing ◽

Prolific Authors ◽

Bibliometric Studies ◽

The Web

Several studies have empirically explored the association between practices in sustainable tourism and their impact on tourism marketing. However, bibliometric studies that organize the production in this field are still scarce. The objective of this study is thus to provide a bibliometric analysis of research on sustainable practices in tourism related to marketing, identifying the state of the art, trends and other indicators, by monitoring the articles published on the Web of Science (WoS) platform. A sample of 694 materials was obtained. The data were processed and the results graphically illustrated using the VOSviewer software. The study analyzed the simultaneous occurrence of publications by year, keyword trends, cocitations, bibliographic coupling and analysis of coauthorship, countries and institutions, and indicates that the literature on tourism sustainability issues in the field of tourism marketing is growing at a quick pace; merely five papers accounted for more than 2193 citations, but there are several prolific authors. Of the 694 sources included in the review, the most important ones published 40.34% of the papers; Spain is the leading country in this topic. This research provides insight about the state of the art and identifies gaps and research opportunities in sustainability and tourism marketing.

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