Chitosan and Laponite: a meta-analysis on their applications

Chitosan is a renewable natural alkaline polysaccharide, and laponite is a multifunctional nanocomposite. Their use exists in several areas, mainly due to their non-toxicity and because chitosan is from natural resources. One primary use in seed coating processes consists of applying an exogenous material to the seeds, which can facilitate handling and planting. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the most appropriate uses in patented and publications related to the use of Laponite and Chitosan to access these materials' state of the art to identify perspectives for new research. One hundred two publications were explored in the scientific databases Scopus (53) and Web of Science (WoS) (79). Of these, duplicates were removed, totaling 93 articles with publications started in 2006. The number of publications on chitosan and laponite for the countries with the highest number of corresponding authors was from China (27), Iran (16), and the United States (15). Brazil also stands out and occupies the fourth position regarding the number of corresponding authors (7). There were prospected 109 patents, and most of them have been used in medical or veterinary hygiene, or hygienic devices and methods (A61K), in cosmetics (A61Q). The compilation and analysis of scientific, technological, and information use carried out in this work has allowed for identifying the new research perspectives and validated the potential use of chitosan and laponite association as a seed coating.

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Global Research on Neuropathic Pain Rehabilitation over the Last 20 Years

Neural Plasticity ◽

10.1155/2021/5594512 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Xuan Su ◽

Hao-Yu Hu ◽

Chang Xu

Keyword(s):

Neuropathic Pain ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

The United States ◽

Clinical Neurology ◽

Recovery Techniques ◽

Cooperative Institutions ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

New Research ◽

Number Of Citations

Background. Neuropathic pain has long been a very popular and productive field of clinical research. Neuropathic pain is difficult to cure radically because of its complicated etiology and uncertain pathogenesis. As pain worsens and persists, pain recovery techniques become more important, and medication alone is insufficient. No summary of bibliometric studies on neuropathic pain rehabilitation is yet available. The purpose of the present study is to analyze in a systematic manner the trends of neuropathic pain rehabilitation research over the period of 2000–2019. Methods. Studies related to neuropathic pain rehabilitation and published between January 2000 and December 2019 were obtained from the Science Citation Index-Expanded of Web of Science. No restrictions on language, literature type, or species were established. CiteSpace V and Microsoft Excel were used to capture basic information and highlights in the field. Results. Linear regression analysis showed that the number of publications on neuropathic pain rehabilitation significantly increased over time ( P < 0.001 ). The United States showed absolute strength in terms of number of papers published, influence, and cooperation with other countries. Based on the subject categories of the Web of Science, “Rehabilitation” had the highest number of published papers (446), the highest number of citations (10,954), and the highest number of open-access papers (151); moreover, this category and “Clinical Neurology” had the same H -index (i.e., 52). “Randomized Controlled Trials” revealed the largest cluster in the cocitation map of references. The latest burst keywords included “Exercise” (2014–2019), “Functional Recovery” (2015–2019), and “Questionnaire” (2015–2019). Conclusion. This study provides valuable information for neuropathic pain rehabilitation researchers seeking fresh viewpoints related to collaborators, cooperative institutions, and popular topics in this field. Some new research trends are also highlighted.

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A bibliometric mapping of open educational resources

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ◽

10.19173/irrodl.v16i1.1960 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Airton Zancanaro ◽

José Leomar Todesco ◽

Fernando Ramos

Keyword(s):

Educational System ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Scientific Production ◽

Open Educational Resources ◽

Educational Resources ◽

System Quality ◽

Face To Face ◽

Scientific Databases ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

The Web

Open educational resources (OER) is a topic that has aroused increasing interest by researchers as a powerful contribution to improve the educational system quality and openness, both in face to face and distance education. The goal of this research is to map publications related to OER, dating from 2002 to 2013, and available through the Web of Science and Scopus scientific databases as well as in the OER Knowledge Cloud open repository. Data were used to explore relevant aspects related to the scientific production in OER, such as: (i) number of publications per year; (ii) most cited publications; (iii) authors with higher number of publications; (iv) institutions and countries with more publications and (v) most referenced bibliography by the authors. The analysis has included 544 papers, written by 843 authors, from 338 institutions, from 61 different countries. Moreover, the analysis has included the publications referenced and the author’s keywords, considering 6,355 different publications and 929 different keywords. Besides presenting a bibliographic mapping of the research on OER, this paper also intends to contribute to consolidate the idea that OER is a promising field for researchers, in line with the spreading of the Open movement.

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The Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Publications: A Holistic Evolution of Global Literature with Bibliometric Analysis

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery ◽

10.1055/s-0039-3400514 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (03) ◽

pp. 293-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gül Doğan ◽

Hülya İpek

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Necrotizing Enterocolitis ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Survival Rates ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The United States ◽

Economic Productivity ◽

Premature Babies ◽

The Developed Countries ◽

Number Of Publications

Abstract Introduction Despite the fact that necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the reasons for morbidity and mortality in the newborn intensive care units, the literature indicates no bibliometric studies that made a holistic evaluation of the publications on this issue. This study aims to make a holistic evaluation of NEC publications to reveal the latest developments and trend topics. Materials and Methods Bibliometric analyses were performed by retrieving all the publications in Web of Science (WoS: Web of Science Core Collection database maintained by Clarivate Analytics) database between 1980 and 2018 using the “necrotizing enterocolitis” keyword. The correlations between economic productivity, humanity index, and performances of the countries on the topic of NEC were investigated with Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results A review of the related literature indicated 2,968 publications on NEC between 1980 and 2018. Of these publications, 1,690 (56.9%) were indexed in the article document category in WoS. There was an important increasing trend in the number of publications after 2006. Results of the present study showed that the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and Journal of Pediatrics were the top effective journal that contributed to the literature in terms of publication productivity. The top productive country that produced most publications about NEC was the United States (863, 51.1%). Conclusion Research on NEC is conducted in a limited number of countries. There seem to be more research opportunities in the developed countries because survival rates of premature babies having a disease like NEC are lower in the undeveloped countries, and survival rates are higher in developed countries due to appropriate intensive care conditions. Therefore, undeveloped countries should be supported in terms of NEC and provided with funds.

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Martial Arts Tourism: Meta-Analysis of Publications from 2005–2020

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12177069 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (17) ◽

pp. 7069 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Przemysław Pawelec ◽

Paweł Świder ◽

Wojciech J. Cynarski

Keyword(s):

Martial Arts ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Modern Society ◽

Destination Country ◽

Scientific Databases ◽

Thematic Relations ◽

The Subject ◽

The Difference ◽

Tourism Potential ◽

Number Of Publications

A feature of modern society in the era of cultural globalization is its mobility. One of the manifestations of this social mobility is people spending free time on tourist trips. Tourism, as understood as a sociocultural phenomenon, is a special manifestation of location. In addition to the motives for undertaking trips in martial arts tourism, individual destinations, specific tourism potential and the typology of participants in tourist meetings were analyzed, and individual cases were examined. The research materials were 44 articles published in scientific journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, and EBSCOHost databases. Publications, which appeared in the sources discussed between 2005 and mid-2020s were considered. Some periodicals were present in all three of the quoted databases, therefore specific articles were taken into account only once. This study will cover a meta-analysis of martial arts tourism in journals indexed in several major scientific databases. It is related to the phenomenon of tourism of this type, which is discussed from various scientific perspectives. As a research tool, the Atlas.ti program was used (mainly in the qualitative research or analysis of qualitative data), by means of which correlations and dominant items were sought. A comparison with other publications suggests that no similar meta-analysis has so far been performed in relation to the literature devoted to the subject of “martial arts tourism”. Particularly interesting conclusions were identified: (1) there are thematic relations between the destination country, the main destination, and the destination country; (2) martial arts are treated by researchers as both primary, and secondary threads, (3) the difference between travel destinations and types events attended by people interested in martial arts, (4) the variety of event formats plays a role in popularizing the subject of these forms of physical activity, and (5) the number of publications describing specific destinations is not particularly related to specific countries as destinations.

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The Prevalence of Infectious Keratitis after Keratorefractive Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

Journal of Ophthalmology ◽

10.1155/2020/6329321 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Shahla Afsharpaiman ◽

Musa Zare ◽

Masoud Yasemi ◽

Tannaz Jamialahmadi ◽

Amirhossein Sahebkar

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Geographical Location ◽

The United States ◽

Infectious Keratitis ◽

The Common ◽

Keratorefractive Surgery ◽

The Right ◽

Different Parts

Background. The keratorefractive surgeries (KRS) are one of the most common ocular surgeries. One of the dangerous complications of these surgeries is infectious keratitis (IK), which is the second cause of blindness after cataract surgery. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of IK after KRS in different parts of the world. Methods. In order to obtain relevant studies, all national and international databases including IranMedex, SID, Magiran, IranDoc, Medlib, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched using standard keywords. Results. IK prevalence after KRS was 0.000496% (0.000145% for the left eye and 0.000149% for the right eye). IK prevalence after KRS in the United States, Europe, and Asia was 0.000667%, 0.000473%, and 0.000045%, respectively, in all of which the common microorganisms were Staphylococci. Meta-regression showed no significant association between IK after KRS and either sample size or publication year of the studies. IK prevalence after KRS in the right eye was more than that in the left one. Also, the probability of IK incidence after LASIK surgery was more than PRK and LASEK. In the evaluation of continents, IK after KRS in the United States was more frequent compared with Europe and Asia. Conclusions. This study provided data as to the overall prevalence of IK following KRS and its variations according to the types of eye, surgery, pathogenic microorganism, and geographical location.

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Bibliometric Study of the Comorbidity of Pain and Depression Research

Neural Plasticity ◽

10.1155/2019/1657498 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2019 ◽

pp. 1-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Xue-Qiang Wang ◽

Meng-Si Peng ◽

Lin-Man Weng ◽

Yi-Li Zheng ◽

Zhi-Jie Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Web Of Science ◽

Science Research ◽

The United States ◽

Clinical Neurology ◽

Bibliometric Method ◽

Research Areas ◽

Cooperative Institutions ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

General Aspects ◽

Over Time

Background. Comorbid pain and depression occur with high prevalence in clinical observations, and published academic journals about them have been increasing in number over time. However, few studies used the bibliometric method to analyze the general aspects of scientific researches on the comorbidity of pain and depression. The aim of this study is to systematically provide global scientific research in the comorbidity of pain and depression from 1980 to 2018. Methods. The published papers were searched between 1980 and 2018 in Web of Science. Publications related to comorbid pain and depression research were included. The language was restricted to English, and no species limitations were specified. Results. A total of 2,519 papers met the inclusion criteria in our study. The results revealed that the publications had a significant growth over time in the comorbidity of pain and depression research (P<0.001) by linear regression analyses. The United States had the largest number of publications and citations and the highest value of H-index. According to subject categories of Web of Science, research areas of the 2,519 papers mainly focused on clinical neurology (28.78%), neurosciences (22.9%), and psychiatry (22.23%). In accordance with types of pain, headache (19.09%) was the most popular topic in the included papers on comorbid pain and depression research. Conclusions. The findings provide useful information for pain and depression researchers to detect new areas related to collaborators, cooperative institutions, popular topics, and research frontiers.

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Citation Network Analysis of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17207690 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (20) ◽

pp. 7690 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Clara Martinez-Perez ◽

Cristina Alvarez-Peregrina ◽

Cesar Villa-Collar ◽

Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena

Keyword(s):

Web Of Science ◽

Citation Network ◽

The United States ◽

Disease Spread ◽

The Novel ◽

Research Areas ◽

Citation Network Analysis ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

The Relationship

Background: The first outbreaks of the new coronavirus disease, named COVID-19, occurred at the end of December 2019. This disease spread quickly around the world, with the United States, Brazil and Mexico being the countries the most severely affected. This study aims to analyze the relationship between different publications and their authors through citation networks, as well as to identify the research areas and determine which publication has been the most cited. Methods: The search for publications was carried out through the Web of Science database using terms such as “COVID-19” and “SARS-CoV-2” for the period between January and July 2020. The Citation Network Explorer software was used for publication analysis. Results: A total of 14,335 publications were found with 42,374 citations generated in the network, with June being the month with the largest number of publications. The most cited publication was “Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China” by Guan et al., published in April 2020. Nine groups comprising different research areas in this field, including clinical course, psychology, treatment and epidemiology, were found using the clustering functionality. Conclusions: The citation network offers an objective and comprehensive analysis of the main papers on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.

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Green Infrastructure and Water: An Analysis of Global Research

Water ◽

10.3390/w12061760 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 1760 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

José Luis Caparrós-Martínez ◽

Juan Milán-García ◽

Nuria Rueda-López ◽

Jaime de Pablo-Valenciano

Keyword(s):

Green Infrastructure ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Water Cycle ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Scientific Databases ◽

Keyword Analysis ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Societal Challenges ◽

Exponential Increase ◽

Number Of Publications

Green infrastructure (GI) is a nature-based solution that encompasses all actions that rely on ecosystems and the services they provide to respond to various societal challenges such as climate change, food security or disaster risk. The objective of this work is to analyze the state of the art and latest trends in research on GI related to the water cycle for the period 2002–2019. For this purpose, a bibliometric study is carried out taking as reference the two most important scientific databases, Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. The results show that, as of 2013, there is an exponential increase in the number of publications. This is due to the fact that significant regions of the planet, such as Europe, have adopted strategies aimed at promoting the use of GI since 2013. The keyword analysis points out that ecosystem services is the most relevant concept, which shows the capacity of these infrastructures to facilitate multiple goods and services related to the water cycle. New lines of research are opened up which are based on the analysis of other elements of GI related to water, such as groundwater.

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COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS THROUGH INTERNATIONALIZATION: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Verslas teorija ir praktika ◽

10.3846/btp.2019.39 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (0) ◽

pp. 417-431

Author(s):

Klaudia Bracio ◽

Marek Szarucki

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Theoretical Research ◽

Keyword Extraction ◽

Research Development ◽

Upward Trend ◽

Scientific Databases ◽

Research Perspectives ◽

Selection Of

The main purpose of the article is to identify the state of knowledge between two multidimensional phenomena: commercialization of innovation and internationalization. In terms of research methods, a systematic literature review, based on the 91 publications located in reputable scientific databases (Scopus and Web of Science) between the years 2000–2017 and Rapid Automatic Keyword Extraction (RAKE), was applied. The main findings provide information on the concept of commercialization of innovations via internationalization, and specifically on different research perspectives and areas of analysis with division of the bibliometric data. The selection of the articles for further analysis is perceived as the main limitation of this study, as some papers may not have been included due to missing keywords or due to having been absent from the two selected databases. The article analyses theoretical research and empirical papers and enables identification of problems in the current research as well as identifying trends in the area of the studied phenomenon. The results on the topic of commercialization of innovation through internationalization have indicated that this issue is still in a premature phase but with an upward trend of research development.

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Bibliometric analysis of scientific production on academic writing: a study of the last 10 years

LAPLAGE EM REVISTA ◽

10.24115/s2446-6220202173c1516p.200-209 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (3C) ◽

pp. 200-209

Author(s):

Julio E. Postigo-Zumarán ◽

Lorena Jessica Nova Revilla ◽

Fanny Esperanza Zavala Alfaro ◽

Dennis Arias-Chávez

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Web Of Science ◽

The United States ◽

English For Academic Purposes ◽

Scientific Production ◽

Publish Or Perish ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The Subject ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

Number Of Citations

The objective of the study is to characterize the world scientific production on academic writing between the years 2011 to July 2021. A bibliometric study was carried out in five databases (Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic and Crossref). Bibliometric indicators were analyzed in 4117 articles through Publish or Perish v. 7.19 and the same analytical software of the chosen databases. The results indicate that the article entitled “Codemeshing in academic writing: Identifying teachable strategies of translanguaging” is the document with the highest number of citations; Montserrat Castelló Badía, the most cited author; Journal Of English For Academic Purposes stands out as the medium with the largest number of publications on the subject; and among the countries that concentrate the largest production on creative writing, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia and Spain stand out. It is concluded that the rate of publications will increase in the following months, which means continuing to periodically carry out measurements on scientific production to determine the evolution and contributions of the scientific material produced.

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