scholarly journals Hotspots, Frontiers, and Emerging Trends of Superabsorbent Polymer Research: A Comprehensive Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minmin Yang ◽  
Jihuai Wu ◽  
Geoffrey M. Graham ◽  
Jianming Lin ◽  
Miaoliang Huang
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
High Water ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Superabsorbent Polymer ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Polymer Research

Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) is a kind of functional macromolecule with super-high water absorption and retention properties, which attracts extensive research and has wide application, especially in the areas of hygiene and agriculture. With reference to the Web of Science database, the SAP research literature from 2000 to 2019 is reviewed both quantitatively and qualitatively. By examining research hotspots, top research clusters, the most influential works, the representative frontier literature, and key emerging research trends, a visual panorama of the continuously and significantly increasing SAP research over the past 2 decades was presented, and issues behind the sharp increase in the literature were discovered. The findings are as follows. The top ten keywords/hotspots headed by hydrogel highlight the academic attention on SAP properties and composites. The top ten research themes headed by clay-based composites which boast the longest duration and the strongest impact have revealed the academic preference for application rather than theoretical study. Academically influential scholars and research studies have been acknowledged, and the Wu group was at the forefront of the research; however, more statistically significant works have been less detected in the last 10 years despite the sharper increase in publications. Hydrogel, internal curing, and aerogel are both current advances and future directions.

scholarly journals Education Development in China: Education Return, Quality, and Equity

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 3750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijia Guo ◽  
Jiashun Huang ◽  
You Zhang
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Education Equity ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

As the biggest developing country with the largest population in the world, China has made great achievements in education development, which has contributed tremendously to reducing poverty and boosting prosperity in the past decades. However, in the course of education development, many problems and issues have emerged, which have also been extensively studied by scholars in various fields in both China and international contexts. Among the myriad of research topics, three research foci stand out as the most concerning and studied: education return, education quality, and education equity. This paper draws on both international research literature and evidence from China to discuss education development issues including education return, education quality, and education equity, and suggests future directions for research and practice to enhance education development and to achieve a sustainable future.

Mapping the intellectual structure of business-to-business loyalty literature: a bibliometric analysis approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prathamesh Kittur ◽  
Swagato Chatterjee ◽  
Amit Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Knowledge Area ◽  
Intellectual Knowledge ◽  
Business To Business

Purpose This study aims to identify evolution and advancement in the field of business-to-business (B2B) loyalty knowledge area by analyzing its intellectual structure. Design/methodology/approach The authors use bibliometric analysis for quantitative evaluation of scholarly studies published on B2B loyalty area over a period of 27 years (1993–2020). The authors analyze intellectual knowledge base of B2B loyalty area by looking into 263 studies with 14,028 references authored by 693 researchers. Findings The results provide a comprehensive review of B2B loyalty area by identifying its foundations, influential works and intellectual communication linkage between these works. Notably, the analysis reveals most cited studies, key authors, important keywords, intellectual turning points and emerging trends of research in the discipline. Research limitations/implications This study creates a baseline for presenting precise and comprehensive insights into research themes in B2B loyalty area, and identifies progressive trends over a period. This study is also helpful for researchers in identifying future directions of research in the discipline. Originality/value This study reveals the intellectual structure of B2B loyalty area.

scholarly journals A scientometric analysis of affordance research in the field of interaction design based on CiteSpace

2020 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 02029
Author(s):  
Qianwen Huang ◽  
Yuxiang Kuang ◽  
Zemei Li
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Design ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Citation Network ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
High Output ◽  
Study Behaviour

A method of scientometrics analysis was adopted in this study to objectively visualize the research status quo, track the emerging trends and understand the intellectual structure of affordance research in the field of interaction design with 726 documents published in the ISI Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database from 1995-2020. The results identified that annual trends of the papers will continue to grow. USA plays a significant role and is a pioneer in the field. There is no leading institution or author with high output or high influence. The study has formed 4 hot research topic: Theoretical study, Perception-level study, Behaviour-level study and Experience-level study. According to the references co-citation network, we can know that affordance research in the field of interaction design has produced a number of classic literature.

The Structures and Bioactivities of Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitors

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (39) ◽  
pp. 7081-7101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hezhong Jiang ◽  
Tian Gan ◽  
Jiasui Zhang ◽  
Qingyun Ma ◽  
Yan Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid Synthase ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Long Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Structure Activity ◽  
Anti Cancer

Background: Fatty Acid Synthase (FAS or FASN) is a vital enzyme which catalyzes the de novo synthesis of long chain fatty acids. A number of studies have recently been reported that FAS was combined targets for the discovery of anti-obesity and anti-cancer drugs. Great interest has been developed in finding novel FAS inhibitors, and result in more than 200 inhibitors being reported. Methods: The reported research literature about the FAS inhibitors was collected and analyzedsised through major databases including Web of Science, and PubMed. Then the chemical stractures, FAS inhibitory activities, and Structure-Activity Relationships (SAR) were summarized focused on all these reported FAS inhibitors. Results: The 248 FAS inhibitors, which were reported during the past 20 years, could be divided into thiolactone, butyrolactone and butyrolactam, polyphenols, alkaloids, terpenoids, and other structures, in view of their structure characteristics. And the SAR of high inhibitory structures of each type was proposed in this paper. Conclusion: A series of synthetic quinolinone derivatives show strongest inhibitory activity in the reported FAS inhibitors. Natural polyphenols, existing in food and herbs, show more adaptive in medicine exploration because of their safety and efficiency. Moreover, screening the FAS inhibitors from microorganism and marine natural products could be the hot research directions in the future.

scholarly journals Viable destination ecosystems: a perspective article

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Håvard Ness
Keyword(s):  
Building Blocks ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Core Areas ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Vast Range

Purpose This paper aims to provide a brief review of the literature on interorganizational relations in tourism over the past 75 years to understand the emerging focus on destination ecosystems. Based on these developments, the paper points to some issues that future research should consider. Design/methodology/approach This selective review provides building blocks for a contemporary view of destination ecosystems and the possibilities for promoting research on their viability. Findings The research on relationships between tourism firms considers co-operation as important and provides knowledge and theory that is complex addressing a vast range of foci. Future research should attempt to integrate emerging trends using meta-theory and possibly programmatic research. Research limitations/implications This paper is brief in reviewing past trends to identify a few core areas for future directions in destination research and suggesting how this might be undertaken. However, this short paper is not exhaustive. Practical implications This paper directs attention to core aspects of destination ecosystems that (destination) managers and public sector representatives should consider in their decision-making to improve viability. Social implications Social and environmental dimensions are explicitly addressed as important for destination ecosystem viability. Originality/value This paper points to some directions that future research and knowledge development should consider to develop conceptual and actionable knowledge further to promote viability in destination ecosystems.

Senior tourism – a scientometric review (1998-2017)

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-715
Author(s):  
Maria Helena Pestana ◽  
Wan-Chen Wang ◽  
Artur Parreira
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Slow Increase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Peripheral Structure ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Detailed Search

Purpose This study aims to identify intellectual structures, emerging trends and future research opportunities via a bibliometric analysis of senior tourism research from 1998 until 2017. Design/methodology/approach A detailed search of 700 core articles and 7,221 citations collated from Web-of-Science and Scopus was implemented and analyzed through CiteSpace. Findings The results reveal a slow increase in the amount of research, with six main areas of research. The most cited articles are mainly older. The USA has a solid leadership in publications, followed by Australia and China. The network of journals and institutions show a core peripheral structure where Tourism Management and University of Queensland are ranked first. The identification of structural holes, critical articles and the development of new emerging tendencies highlights the priorities in the senior tourism domain, pointing to new opportunities for research. Originality/value The originality of this paper consists in a temporal and dynamic analysis of the past two decades, using CiteSpace for a co-citation and co-occurrence network analysis.

scholarly journals Initial Teacher Education for Inclusive Education: A Bibliometric Analysis of Educational Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4923
Author(s):  
Daniela Maria Cretu ◽  
Felicia Morandau
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Inclusive Policy

In the context of international demands in recent decades to strengthen the commitment to inclusive policy and practices within education systems, teacher education has been challenged to find ways to prepare teachers capable of addressing the various needs of learners. The goal of this paper is to examine the research literature on initial teacher education for inclusive education (ITEIE) by using bibliometric analysis carried out on 440 documents indexed by Web of Science (WoS). The findings support the understanding of the ITEIE field regarding the evolution across time, the contributions in the field, the relevant journals, authors, and papers, the collaboration patterns. Although there has been a significant increase in the number of published works over the years, only a small number of countries and researchers have made significant contributions to the field. The analyses performed with VOSviewer software indicated poor collaboration among participating countries and authors. Several general topics have been addressed in the field over the past 25 years. There is a need to develop more cross-border research groups to ensure progress in the field. By mapping the emerging ITEIE research literature, this study can be a starting point for the development of new studies in the area.

scholarly journals Private Police and Security Governance: Mapping Emerging Trends and Future Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh K. Nalla ◽  
Anna Gurinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Private Security ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Security Governance ◽  
Security Industry ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Private Policing ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Private Security Industry

In this article, we outline a brief overview of the growth and trends in scholarly literature devoted to the study of private policing and the private security industry in crime and security governance over the past five decades. More specifically, we draw attention to the scholarship addressing private policing and the shifts in the discourse of the subject of security governance during this time both from theoretical and thematic foci. In doing so, we identify potential future directions in which this field of private policing studies is moving.

Hot topics and emerging trends in tourism forecasting research: A scientometric review

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 448-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Liu ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Yonglian Wang ◽  
Changchun Pan
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Forecasting Accuracy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Research Frontiers

Tourism forecasting has been a focal point of tourism research over the past few decades as a result of the corresponding rapid development and expansion of the tourism industry. A bibliometric analysis, based on 543 articles retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database, was carried out to provide insights into hot topics as well as emerging trends in tourism forecasting research. The results show that the research outputs related to tourism forecasting have grown rapidly since 2006. The observed hot topics in tourism forecasting were to predict tourism demand via various models, including time series models, econometric models, and artificial intelligence-based methods, and to compare the forecasting accuracy of models. An emerging trend of tourism forecasting is to use methods based on data from a web-based search engine. Our study provides insights and valuable information for researchers to identify new perspectives on hot topics and research frontiers.

scholarly journals China’s SCI-Indexed Publications: Facts, Feelings, and Future Directions

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 562-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weishu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Opinion Piece ◽  
Bibliographic Data ◽  
Research Evaluation System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Science Citation Index Expanded

Purpose: In relation to the boom in China’s SCI-indexed publications, this opinion piece examines this phenomenon and looks at future possible directions for the reform of China’s research evaluation processes. Design/Approach/Methods: This opinion piece uses bibliographic data for the past decade (2010–2019) from the Science Citation Index Expanded in the Web of Science Core Collection to examine the rise in China’s SCI-indexed publications. Findings: China has surpassed the U.S. and been the largest contributor of SCI publications since 2018. However, while the impact of China’s SCI publications is rising, the scale of this impact still lags behind that of other major contributing countries. China’s SCI publications are also overrepresented in some journals. Originality/Value: Reporting the latest facts about China’s SCI-indexed publications, this article will benefit the reform of China’s research evaluation system.

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