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The purpose of this research is the analysis using meta-analysis of studies in the field of Educational Technology in Turkey and in the field is to demonstrate how to get to that trend. For this purpose, a total of 263 studies were analyzed including 98 theses and 165 articles published between 2010-2018. Purpose sampling method was used when selecting publications. In the research, while selecting articles and Technology used in journals. Publications have been reviewed under 11 criteria. Index, year of publication, research scope, method, education level, sample, number of samples, data collection methods, analysis techniques, and research tendency, research topics in Educational Technology Research in Turkey has revealed. The data is interpreted based on percentage and frequency and the results are shown using the table.

To fully understand the phenomenon of massive open online courses (MOOCs), it is important to identify and map trends and patterns in research on MOOCs. This study does so by reviewing 362 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2008 to 2015. For the purpose of this study, content analysis and discourse analysis were employed to analyze the articles. Accordingly, the trend line showing the number of articles per year indicates that the extent of research on MOOCs is likely to increase in the coming years. In terms of research areas, the findings reveal an imbalance and three research areas out of fifteen constitute more than half of all research on MOOCs. With regard to types of MOOCs, related literature is dominated by research on xMOOCs. The discourse in MOOC articles takes a mostly neutral standpoint, articles with a positive outlook outweigh those that are negative, and there is an increase in a more critical discourse. Theoretical or conceptual studies are p...

- by Ela Akgün Özbek
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- Distance Education, Distance Learning, Education Systems, Research Trends

In this paper, a bibliometric analysis about open innovation research is developed, covering the period of 2003-2013 (using the Scopus database) and carried out in three steps: 1) characterization of the research on the main trends of open innovation; 2) analysis of the theoretical influence on the open innovation research; 3) analysis of the influence of open innovation literature on other research areas and disciplines. The main conclusions are: open innovation research is mostly focused on the analysis of the U.S.A. and European countries reality; analysis by time periods shows an increase on the number of target countries and regions of open innovation research; the origins of open innovation were influenced by several areas of economics and management, developed over the last decades; there is a lack of research regarding open innovation outside the firm environment, such as in clusters/networks, innovation systems, public policies or at individual level; open innovation resear...

- by António Bob Santos
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- Business, Political Science, Open Innovation, Innovation Management

Disruptive technology, blockchain is propelling a technological intervention in healthcare due to its unique features and advantages. The healthcare industry is migrating to Health 4.0. Therefore, peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions in a decentralized and distributed manner makes blockchain more lucrative to serve the needs of the healthcare industry of today. The revolutionary system, blockchain has been discussed in the field of healthcare over the past five years. Hence, a systematic investigation of the existing body of knowledge concerning blockchain research in healthcare is essential. The motivation of this study is to support further studies based on the current research trend analysis via graphical visualization and bibliographic material analysis. Therefore, this study maps the expansion of scientific and academic research conducted concerning blockchain that is relevant to healthcare by utilizing a bibliometric analytic method to understand the state of the art. Bibliometric statistics were utilized to analyze current scientific articles published in the Scopus database from 2016 to 2019. In addition, an overview of the publication trends over the first three months of 2020 was undertaken to understand the research trend for the current year so far. The study serves the purpose of mapping research development trends in healthcare. The outcome discovered some beneficial insights such as the yearly trend of publications, top listed authors, institutes, countries, and publishers from around the world. Moreover, this article assists scholars in developing a theoretical framework to provide a primary source of reference for further studies regarding blockchain technology in the healthcare domain. INDEX TERMS Blockchain, bibliometric analysis, health 4.0, healthcare, scopus database.

- by Fariha A Hira
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- Systematic Reviews, Bibliometric and citation analysis, Research Trends, Blockchain

The success of construction contractors largely depends on the specific terms and the availability of sufficient funds for realizing planned projects. Financial issues in construction have been discussed since mid 1970s, yet no consensus about progress has been reached in the construction finance literature. A systematic analysis of 259 finance related studies in construction is undertaken to identify research trends, critical topics, and performance of journals and authors. To map the productivity in construction finance field, Scopus database was searched for the entire period for which this database provides online coverage. Results reveal that “financial health” category, in particular one group of studies aiming to monitor and assess the financial performance of construction organizations for broader strategic issues pervaded the construction finance research. However, notably the “identification of capital structure, determinants and financing instruments” category received le...

- by Selin Gundes
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- Finance, Civil Engineering, Borrowing, Financial management

Industry 4.0 refers to a digital transformation in the organization and management of the entire value chain involved in industrial processes. Emerging technologies such as 3D printing, sensor technology, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing are just a few examples that accelerate industrial processes within the context of Industry 4.0 which makes them suitable for industrial use. This study intends to explore the current trends in Industry 4.0 during 2012 to 2017 (up to May) period. The patterns were identified by an extensive literature review in all databases within the Web of Science and Google Scholar. The papers are selected using the following criteria: a particular focus on Industry 4.0 or implemented in the context of Industry 4.0, providing necessary information about Industry 4.0 in its abstract, using a kind of research methodology, authoring in English. All selected papers related to Industry 4.0 are reviewed and grouped into five categories. They are coded according to following categories derived from earlier studies: (1) theories, models, and perspectives, (2) CPS-based architectures, (3) integration and interoperability, (4) key drivers and enabling technologies, (5) applications – e.g. smart product, smart city, and smart factory. A content analysis is conducted to analyze selected papers, and the findings are interpreted using descriptive analysis. The research questions guiding this study are: Which issues do researchers focus on most in Industry 4.0? Which types of research methods (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed) are used more? Which journals and conferences have published most papers related to Industry 4.0? What are the specific keywords offered more often by the authors? Which papers are cited more than the others? Which papers are co-authored? From which countries are the articles or proceeding papers coming more? The findings of this study may be useful to explore potential research areas and to identify ignored areas as well as niche topics in Industry 4.0, support the current level of development on Industry 4.0 and might increase the potential research directions.

- by Gülay Ekren
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- Content Analysis (Research Methodology), Research Trends, Industry 4.0
- by Afshan Yousaf
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- Human Resource Management, Human Resources, Motivation, Review

To cite this article: Gundes, S., Atakul, N., Buyukyoran, F. (2019) Financial issues in construction companies: bibliometric analysis and trends. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 46 (6), 329-337.
Abstract
The success of construction contractors largely depends on the specific terms and the availability of sufficient funds for realizing planned projects. Financial issuesin construction have been discussed since mid 1970s, yet no consensus about progress has been reached in the construction finance literature. A systematic analysis of 259 finance related studies in construction is undertaken in order to identify research trends, critical topics and performance of journals and authors. In order to map the productivity in construction finance field, Scopus database was searched for the entire period for which this database provides online coverage. Results reveal that ‘financial health’ category, in particular one group of
studies aiming to monitor and assess the financial performance of construction organizations for broader strategic issues pervaded the construction finance research. However, notably the “identification of
capital structure, determinants and financing instruments” category received less and only recent attention from scholars, despite the significance of capital structure decisions under firm and country
specific determinants in preventing company failures.
Keywords: bibliometric analysis, construction, finance, financial management, research trends.

- by Selin Gundes and +1
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- Finance, Borrowing, Financial management, Financial Risk Management

The concept of sustainable development has gained worldwide attention in recent years which had enhanced its implementation. However, few studies have attempted to map the global research of sustainability. This study utilizes scientometric review of global trend and structure of sustainability research in 1991 – 2016 using techniques such as co-author, co-word, co-citation, clusters, and geospatial analyses. A total of 2094 bibliographic records from the Web of Science database were analyzed to generate the study’s research power networks and geospatial map. The findings reveal an evolution of the research field from the definition of its concepts in the Brundtland Commission report to the recent development of models and sustainability indicators. The most significant contributions in sustainability research have originated primarily from the United States, China, United Kingdom and Canada. Also, existing studies in sustainability research focus mainly on subject categories of environmental sciences, green & sustainable science technology, civil engineering, and construction & building technology. Emerging trends in sustainability research were sustainable urban development, sustainability indicators, water management, environmental assessment, public policy, etc.; while the study generated 21 co-citation clusters. This study provides its readers with an extensive understanding of the salient research themes, trends and pattern of sustainability research worldwide.

- by Dr. Timothy O Olawumi
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- Sustainable Development, Scientometrics, Built Environment, Research Trends

- by Aras Bozkurt and +1
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- Distance Education, Distance Learning, Research Trends, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

ABSTRACT: This article aims to present an overview of the academic production, in the form of theses and dissertations, developed in graduate programs in Translation Studies in Brazil. The text is organized into three sections: in the introduction, the main works that discuss the theme of Sign Language Interpretation and Translation (ETILS) in Brazil are contextualized, as well as the main contributions of such studies and their respective state-of-the-art reviews carried out in the field; secondly, some contributions and theoretical expansions arising from the articulation between ETILS and Translation Studies are discussed. Results were obtained through a documentary research in which a review of the theses and dissertations defended until August 2017 in graduate programs in Translation Studies was carried out. They indicate research trends such as: interpreter training, translation of academic texts, literature translated into Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), among others. In addition, we identified a few shortcomings in the ETILS field that deserve to be addressed by further academic production. KEYWORDS: Translation Studies; ETILS; Research trends
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RESUMO: Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar um panorama sobre as produções acadêmicas, no formato de teses e dissertações, desenvolvidas nos programas de pós-graduação em Estudos da Tradução no Brasil. O texto organiza-se em três seções: na introdução, contextualizam-se os principais trabalhos que discutem a temática dos Estudos da Tradução e da Interpretação de Línguas de Sinais (ETILS) no Brasil, assim como as principais contribuições dessas pesquisas e seus respectivos mapeamentos realizados no campo; em um segundo momento, discutem-se algumas contribuições e expansões teóricas oriundas da articulação dos ETILS com os Estudos da Tradução. Os resultados são provenientes de uma pesquisa documental em que se realizou um mapeamento das teses e dissertações defendidas até agosto de 2017 nos programas de pós-graduação em Estudos da Tradução e apontam tendências de pesquisas, tais como: formação de intérpretes, tradução de textos acadêmicos, literatura traduzida para a Libras, dentre outras. Além disso, verificam-se algumas lacunas no campo dos ETILS que merecem ser problematizadas na produção acadêmica. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Estudos da Tradução; ETILS; Tendências de pesquisa ABSTRACT: This article aims to present an overview of the academic production, in the form of theses and dissertations, developed in graduate programs in Translation Studies in Brazil. The text is organized into three sections: in the introduction, the main works that discuss the theme of Sign Language Interpretation and Translation (ETILS) in Brazil are contextualized, as well

- by Silvana Aguiar dos Santos
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- Translation Studies, Research Trends

The authors investigate the intellectual pillars of service marketing and its evolution through key subareas during 1992-2009 using a citation-based approach. They thereby derive insights for the most promising research directions. The results reveal dynamics influences of different research topics on service marketing. In a graphical representation, the authors further show that the main topics largely have changed their research orientation over time. For example, online service and technology infusion literature reveal an increasingly operational and customer orientation. A citation-based measure of the importance of research opportunities and its comparison to the topics found in recent literature reviews indicates that research into managing business-to-business services and service infusion, complaint handling and service recovery, and enhancing and managing the service value chain are promising topics. These results assist academics and practitioners by revealing what we know about service research and what we need to know in the future.

- by Werner H Kunz
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- Service Marketing, Research Trends, Research Synthesis, Cocitation Analysis

Software engineering is one of computer science branches, it comprises of building and developing software systems and applications. Software engineering is a discipline that has a constant growth in research in aim to identify new technologies and adopt it in different areas; there is a considerable investment on software engineering trends at the current time due to the availability of mobile technologies. With millions of billions of smart devices that are connected to the internet, all industries around the world are rapidly becoming a technology driven industries. Software engineers are aware of programming languages that are employed to develop software systems, by applying engineering principles to development process; they can design customized software systems for individual or organizational customers. The new trends in software engineering are numerous, Cloud Computing, machine learning, deep learning, big Data, mobile Computing. Nevertheless, there are many more other research trends in software engineering's field that have been intensively explored and implemented in many different industries. In this paper, authors try to summarize the most fields that are integrated with software engineering recently.

In the recent years, the literature indicated that adoption and consequences of using social media on the users and society has become a popular topic among the communication scholars. However, past studies also show that prior efforts in discussing on the stature and scholarship of social media research in Malaysia is scarce. Thus, the purpose of this conceptual paper is to review on the theoretical patterns and research trends of social media related studies on Malaysian users. In particular, the method used is based on literature reviews in chronological order concerning new media, social media and research trends analyses from journal articles, theses proceedings and conferences, book and more. A framework of analysis was generated to identify the frequency and occurrences in theoretical application, research topic areas, methodological approaches, types of contents, social media medium of interest and research developmental phases of social media studies. The study ends with summaries and recommendations to utilise comprehensive content analyses of communication and media journals in Malaysia to trace the theoretical trends and research patterns pertaining to social media research.

- by Atikah A.Rahman
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- Mass Communication, Social Media, Research Trends

Information security risk analysis becomes an increasingly essential component of organization’s operations. Traditional Information security risk analysis is quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. Quantitative and qualitative analysis methods have some advantages for information risk analysis.
However, hierarchy process has been widely used in security assessment. A future research direction may be development and application of soft computing such as rough sets, grey sets, fuzzy systems, generic algorithm, support vector machine, and Bayesian network and hybrid model. Hybrid model are developed by integrating two or more existing model. A Practical advice for evaluation information security risk is
discussed. This approach is combination with AHP and Fuzzy comprehensive method.

Değişim ve dönüşümün hızla gerçekleştiği, teknolojinin hayatı algılama şeklimiz kadar öğrenme süreçlerini de etkilediği yirmi birinci yüzyıl dünyasında stratejik planlama yapabilmek için öngörü çalışmalarına ihtiyaç vardır. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışmanın amacı genelde Türk yükseköğretim sistemi, özelde ise Açık ve Uzaktan Öğrenme (AUÖ) alanında kullanılan somut ve soyut teknolojileri belirlemek ve geleceğe yönelik eğilimleri haritalandırmaktır. Bu çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden geleceğe yönelik öngörüleri belirlemeye olanak sağlayan Delphi tekniği kullanılmıştır. Somut (hard) ve soyut (soft) teknolojiler olmak üzere toplam 48 eğilim belirlenmiş; ileri araştırmalarda konu edilebilecek 25 eğilim ayrıca listelenmiştir. Soyut teknolojiler çevrimiçi ağ teknolojileri odaklı, her zaman her yerde ulaşılabilir öğrenme süreçlerini destekleyebilecek; etkili, verimli ve çekici öğrenme süreçlerini tasarımlayabilmemize olanak sağlayacak eğitsel kuramlar, modeller, yaklaşımlar ve kavramlardan oluşmaktadır. Somut teknolojiler ise öğrenme ve öğretme süreçlerinde sınırlılıkları ortadan kaldırmayı amaçlayan, iletişim ve etkileşim fırsatlarını arttıran, öğrenme sürecini bireyselleştirmeye olanak tanıyan ve sosyal öğrenme süreçlerini destekleyerek öğrenme deneyimini zenginleştirmeyi amaçlayan teknolojilerden oluşmaktadır. Önerilen ileri araştırma alanları somut ve soyut teknolojileri içerdiği kadar yasal ve yönetsel düzenlemeleri de gerektiren eğilimler olması açısından dikkat çekicidir.

The Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) changed its editorial policy in 2013, to focus on higher education research and on improving journal submissions. This study analyses all articles (n = 256) in AJET from 2013-2017 to determine if there has been any change in research topics, methodologies, citations, and authorship since this editorial change, and compares findings to the analysis by Hadlock et al. (2014). The present analysis revealed that the percentage of combined methods research has doubled, although the top 10 most cited articles continue to be predominantly interpretative and inferential. Research has become more student-centred and focused particularly on online collaborative learning environments, and teacher skill and knowledge development, although research gaps exist in mobile learning and gamification. The results also highlight a lack of international collaboration amongst authors, and this is an area for future research.

- by Melissa Bond
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- Educational Technology, Higher Education, Text Mining, Content Analysis

This study attempts to show the research trends in Central Universities of India in different aspects like the number of publications published, the number of citations gained through their publications, the collaborative affiliation within India and outside India, the number of publications made in different area/subjects and finally who are all productive authors, and productive publications of the researchers. For this study, Scopus database was used to get the primary data.

- by Dr Mayank Trivedi
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- India, Research Trends, central Universities

The aim of the study is to analysis the current research trends in LIS through journal articles. The bibliometric method is used to categorized the data. The data carried out from the Indian publication journal namely by Information Studiesduring the time span of 2011-2015. The study shows the current trend in LIS research publication, carried out to determine all the important point those helpful for further research. The study covers the number of publication, authors per year, cited items, country wise distribution of articles, state wise authorship, and current research areas in LIS.

- by Interal Res journa Managt Sci Tech
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- Bibliometrics, Research Trends

Many studies around the world in the field of scientometrics and research trends analysis are carried out using bibliometric techniques to analyze a specific research area or a special journal. The purpose of this bibliometric study was to investigate the research trends of the journal of Sport Management Review based on the Web of Science (WoS) citation database in the period 2011-2018. The findings of this bibliometric study can be useful for sport researchers and the editorial board of the above-mentioned journal. The results of this study showed that countries such as the United States of America and Australia, and universities such as Griffith University and Deakin University have the highest number of publications in the journal of Sport Management Review. Moreover, D.C. Funk and S. Fairley are the most prolific authors. Also, based on the journal evaluation criteria of Web of Science, the Impact Factor of Sport Management Review has grown steadily over the years. The co-occur...

- by alireza elahi
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- Distributed Computing, Bibliometrics, Sports Management, Sport Marketing

Acceptance and Use of Technology Models suggest that some constructs predict behavioural intention towards the acceptance and use of technology. For this reason, these models are increasingly used by researchers around the world. At the same time, teachers of information technology and systems teach these models as part of the content of various courses. This study aims to analyse the publications of the last five years on Acceptance and Use of Technology Models. An exploratory bibliometric study was carried out, using the Proquest and Scopus platforms, in the period from 2014 to 2018, to find out which models are most used by researchers. The findings suggest that the number of articles into the top journals has increased, and that there is a wider array of journals publishing articles about this topic. Also, the study revealed that the most cited models were TPB and TAM. Keywords Technology adoption • Use of technology • Bibliometric • Models of acceptance • Research trends

- by Bráulio Alturas
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- Use of Technology, Bibliometrics, Technology Adoption, Research Trends

Objective: The research and training trends in Information Sciences in Mexico were examined, based on the doctoral theses of the Postgraduate Program in Library and Information Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, during the period January 2002-March 2021.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The documentary research method was used to provide a historical overview. This method was combined with bibliometric techniques to analyze output indicators such as the year of the thesis defense, supervisors, knowledge areas, and research lines.
Results/Discussion: The results revealed a wide thematic diversity and the high applied character of the doctoral researches. Problem-solving in library education and documentary heritage studies were the most explored topics.
Conclusions: The development of research and training trends in Information Sciences in Mexico through doctoral theses presents a concentration on certain topics; however, from a metatheoretical point of view, there is a dispersion of approaches.
Originality/Value: This paper offers systematized and updated results, as well as relevant historical notes, on the development of doctoral research in Information Sciences in Mexico during the period 2002-2021.

Getting published in an academic journal is no easy feat, especially for doctoral students and English as a second language speakers, seeking to publish in English. Considering the relatively low acceptance rate for educational technology journals, this article seeks to provide guidance by following the framework of rigour, impact, and prestige (West & Rich, 2012) to evaluate the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), as well as applying computer-assisted content analysis techniques in new and unique ways, in order to understand how AJET is furthering scholarship in the field. Findings reveal a strong focus on Asia-Pacific scholarship, with little representation from other continents. However, the editors are seeking to improve this, by providing regular advice in editorials for conducting rigorous research and hints on how to get published. Future research trends are identified, including teacher development, learning environments and cognition, and the role of feedback in student learning. In addition, recommendations to editors and doctoral students are provided.

- by Melissa Bond
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- Educational Technology, Doctoral Supervision, Text Mining, Content Analysis

This study examines the research trends and gaps of educators, staff, and administrators in distance education articles from 2008 to 2018. Ten peer-reviewed journals were selected from the Scimago Journal & Country Rank portal, and 3504 articles in the journals were scanned. Four hundred sixty-one of them were analyzed using document review methodology through content analysis concerning various criteria (keywords, role names, research variables, design, sample size, etc.). The analysis revealed the following: (i) few studies have focused on educators, staff, and administrators in the last decade, and there has been little focus on the experiences of administrators (ii) they have mainly focused on the role of the teacher, professional development, quality, and professional qualifications (iii) regional interest shows, that the USA, China, and the U.K. are the leading countries (iv) The qualitative research method was primarily used and interview, as a data collection method was most preferred qualitative data mainly, was analyzed using content analysis (vi) The research samples are generally small (< 50). The findings based on the increasing research trends related to educators, staff, and administrators lead to the emergence of potential research areas and the design of distance education strategies. The study also provides directions for future research.

- by Murat DEBBAĞ and +2
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- Distance Education, Online and Distance Education, Open and Distance Education, Research Trends

The aim of this study was mapping, visualizing and determining subject trends in the field of information retrieval using author co-citation network based on articles indexed in Scopus from 2005-2018. This scientometric study was performed using co-citation analysis. Research population includes all articles indexed in Scopus in the field of information retrieval from 2005 to 2018. Therefore, 35018 papers were retrieved in this field. VOSviewer was used to analyze the author co-citation. The study indicated that a total of 604757 authors were co-cited, 212328 journals were cited. Also highly cited articles and sources were determined. Amongst countries, and Canada ranked one to five, respectively. Computer science was a pioneer with regard to interdisciplinary area in IR. It is noteworthy that visualization of author co-citation in field of IR determined ten clusters, namely knowledge and information science, computer science, electronics, information retrieval, information seeking behavior, psychology, multimedia information retrieval, software engineering, ophthalmology and surgery.

- by reza ghane and +1
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- Information Retrieval, Visualization, Scientometrics, Research Trends

The Basilicata region (Southern Italy) is characterized by a peculiar
environmental as well as biological, geological, and cultural heritage
features that are evident in national and regional parks as
well as places of monumental and archaeological relevance,
including the Matera UNESCO Site. Basilicata hosts the highly
studied Vulture volcanic complex and the largest hydrocarbon
reservoir in continental Europe. Furthermore, the region falls
among the Italian regions most prone to landslides and floods
and it is located in a seismotectonic background responsible of
strong earthquakes. Therefore, the territory of Basilicata can be
considered an open-air laboratory, both natural and “humanbuilt”.
The laboratory, with its features, has attracted many scientists
worldwide and over time. The researchers have focused their
attention on manifold studies.
That being stated, the article aims to analyse the outputs of the
scientific investigations targeting the territory of Basilicata within
the last 24 years (1994–2017) with a bibliometric approach. The
Thomson Reuters’ Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social
Sciences Citation Index were the two bibliographic databases considered.
Once the pertinent articles were extracted from the two
citation indexes, the authors analysed the publication trends, Web
of Science categories, countries, and hot topics.

This study attempted to draw the present and future perspective of the COVID-19 vaccine by identifying the most important scientists and their scientific contexts, trends of research topics, and relationships between different entities. Methods: To achieve this purpose, bibliometric and scientometric techniques were used to analyze 6288 scientific documents contributing to COVID-19 vaccines from the beginning of 2019 to 13 December 2021, indexed in the Web of Science. Results: The United States (US) had the greatest impact by publishing 2104 documents and receiving 32,958 citations. The US and the UK countries had the highest level of scientific collaborations with 192 collaborative studies. The University of Oxford and the Harvard Medical School were the most active institutions, and the University of Oxford and Emory University were the most influential institutions. Pollard AJ and Lambe T had the most publications and the highest citations and h-index. T Lambe, SC Gilbert, M Voysey, and AJ Pollard from the University of Oxford had the highest number of co-authorships. More than 19% of the research was conducted in the field of immunology. The Vaccines journal had the most publications, with 425 articles. The US Department of Health & Human Services granted the most research. In 2019, studies were focused on the topics of COVID-19 virus identification and ways to deal with it; in 2020, studies focused on the topics of COVID-19 and vaccines, whereas in 2021, they focused on the topics of COVID-19 vaccines and their effects, vaccines hesitancy, the role of healthcare workers in COVID-19, as well as discussions about these vaccines in the social media. Conclusions: Recognition of the most important actors (countries, institutes, researchers, and channels for the release of COVID-19 vaccine studies), research trends, and fields of study on the COVID-19 vaccine can be useful for researchers, countries, and policy makers in the field of science and health to make decisions and better understand these vaccines.

- by Alireza Noruzi and +1
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- Scientific collaboration, Research Trends, Research Topics, Bibliometrics Analysis

Massive Open Online Courses emerged in 2008 as a result of openness movement in education and drew a lot of attention by 2011 when MOOCs were adopted by higher education institutions and used as a mean to deliver knowledge and educational content. Though MOOCs have a recent history, much has been articulated and MOOCs are claimed to be a revolution in education while some others claimed that MOOCs are a hype that will eventually fade away. In this context, this research aims to investigate MOOC research by reviewing MOOC literature. The findings of the study suggest that MOOC interest tend to continue, and the evidence-based empirical MOOC research is increasing steadily. MOOC research area is dominated mostly by educational research; however, other research areas demonstrate that there is an interest from other research areas which is thought to be promising. Regional interest demonstrates that USA, Spain and UK are leading countries; and most interest stems from developed countries with Anglo-Saxon cultures. Likewise, the leading higher education institutions in MOOC research are located in Europe or USA. It is also promising that nearly half of the MOOC research is funded by stated agencies. The study concludes that MOOCs are evolving and, based on research findings, it is moving from Slope of Enlightenment to Plateau of Productivity in Gartner hype cycle.

- by Christian M. Stracke and +1
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- Research Trends, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), MOOC, MOOCs

The present study aims to review systematically all the studies of web site usability conducted in the years from 2005 to 2014, in order to present the research trends in usability issues of web sites. Regarding the inclusion criteria, 199 studies in total were included in the study. The major findings include that the most frequently addressed usability issue is navigation (excluding general usability issues), most of the studies
used user-based UEMs, the most frequently used user-based methods are questionnaire and usability testing, and user experience of special user groups was not taken into consideration much. This comprehensive research on the usability issues of web sites provides important implications for future research by presenting the research trends. Also, it has the importance of being a reference for the reviewing process with the analysis structure of research questions, especially with the proposed classification for UEMs.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to reveal the tendencies of
the researches on the medical education in Turkey in terms of the instruction levels that the researches took place, methodological dimensions and instructional activities conducted in the researches.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample of the study was
composed of researches published in medical journals indexed in ULAKBIM National Database and in PubMed Database between 2000 and 2014. Within this context, the total number of papers was 214. These papers were examined through Medical Education Publication Classification Form (MEPCF) conducting content analysis.
RESULTS: As for the results, the participants of most of the
studies were the students who were about to graduate. It was
observed in the researches that quantitative research method was used most; questionnaires were the most used data collection tool; and instructional activities related to curriculum development and evaluation were used frequently.
CONCLUSION: The results are considered to help the researchers see the trends and tendencies in medical education and assess the field of medical education from different perspectives.

- by Kürşat Volkan ÖZCAN and +3
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- Medical Education, Content Analysis, Medical Education (in Education), Research Trends

The emergence of Massive Open Online Courseware (MOOC) has garnered widespread attention for revolutionizing open access learning and it is considered as the main driver of education innovation. The literature on MOOC is steadily growing. However, there is not much effort being conducted to systematically curate, review and analyse the emergent trends on MOOC in higher educational institutions. For this research, a systematic literature review is initiated using Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Model where the database comprises state-of-the-art researches on MOOC ranging from 2008 to mid-2014. There were 405 papers identified for primary study and 164 papers were found relevant to the research. State-of-the-art researches on MOOC in higher educational institutions were identified and current trends, issues and stances on MOOC were identified, analysed and discussed. This research is expected to assist policy makers, academicians and researchers to understand the trends and issues in the conceptualization and execution of MOOC in higher educational institutions and propagate future studies on MOOC.

- by Nor Fadzleen Sa'don and +1
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- Higher Education, Learning And Teaching In Higher Education, Higher Education Management, Higher Education Policy

The methodological and technical aspects of identifying research fronts and trends in the development of science are considered. Based on the literature data, a comparison of scientometric methods for finding research fronts was carried out: analysis of publication activity, direct citation analysis, co-citation analysis , bibliographic coupling, and content analysis. The advantages of the combined application of various approaches are shown, the role of expert assessment and verification of the results of scientometric analysis is emphasized. We revealed topical problems associated with the detection of scientific fronts by scientometric methods and showed promising directions in their solution.

Artikel ini disajikan untuk mengkaji tren keilmuan teknik industri oleh praktisi teknik industri di dunia dengan menggunakan sumber data dari suatu media publikasi ilmiah Scopus. Data yang diperoleh ini kemudian dianalisis menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder yang terfokus pada penulis, dimana penulis yang digunakan sebagai data adalah penulis dari 28 universitas yang memiliki department industrial engineering di dunia. Data yang diperoleh kemudian diklasifikasian berdasarkan research interest pada masing-masing penulis, didapatkan bahwa perkembangan teknik industri untuk tahun 2010-2015 dirunut dari body of knowledge teknik industri tersebut tersebar ke dalam 15 jenis bidang keilmuan teknik industri. Berdasarkan body of knowledge teknik industri, MSE menjadi bidang yang paling banyak yang dijadikan research intersest. United States menempati peringkat pertama dengan jumlah universitas terbanyak, yaitu sebesar 8 universitas. Tren keilmuan ini telah dilakukan oleh 80 professor, 22 associate professor, 8 assistant professor, 1 doctor dan 1 distinguished professor. Banyaknya jumlah dokumen penelitian yang dihasilkan oleh suatu universitas tidak menunjukkan bahwa universitas tersebut dapat menempati peringkat yang tinggi, namun juga mempertimbangkan aspek-aspek lainnya.

- by Ayu Pratiwi and +1
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- Industrial Engineering, Citation Analysis, Research Trends, Scopus

Shopping centres are not a recent form of commerce activity in urban areas. The very beginning of this kind of trade organization in United States goes back into the past as far as the first decades of the twentieth century. in the last decade of the same century, shopping centres reached the stage of maturity, both in America and in Europe. Nevertheless, new, multidimensional studies in this subject are still carried out and they are characterized with high dynamism. On the basis of extended literature survey, the author has decided to divide the entire research period into two phases. The first, fundamental one (until 1956) is a starting point of all studies, defining a genesis and evolution of the initial form of shopping centre concept. The second, mature phase (after 1956), encounters a separation of four major research lines, i.e.: technical, localization, system-economical and behavioural. All the above mentioned parts work and interact with each other, creating a complex system of mutual dependencies, which undergoes permanent evolution under the influence of new, specialized research branches.

- by Studia Miejskie
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- Literatura, Shopping Mall, Research Trends, MALL

- by somayyeh jafari
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- Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Scientific collaboration, Research Trends

The purpose of this research is the analysis using meta-analysis of studies in the field of Educational Technology in Turkey and in the field is to demonstrate how to get to that trend. For this purpose, a total of 263 studies were analyzed including 98 theses and 165 articles published between 2010-2018. Purpose sampling method was used when selecting publications. In the research, while selecting articles and theses; Turkey addressed; YOK Tez Tarama Database, Journal of Hacettepe University Faculty of Education, Educational Sciences : Theory & Practice Journal, Education and Science Journal, Elementary Education Online Journal, The Turkish Online Journal of Education and The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology used in journals. Publications have been reviewed under 11 criteria. Index, year of publication, research scope, method, education level, sample, number of samples, data collection methods, analysis techniques, and research tendency, research topics in Educational Technology Research in Turkey has revealed. The data is interpreted based on percentage and frequency and the results are shown using the table.

Several investigators have conducted bibliometric analysis of research productivity of different countries in the world. A few studies have also been carried out to assess the productivity and impact of a single institute. As no bibliometric study on PRL has been done before, the researcher thought it appropriate to carry out the study for her doctoral research with the following objectives:
a. To study the division wise output of research
b. To identify the thrust areas of research at PRL
The present bibliometric study aims to measure the research output of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) during a 10 year period (1997-2006) using the data of papers published in journals.
The content analysis of the articles published in journals and the use of PACS to allot keywords helped to identify the thrust areas of research carried out in PRL during 1997-2006.
The study found that. 515 papers were published in subject field of Theoretical Physics (PACS 0-70), 57 papers were published in Interdisciplinary subject fields (corresponding to PACS number 80) and Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics (PACS number 90) account for more than half of the total share of articles published in journals (746) during the ten year period in PRL.
Further classification of these subject fields have indicated the thrust areas of research carried out in Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. The researcher hopes that this information will be useful to the institute’s decision makers for future research planning.

- by Nishtha Anilkumar
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- Bibliometrics, Research Trends

A scientometric analysis is conducted to study the historical and current status of Plant Science research in Maharashtra State during 1989-2018. It is observed that rapid growth is seen in the field of plant science research in the last two decades in Maharashtra State. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, National Chemical Laboratory, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and Savitribai Phule Pune University were the top institutions in research in Plant Science. Most papers were published in Indian Journals with low impact factors. The article highlights different patterns of evaluation of Plant Science Research in Maharashtra State such as year-wise growth trend of documents, prolific authors and their rankings, highly cited publications, highly productive journals, and international collaboration in Plant Science.

Information security risk analysis becomes an increasingly essential component of organization’s operations. Traditional Information security risk analysis is quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. Quantitative and qualitative analysis methods have some advantages for information risk analysis. However, hierarchy process has been widely used in security assessment. A future research direction may be development and application of soft computing such as rough sets, grey sets, fuzzy systems, generic algorithm, support vector machine, and Bayesian network and hybrid model. Hybrid model are developed by integrating two or more existing model. A Practical advice for evaluation information security risk is discussed. This approach is combination with AHP and Fuzzy comprehensive method.

The world is looking to reduce carbon emissions, prevent global warming, and become more energy sustainable. Despite the various strategies for mitigating climate change, the fact remains that 80% of greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to activities associated with the built environment, and this is where a concentrated focus is needed. Moreover, most buildings are residential, not commercial or industrial. In essence, ways must be found to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions from existing houses and apartments globally if sustainability is to be realised. The recognised way to achieve this is through the retrofitting of existing residential buildings. Studies in this area have increased in recent times, but the extent of the work remains unmapped and undescribed. If further progress is to be made in this field, researchers’ knowledge domain so far must be documented. This literature review delivers that goal. A scientometric evaluation of research on residential retro...

- by mark B Luther
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- Business, Engineering, Sustainable Construction, Physical sciences

This article addresses European Research Council (ERC) grants in the Archaeology and History panel (SH6). The study was conducted by considering the first two cycles of ERC funding (2007-2020). We introduce to eligibility criteria and evaluation process involved in ERC calls. We show the results of the analysis in terms of most awarded ‘countries’ per call (Starting Grant, Consolidator Grant, Advanced Grant), the profiles of researchers and the main research subjects of 360 granted funding. The inquire is extended to a systematic analysis regarding the profile of scientific members of the commissions (480 scholars) employed to evaluate the proposals. The outcome is that Italian institutions underperforming compared to other major European countries; the success rate of ‘Italian’ proposals is lower than the European average; young Italian researchers very rarely obtain Starting Grants. This is, we believe, partly due to some policies currently still in place –even if no longer sustainable -in Italian universities. There is some correlation between most awarded institutions (by country) and most employed panelists. In the final part, we show the main trending topics of ERC projects.

- by Giancarlo Lago
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- History, Archaeology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Trends