scholarly journals State of Research on Gamification in Education: A Bibliometric Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Jakub Swacha
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Bibliometric Approach ◽  
Widespread Interest

Recent years have brought a rapid growth of scientific output in the area of gamification in education. In this paper, we try to identify its main characteristics using a bibliometric approach. Our preliminary analysis uses Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science as data sources, whereas the main analysis is performed on 2517 records retrieved from Scopus. The results comprise the cross-coverage of databases, geographic distribution of research, forms of publication, addressed research areas and topics, preferred publishing venues, the most involved scientific institutions and researchers, collaboration among researchers, and research impact. The main conclusions underline the sustained growth of the research output in the area for at least seven years, the widespread interest in the area across countries and branches of science, and an effective research communication in the area documented by the number of citations and the map of co-citations.

scholarly journals 2251 Assessing research impact: It takes a team

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (S1) ◽  
pp. 79-79
Author(s):  
Ashley Dunn ◽  
Michelle B. Bass
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Dissemination Of Research ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluations

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Dissemination of research findings through the published literature is a complex but critical part of the scholarly communication process. Additionally, this time point on the translational spectrum is a key objective of the National Clinical Association for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Tracking the dissemination of research outputs can be difficult to identify and evaluate. The purpose of this case study was 2-fold: (1) identify tools and resources available freely to the public and through university subscriptions used to assess research output; and (2) compare the effectiveness of these tools oat tracking output at different levels of granularity. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The authors, Spectrum staff (D.A.) and School of Medicine librarian (M.B.), attended webinars hosted by other Academic Medical Center libraries conducting work on impact tracking and learned from vendor product managers about available tools and resources during on-site campus visits. Publications from Stanford’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) were used to track the diffusion of research outputs (e.g., number of citations, document types, research areas, relative citation ratio, CTSAs collaboration) via library subscription services (e.g., Web of Science and Scopus) and freely available tools (e.g., iCite and PubMed). RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The authors found certain tools were more inclusive in retrieving grant funded research outputs. For example, in the case of UL1 grant (UL1TR001085, UL1TR000093, UL1RR025744), on a grant-level output, there were discrepancies in the number of publications retrieved: (1) PubMed found 644 outputs; (2) Web of Science found 497 outputs; and (3) Scopus found 190 outputs. After de-duplication, the search across Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and PubMed yielded 899 publications. In total, 389 outputs were unique to PubMed; 165 were unique to WoS; and 90 were unique to Scopus. Future analysis will be conducted to identify the source of unique outputs from each database (e.g., conference proceeding, specific journals). Additional analysis based on other units of research outputs (e.g., author-level outputs and article-level outputs) are expected to yield similar discrepancies. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Citation analysis is a valuable method of assessing research output and, to a larger extent, research impact in a given field. It can help investigators illustrate qualifications for undertaking new projects, highlight collaborations across schools and departments, justify a grant renewal, and/or highlight accomplishments for promotion. However, systematic and comprehensive evaluations are needed in tandem with citation analysis/bibliometric analysis to assess the translation and uptake of research outputs and activities that result in research impact. Furthermore, both investigators and staff need adequate time and training to process research outputs/activities and to effectively organize them in easily understood visualizations.

scholarly journals Profile and scientific output of researchers recipients of CNPq productivity grant in the field of medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 682-690
Author(s):  
Daniella Reis Martelli ◽  
Maria Christina Lopes Oliveira ◽  
Sergio Veloso Pinheiro ◽  
Maria Luiza Santos ◽  
Veronica Dias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Interquartile Range ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
The Web

SUMMARY BACKGROUND. This study aimed to evaluate the scientific production of researchers in the field of Medicine who receive a productivity grant from the CNPq. METHODS: The curriculum Lattes of 542 researchers with active grants from 2012 to 2014 were included in the analysis. Grants categories/levels were stratified into three groups according to the CNPq database (1A-B, 1C-D, and 2). RESULTS. There was a predominance of grants in category 2. During their academic career, Medicine researchers published 76512 articles, with a median of 119 articles per researcher (IQ, interquartile range, 77 to 174). Among the 76512 articles, 36584 (47.8%) were indexed in the Web of Science (WoS database). Researchers in Medicine were cited 643159 times in the WoS database, with a median of 754 citations (IQ, 356 to 1447). There were significant differences among the categories of grants concerning the number of citations in WoS (P <0.001). There was a significant difference in the number of times researchers were cited according to the specialty included in Medicine area. (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION. Strategies to improve the scientific output qualitatively possibly can be enhanced by the knowledge of the profile of researchers in the field of Medicine.

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

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

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

scholarly journals On the topicality and research impact of special issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 303-319
Author(s):  
Maxime Sainte-Marie ◽  
Philippe Mongeon ◽  
Vincent Larivière
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity Cost ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Relative Scarcity

The publication of special issues constitute an important yet underinvestigated phenomenon of scholarly communication. In an attempt to draw attention to the proliferation of special issues, Priem (2006) suggested that their commissioning has an underestimated opportunity cost, given the relative scarcity of publication space: by distorting the “marketplace for ideas” through the commanding of preselected topical distributions, special issues undermine the total research output by “squeezing out” high-quality but topically unrelated articles. The present paper attempts to test this hypothesis by providing a topicality and research impact analysis of conference-based, monographic, and regular issues published between 2010 and 2015 inclusive and indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science. The results show that the titles and abstracts of articles copublished are topically closer to each other than those copublished in regular issues, which suggests that their relative importance might influence the total topical distribution. However, disciplinary and overall comparison of relative citations for both special and regular issues shows that intraissue averages and variances in the former case are respectively higher and lower than in the regular issue context, which undermines not only the abovementioned hypothesis, but also the belief that editors often “fill up” special issues by accepting substandard papers.

scholarly journals Visualizing highly cited scientific output of Indian physiotherapists: A bibliometric study

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Arun Vijay Subbarayalu ◽  
Manuelraj Peter ◽  
Mohamed Idhris ◽  
Sivasankar Prabaharan ◽  
Muhil Sakthivel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Collaborations ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Highly Cited

Background: Physiotherapy research supports the advancement of evidence-based practice and development of a highly skilled workforce. This study aims to visualize highly cited scientific output of Indian physiotherapists from 1999 to 2018. Methods: A descriptive study design was adopted to visualize highly cited scientific output of Indian physiotherapists using the Web of Science (WoS) database from 1999 to 2018. A search was carried out using the following term "((TS=(physiotherapy) OR TS=("physical rehabilitation") OR TS=("physical therapy")) AND AD=(India))Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH, ESCI, CCR-EXPANDED, IC Timespan=1999-2018”. Data collected were analyzed using Incites from WoS and VOSviewer software. Results:  A total of 489 articles were published between 1999 and 2018, with a peak of 103 in 2016 with 2420 citations. A decline in publication count was observed after 2016. The journal International Journal of Physiotherapy published the highest number of articles (n=35). Manipal University (n=26) was found to be the most active institution for physiotherapy research in India, as determined by producing the most articles. Indian physiotherapists published the highest number of research articles in collaboration with US authors (n=24). Conclusion: There is an increasing trend in the scientific output of Indian physiotherapists over the past two decades; however, a decline is observed after 2016. It is recommended that research collaborations across the globe are increased and scientific output should be improved, leading to a higher number of citations. Future research should explore factors influencing scientific production of Indian physiotherapists and devise appropriate strategies to attain further improvement.

Bibliometric analysis of multiple criteria decision making in agriculture

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (20) ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Sławomir Francik ◽  
Norbert Pedryc ◽  
Adrian Knapczyk ◽  
Artur Wójcik ◽  
Renata Francik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
The Web

Development trends (Research Trends) in scientific research on the methods of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in agriculture are analyzed. Established bibliometric techniques are applied. MCDA/MCDM methods are being very intensively developed in recent years, as evidenced by the number of scientific papers published annually in renowned scientific journals indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database. In the years 1979-2015 a total of 1,355 scientific articles were collected in the database. The number of articles published annually increased rapidly after 2005. Besides, the annual number of citations of the publications is increasing. Research on MCDA/MCDM is conducted in many research areas. In the years 1984-2015 the Web of Science database accumulated 27 scientific publications on MCDA/MCDM in agriculture area. Therefore, it can be concluded that the MCDA/MCDM issues are currently not sufficiently analyzed in relation to agriculture. In the future this subject will probably be further developed, an increasing number of scientists will conduct research on the MCDA/MCDM and the annual number of articles published in the field will increase.

scholarly journals A bibliometric view on the internationalization of European educational research

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Aman ◽  
Alexander Botte
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
Publication Language ◽  
The Web

Is there a trend towards internationalization of educational research in Europe? Educational research is said to follow a tradition of nationally oriented studies and interventions supported by a national publication culture. Publications are a suitable source of empirical analysis of research output, as they reflect results, emergence and impact of research. This study focuses on publication based bibliometric indicators, which represent measurable characteristics of international orientation of research publications and which can be surveyed in time course. Being aware that the Web of Science (WoS) databases cover a crucial but rather limited proportion of the worldwide educational research output, this study provides bibliometric insights into the development of national publication outputs in educational research in the WoS and what idiosyncrasies are revealed for European countries, into the role of English as a publication language, into the trend towards transnational co-authorship as an indicator of international cooperation, and into citation frequencies as a measurement of research communication or research impact.

Research impact of general and funded papers

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Che Shen ◽  
Ya-Han Hu ◽  
Wei-Chao Lin ◽  
Chih-Fong Tsai ◽  
Shih-Wen Ke
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Highly Cited Papers ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Highly Cited

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on examining the research impact of papers written with and without funding. Specifically, the citation analysis method is used to compare the general and funded papers published in two leading international conferences, which are ACM SIGIR and ACM SIGKDD. Design/methodology/approach – The authors investigate the number of general and funded papers to see whether the number of funded papers is larger than the number of general papers. In addition, the total citations and the number of highly cited papers with and without funding are also compared. Findings – The analysis results of ACM SIGIR papers show that in most cases the number of funded papers is larger than the number of general papers. Moreover, the total captions, the average number of citations per paper, and the number of highly cited papers all reveal the superiority of funded papers over general papers. However, the findings are somewhat different for the ACM SIGKDD papers. This may be because ACM SIGIR began much earlier than ACM SIGKDD, which relates to the maturity of the research problems addressed in these two conferences. Originality/value – The value of this paper is the first attempt at examining the research impact of general and funded research papers by the citation analysis method. The research impact of other research areas can be further investigated by other analysis methods.

scholarly journals Ten Years of Airbnb Phenomenon Research: A Bibliometric Approach (2010–2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia M. Núñez-Tabales ◽  
Miguel Ángel Solano-Sánchez ◽  
Lorena Caridad-y-López-del-Río
Keyword(s):  
Concept Maps ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Fast Growth ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Data Source ◽  
New Research ◽  
Bibliometric Approach ◽  
The Web

The interest in the Airbnb phenomenon is represented in the fast growth of publications indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) since the research inception of this topic in 2010. However, there are no studies that analyze the incidence of this phenomenon from a bibliometric approach using WoS. Therefore, this paper aims to quantify the incidence and composition of the Airbnb phenomenon through bibliometrics taken it as a data source. To achieve this aim, the WoS statistical instruments and the bibliometric tool VOSviewer are used. The results obtained, such as the number of articles and citations per year, the main categories of these articles, the nationalities of the authors, the most productive institutions, the sources and authors in terms of publications, and the H-Core of the most cited articles, are presented. Finally, concept maps are exposed, representing the relatedness of co-authorship and co-citation among authors, as well as the co-occurrence of the keywords in the articles analyzed. Satisfaction, trust, and innovation appear as the main research lines. This paper can be useful for academics and professionals, giving them a holistic overview of the topic, identifying new research areas, or as an objective manner to literary review approaches.

Global research productivity of N-acetylcysteine use in paracetamol overdose

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 1006-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
SH Zyoud ◽  
SW Al-Jabi ◽  
WM Sweileh ◽  
R Awang ◽  
WS Waring
Keyword(s):  
Research Productivity ◽  
Research Output ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Paracetamol Overdose ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
H Index ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Bibliometric Studies

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to examine the publication pattern of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) research output for paracetamol overdose at the global level. Methods: Data were searched for documents that contained specific words regarding NAC and paracetamol as keywords in the title and/or abstract and/or keywords. Scientific output was evaluated based on a methodology developed and used in other bibliometric studies. Research productivity was adjusted to the national population and nominal gross domestic product per capita. Results: The criteria were met by 367 publications from 33 countries. The highest number of articles associated with the use of NAC in paracetamol overdose was from the United States of America (USA; 39.78%), followed by the United Kingdom (UK; 11.99%). After adjusting for economy and population power, USA (2.822), Iran (1.784) and UK (1.125) had the highest research productivity. The total number of citations at the time of data analysis (14 March 2014) was 8785 with an average of 23.9 citations per document and a median (interquartile range) of 6 (1–22). The h-index of the retrieved documents was 48. The highest h-index was 32 for USA, followed by 20 for UK. Furthermore, the highest number of collaborations with international authors for each country was held by USA with 11 countries, followed by Canada with 7 countries. Conclusion: The amount of NAC-based research activity was low in some countries, and more effort is needed to bridge this gap and to promote better evaluation of NAC use worldwide. Our findings demonstrate that NAC use for paracetamol overdose remains a hot issue in scientific research and may have a larger audience compared with other toxicological aspects. Editors and authors in the field of toxicology might usefully promote the submission of work on NAC in future to improve their journal’s impact.

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