scholarly journals Education for Sustainable Development: Evolution and Perspectives: A Bibliometric Review of Research, 1992–2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 6136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Grosseck ◽  
Laurențiu Gabriel Țîru ◽  
Ramona Alice Bran
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Interest In Research ◽  
Bibliometric Approach

In recent years, the interest in research concerning Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has grown considerably. Therefore, a thorough (re)evaluation of this field and its challenges is highly necessary and can help us better understand the diversity of ESD approaches and the ways in which various scholars, countries, institutions, or universities reacted through research and scientific publications to the study of ESD. Using a bibliometric approach, we analyzed 1813 papers on the subject, indexed by the Web of Science, between 1992 and 2018. The main findings increased our understanding of the ESD domain: we identified vital research, landmark studies in the development of the field, critical past contributions, emerging trends, and potentially transformative ideas. The number of publications, authors, and journals has increased, proving that ESD has gained momentum over the period examined in the study. Similarly, there are more and more works written in collaboration by people (scholars, researchers, etc.) from different parts and cultures of the world, indicating that publishing on ESD is like a legacy to international efforts to bring this area of inquiry into the mainstream. Finally, the study illustrates two main research directions for the entire timespan: integration of education into sustainable development and of sustainable development into education.

scholarly journals Learning from Each Other—A Bibliometric Review of Research on Information Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10094
Author(s):  
Ramona Bran ◽  
Laurentiu Tiru ◽  
Gabriela Grosseck ◽  
Carmen Holotescu ◽  
Laura Malita
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Knowledge Framework ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Interest In Research ◽  
Different Parts

Interest in research connected to information disorders has grown considerably in recent years. The phrase “information disorders” refers to three different notions: dis-, mis-, and malinformation. It is difficult to pin down this new and dynamic phenomenon of informational disruption and to assess its impact on society. Therefore, we conducted a bibliometric analysis on the complexity of information disorders using the Web of Science Core Collection database from 1975 to June 2021. We analyzed 8964 papers with the goal to have an overall picture of the topic, clarify the knowledge framework of research in this field, examine the development dynamics, identify future research directions and increase the understanding of the research on information disorders. The following are our main findings: the number of publications, authors, and journals has increased; research on information disorders has earned considerable attention in multiple academic fields; there are more and more works written in collaboration by scholars from different parts and cultures of the world. This paper makes important contributions to the literature, not only by providing researchers and practitioners with a coherent and perceptible intellectual basis to find answers, but also by bringing valuable insights for further investigation and future research directions.

scholarly journals Formation of sustainable development competencies in primary school children

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-360
Author(s):  
Iryna Levchyk ◽  
Hanna Chaikovska ◽  
Oleksandra Yankovych ◽  
Iryna Kuzma ◽  
Tetiana Rozhko-Pavlyshyn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Main Research

Aim. The article provides a new solution to the problem of the formation of sustainable development competencies in primary school students. The objective of the article is to substantiate the method of forming sustainable development competencies in primary school students and to reflect it in the model. Methods. The main research methods are observation, test, interview, questionnaire, analysis of media works, expert evaluation, and pedagogical experiment. A set of diagnostic tools has been specified. Results and Conclusions. The efficiency of the developed technique has been proved with the results obtained from the experiment: the partnership of teachers, students and parents contributes to sustainability competencies formation; implementation of common areas of media education and education for sustainable development evidenced to feasibility of the research, namely: education in legal, economic aspects, creation of media products with a projection to sustainable development, learning critical perception of mass media information, sustainability goals orientation. Due to the introduction of the experimental methodology, the number of students with high (12.07%) and satisfactory (14.65%) levels of the key competencies in the field of sustainable development increased against the background of a decrease in the number of respondents with sufficient (12.93%) and low (13.79%) levels. Originality. Emphasis is placed on the features of the designed methodology: application of partnership pedagogy and pedagogy of empowerment, integration of education for sustainable development with media education, compliance with a number of pedagogical conditions, forms and methods.

scholarly journals The Trends in Research on the Effects of Biochar on Soil

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7810
Author(s):  
Taotao Yan ◽  
Jianhui Xue ◽  
Zhidong Zhou ◽  
Yongbo Wu
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Reference Information ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Number Of Publications

The present study used bibliometric methods to analyze the literature regarding the biochar effects on soil that are included in the Web of Science Core Collection database and quantified the annual number of publications in the field and distribution of publications. Using CiteSpace as a visual analytic software for the literature, the distribution of the subject categories, author collaborations, institution collaborations, international (regional) collaborations, and cocitation and keyword clustering were analyzed. The results showed the basic characteristics of the literature related to the effects of biochar on soil. Furthermore, the main research powers in this field were identified. Then, we recognized the main intellectual base in the domain of biochar effects on soil. Meanwhile, this paper revealed the research hotspots and trends of this field. Furthermore, focuses of future research in this field are discussed. The present study quantitatively and objectively describes the research status and trends of biochar effects on soil from the bibliometric perspective to promote in-depth research in this field and provide reference information for scholars in the relevant fields to refine their research directions, address specific scientific issues, and help scholars to seek/establish relevant collaborations in their fields of interests.

scholarly journals Bibliometric Review of the Most Actively Cited Russian Publications in the Scopus Database

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-0
Author(s):  
Yuliya Mokhnacheva
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Frequency Distribution ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Access Frequency ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Scopus Database ◽  
Number Of Publications

The article presents a bibliometric review of the array of the of the most actively cited Russian publications in the Scopus database for the period 2010-2020. The criteria for studying the array of publications with the highest citation were the following: frequency distribution of publications by type; determination of the share in open access; frequency distribution of documents by quartiles of publications; frequency distribution by SciVal topics; frequency distribution by the degree of relevance of topics (percentiles); analysis of publications by the number of co-authors; Influence on field-weighted citation (FWCI); determination of the share of publications made with and without foreign participation; determination of the list of countries with which the greatest amount of work was carried out; distribution of publications by shares in various fields of knowledge; determination of the average number of co-authors per 1 publication; determination of leading organizations by the number of publications included in the top 550 by citation for the period 2010-2020.It was found that the vast majority of publications with the highest citations were issued by major international organizations, and most of them are concentrated in journals with a high open access rating, mainly in the first CiteScore quartile. The leading fields in terms of the number of most cited documents are Medicine, followed by physics and astronomy, as well as biochemistry, Genetics and molecular biology. It is shown that it is preferable to use SciVal themes, rather than the thematic area of journals. It is shown that when ranking publications by citation, one should focus on the influence of citation weighted by field, but not on the overall citation. The greatest citation of Russian publications is observed in works performed within the framework of MegaScience projects in international mega-co-authorship. The study of the array of the most actively cited Russian scientific publications is important both for monitoring the dynamics of their significance level and for developing a strategy to increase it.

Conceptual and influential structure of Takaful literature: a bibliometric review

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeel Nasir ◽  
Umar Farooq ◽  
Ashraf Khan
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Word Analysis ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Bibliometric Approach ◽  
Fourth Theme

Purpose The purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive review of key influential aspects and conceptual structure of Takaful literature. Design/methodology/approach The authors review 149 journal articles using bibliometric citation analysis, co-word analysis and citation histograms. However, the authors have introduced a new index of keywords for co-word analysis. Findings The results purpose four research clusters of Takaful literature. The first theme compared Takaful with conventional insurance from various perspectives. Second theme explored the business model and sharia-compliant issues. Third theme applied the marketing concepts and examined the customer behaviour such as commitment, loyalty, satisfaction or awareness. Fourth theme examined risk management, investment and corporate governance issues. This research also identified the structure of variables studied in each theme. Originality/value This paper follows a very novel and trending bibliometric approach and explores what has been published, encompassing all aspects of Takaful literature. This study also presents 22 future research directions which are either missing or less researched in Takaful literature.

scholarly journals Multidimensional Development and π-Type Trend of the Blockchain Research: A Collaborative Network Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Sun Meng ◽  
Yan Chen ◽  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Dejian Yu
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Development Path ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital Currency ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Scientific Outputs

With the rapid growth of Internet technology, the blockchain has been developed fast in recent years with the wide expansions in finance, medicine, public welfare, and other fields. At the same time, the blockchain technology has also attracted researchers’ increasing attention, leading to a large number of scientific outputs that made significant contributions to blockchain research. However, few attempts can be found to investigate the development of blockchain based on the literature in this area. Therefore, this paper focuses on blockchain research by introducing bibliometric methods and comprehensively analyzes its status quo, emerging trends, and development path. Based on the above research, this paper draws two main conclusions. First, we made a comprehensive investigation of blockchain research in the past five years and then found that the main research directions in this area are Bitcoin, digital currency, and Fintech. Second, the development of blockchain research generally presents a trend of π-transformation based on the main path analysis. The above studies provide a brief view for beginners who want to learn blockchain research in a direct way and contribute to extend the theoretical foundation of blockchain research by giving a comprehensive bibliometric analysis.

scholarly journals Global Trends and Performances of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies on Acupuncture: A Bibliometric Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhuan Zhang ◽  
Yangxin Zhang ◽  
Liyu Hu ◽  
Xingxian Huang ◽  
Yongfeng Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spots ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Number Of Publications

Objectives: To summarize development processes and research hotspots of MRI research on acupuncture and to provide new insights for researchers in future studies.Methods: Publications regarding MRI on acupuncture from inception to 2020 were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection. VOSviewer 1.6.15 and CiteSpace V software were used for bibliometric analyses. The main analyses include collaboration analyses between countries/institutions/authors, co-occurrence analysis between keywords, as well as analyses on keyword bursts, citation references, and clusters of references.Results: A total of 829 papers were obtained with a continually increased trend over time. The most productive country and institution in this field were the People's Republic of China (475) and KyungHee University (70), respectively. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (83) was the most productive journal, and Neuroimage (454) was the most co-cited journal. Dhond's et al. (2008) article (co-citation counts: 58) and Napadow's et al. (2005) article (centrality: 0.21) were the most representative and symbolic references, with the highest co-citation number and centrality, respectively. Jie Tian had the highest number of publications (35) and Kathleen K S Hui was the most influential author (280 co-citations). The four hot topics in MRI on acupuncture were acupuncture, fMRI, pain, and stimulation. The three frontier topics were connectivity, modulation, and fMRI. Based on the clustering of co-cited documents, chronic low back pain, sham electro-acupuncture treatment, and clinical research were the main research directions.Conclusion: This study provides an in-depth perspective for MRI research on acupuncture and provides researchers with valuable information to determine the current status, hot spots, and frontier trends of MRI research on acupuncture.

scholarly journals The Development of Extended Reality in Education: Inspiration from the Research Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13776
Author(s):  
Xingrong Guo ◽  
Yiming Guo ◽  
Yunqin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Knowledge Structure ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Prolific Authors

Education is an important driving force for sustainable social development. Emerging technologies such as extended reality (XR), including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR), have been widely used. Recently, a large number of theoretical and empirical studies on the use of XR in the field of education for sustainable development have emerged. This paper uses bibliometric analysis to analyze the publication and citation trends of articles, prolific authors, institutions and countries, influential works, current topics, emerging trends, and knowledge structure to explore the overall productivity and XR research trends in the field of education for the period 1991–2021. Future development directions are also considered. On the basis of bibliometric analysis, this paper puts forward suggestions for the application of XR in the field of education for sustainable development.

Plant Allelopathy Research and Development: 60 Years (1960-2019)

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-180
Author(s):  
J.L. Wang ◽  
Z.H. Zhang ◽  
C. Hu ◽  
R.Y. Fu ◽  
G. Hu
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Bibliometric Method ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

environment. It is one of the hotspots in Ecology and Agronomy. In this paper, we have retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) SCI-E database the allelopathy-related studies (1960-2019). The Annual Number of Publications, Authors, Countries, Institutions, Journals and Keywords were analyzed by the bibliometric method to determine the research trends and hotspot changes in this field over the past 6 decades. From 1960-2019, the WoS database included 4,114 studies in the field of plant allelopathy. During this period of 60 years, the number of publications has gone through three stages: (i). Initial Stage (1960-1990), (ii). Growing Stage (1991-2009) and (iii). Stable Stage (2010-2019). The studies were conducted by 9,956 authors at 2,166 institutions across 100 countries. The United States, China, and Japan have the highest number of publications. The top three institutions with the highest number of publications are the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kagawa University and USDA, USA. The top three authors are H. Kato-Noguchi, F.A. Macias, and C.H. Kong. The major Journals in this field are: (i). Allelopathy Journal, (ii). Journal of Chemical Ecology and (iii). Plant and Soil. The results of keyword clustering showed that the main research directions in this field are: (i). Metabonomics undergoing allelopathy, (ii). Functions of allelopathy substances, (iii). Molecular biology, (iv). Allelopathy of aquatic plants, (v). Alien plants invasion and (vi). Application of plant allelopathy in agroforestry production. Plant allelopathy is a research field that aims to maintain stable development. Future studies should focus on strengthening the cooperation among international scholars in plant allelopathy research and improving the output in frontier and hotspot areas.

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