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Nguyen, Van Luong, Dinh-Hai Luong, and Hiep-Hung Pham. " Publications on COVID-19 from Vietnam during 2020 and 2021: A bibliometric analysis." European Science Editing 48 (December 9, 2022): e83724. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2022.e83724.
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<strong>Background:</strong> Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, published research from Vietnam related to the pandemic was analysed using bibliometrics.<strong>Objectives:</strong> To examine the status of research on COVID-19 by authors from Vietnam.<strong>Methods:</strong> The following bibliometric aspects were considered in the analysis: international collaboration, institutions from Vietnam and their partner institutions worldwide, subjects and topics, types of documents, and individual authors. The basis of the study was data obtained from the Scopus database between 2020 and 2021. The data were analysed using Microsoft Excel, R, and VOSviewer, and the emerging trends illustrated through descriptive analysis and science mapping. <strong>Results:</strong> Between 2020 and 2021, researchers from Vietnam co-authored 1034 documents related to COVID-19, amounting to 0.35% of the total of 296,148 such documents published worldwide as ascertained from the Scopus database. Vietnam’s top country collaborators in that research were USA, Australia, the United Kingdom, India, and Taiwan ROC. The top Vietnam institutions were Duy Tan University, Ton Duc Thang University, and the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. The research from Vietnam covered many subjects, from medicine and natural sciences to social sciences and economics. Eight clusters of topics related to COVID-19 were identified. In terms of citations, the most highly cited documents were the outcome of collaboration with international authors. Lastly, the study ranked top authors based on either the number of publications or the number of citations. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> This study provides a preliminary picture of studies related to COVID-19 co-authored by researchers in Vietnam. The picture may help the Vietnam government in devising appropriate strategies for post-COVID-19 restoration of the country’s socio-economic status.
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Byrne, F. "The most cited authors and papers in tobacco control." Tobacco Control 14, no. 3 (2005): 155–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.011973.
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Peng, Mike W., and Jessie Qi Zhou. "Most cited articles and authors in global strategy research." Journal of International Management 12, no. 4 (2006): 490–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2006.04.001.
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Randleman, J. Bradley, Lara Asroui, Imane Tarib, and Giuliano Scarcelli. "The Most Cited Articles and Authors in Refractive Surgery." Journal of Refractive Surgery 39, no. 2 (2023): 78–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/1081597x-20221213-01.
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WRIGHT, RICHARD A., and J. MITCHELL MILLER. "The Most-Cited Scholars and Works in Corrections." Prison Journal 79, no. 1 (1999): 5–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032885599079001002.
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Although numerous studies recently have appeared that identify the most-cited scholars and works in the general criminology and criminal justice literature and in several specialty areas, no previous citation study has specifically examined the corrections literature. Through an analysis of 209 articles and research notes appearing from 1992 to 1996 in the area of corrections, the authors list the 50 most-cited scholars and the 25 most-cited works. The lists of the most-cited scholars and works in corrections are compared to general lists taken from leading criminology and criminal justice journals and introductory textbooks. The authors' analysis uncovers certain citation trends relating to pivotal controversies in correctional research.
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Holzer, Lukas A., Andreas Leithner, and Gerold Holzer. "The Most Cited Papers in Osteoporosis and Related Research." Journal of Osteoporosis 2015 (2015): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/638934.
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Osteoporosis is a systemic disease of the bone that affects millions of people and causes burden for both the affected individual and health systems and societies worldwide. Since the 1970s much research has been done in the field of osteoporosis. The number of citations of a paper reflects its influence and importance to the field. Thomson ISI Web of Science database was searched to retrieve a list of the fifty most cited articles related to osteoporosis and its research. The fifty most cited articles in absolute numbers in the field of osteoporosis were cited from 877 to 3056 times (mean1141±537). Most papers were published in the basic science category(n=23). 395 authors contributed; a single paper had between one and 62 authors (mean:10.02±9.9authors). 12 authors (3.04%) contributed between 7 and 4 papers; 340 authors (86.1%) were at least named once. Corresponding authors were from eight countries with most contributions from the United States (n=34, 68%). The majority of papers were published in the 1990s(n=29). The list of 50 most cited papers presents citation classics in the field of osteoporosis and related research.
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Gonçalves, Ana Paula, Ana Laura Plá, Bruna Rodolfo, Flavia Pardo Nahsan, Marcos Britto Correa, and Rafael Ratto de Moraes. "Top-100 Most Cited Dental Articles with Authors from Brazil." Brazilian Dental Journal 30, no. 2 (2019): 96–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-6440201902529.
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Abstract This study analyzes the characteristics of the top-100 most cited articles published in international dental journals with at least one coauthor affiliated to Brazil. A search in Scopus database for articles published between 1996 and 2017 was carried out in the 178 journals belonging to the category “Dentistry" identified in SCImago Journals & Country Rank. From the top-100 most cited articles, variables related to the journal, article, and authors were collected. Annual citation averages (ACA) and relative citation ratios (RCR) were calculated. Data were analyzed descriptively. There were 75 original reports and 25 reviews in the sample. The number of citations ranged between 124 and 657 (mean=202, median=168). The papers were published in 31 different journals (46% in only four journals), none based in Brazil. The most frequent subjects (61%) were Dental Materials, Endodontics, and Periodontology, which accounted for 63.6% of the total citations. The subject with the highest ACA was Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the subject with the highest RCR was Oral Radiology. Only 12 articles were cited more than 300 times. International collaboration was present in 61 articles and funding was reported in 49 articles. The first author was from Brazil in 70% and corresponding author in 55% of the papers. Southeast (83%) and South (20%) were the regions of Brazil with most presence of coauthors. This top-100 list is presented to provide an overview of the most cited articles and aid in supporting further analyses regarding publication and citation behaviors of Brazilian dentistry.
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Wheeler, James O. "ACHIEVERS OF INFLUENCE: MOST-CITED AUTHORS INURBAN GEOGRAPHY, 1980–1986." Urban Geography 15, no. 6 (1994): 503–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.15.6.503.
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Tarazona, Beatriz, Rut Lucas-Dominguez, Vanessa Paredes-Gallardo, Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo, and Antonio Vidal-Infer. "The 100 most-cited articles in orthodontics: A bibliometric study." Angle Orthodontist 88, no. 6 (2018): 785–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2319/012418-65.1.
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ABSTRACT Objectives: To identify and analyze the 100 most-cited articles in orthodontics indexed in the Web of Science Category of “Dental, Oral Surgery and Medicine” from 1946 to 2016. Materials and Methods: On hundred articles were identified in a search of the database of the ISI Web of Science and Journal Citation Reports, applying the truncated search term “orthodon*.” Records were manually refined and normalized to unify terms and to remove typographical, transcription, and/or indexing errors. Results: The 100 most-cited articles were published between 1946 and 2012, with numbers of citations ranging from 115 to 881. Of the 251 authors participating, 87.65% published a single work, while three authors published four works. Most of the authors with several citations were from the United States, although the University of Oslo produced the highest number of frequently cited works. Most of the articles were clinical studies, and the most frequently cited topic was mini-implants. It was noted that self-citation could be a potential cause of bias in bibliometric analysis. Conclusions: This bibliometric citation analysis reveals new, useful, and interesting information about scientific progress in the field of orthodontics.
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Cohen, Jonathan, Nima Alan, James Zhou, and D. Kojo Hamilton. "The 100 most cited articles in metastatic spine disease." Neurosurgical Focus 41, no. 2 (2016): E10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2016.5.focus16158.
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OBJECTIVE Despite the growing neurosurgical literature, a subset of pioneering studies have significantly impacted the field of metastatic spine disease. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the 100 most frequently cited articles in the field. METHODS A keyword search using the Thomson Reuters Web of Science was conducted to identify articles relevant to the field of metastatic spine disease. The results were filtered based on title and abstract analysis to identify the 100 most cited articles. Statistical analysis was used to characterize journal frequency, past and current citations, citation distribution over time, and author frequency. RESULTS The total number of citations for the final 100 articles ranged from 74 to 1169. Articles selected for the final list were published between 1940 and 2009. The years in which the greatest numbers of top-100 studies were published were 1990 and 2005, and the greatest number of citations occurred in 2012. The majority of articles were published in the journals Spine (15), Cancer (11), and the Journal of Neurosurgery (9). Forty-four individuals were listed as authors on 2 articles, 9 were listed as authors on 3 articles, and 2 were listed as authors on 4 articles in the top 100 list. The most cited article was the work by Batson (1169 citations) that was published in 1940 and described the role of the vertebral veins in the spread of metastases. The second most cited article was Patchell's 2005 study (594 citations) discussing decompressive resection of spinal cord metastases. The third most cited article was the 1978 study by Gilbert that evaluated treatment of epidural spinal cord compression due to metastatic tumor (560 citations). CONCLUSIONS The field of metastatic spine disease has witnessed numerous milestones and so it is increasingly important to recognize studies that have influenced the field. In this bibliographic study the authors identified and analyzed the most influential articles in the field of metastatic spine disease.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Most cited authors"
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Lotulelei, Sitalaiti. "Identifying Patterns in the Crucial Educational Leadership Constructs Used by the Most Cited Authors and Published Works of 1990-2010." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3139.
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This study conducted a bibliometric analysis for the purpose of identifying the crucial leadership constructs that best explain and/or define effective educational leadership in two decades (1990-2000 and 2001-2010). The study reviewed top authors in educational leadership and analyzed their top cited works to identify leadership constructs which were (a) unique to leadership works within the 1990-2000 decade, (b) unique to the 2001-2010 decade, and c) similar or different between the two decades. The study found that the leadership constructs did evolve and shift during the study period and addressed the changing demands of individuals, educational organizations, and the external environment. Crucial educational leadership constructs were the product of the efforts of researchers in educational leadership to promote effective school leadership, improve learning outcomes and student performance, and create beneficial organizational results. The findings of the study highlight the potential impact and benefit of the continually upgrading and refreshing the understanding, training, and preparation of current and future school leaders.
Books on the topic "Most cited authors"
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Warren, Nagueyalti. Alice Walker's Metaphysics. Published by Lexington Books, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881809874.
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Catapulted to fame in 1982 with the publication of her third novel—the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Color Purple—Alice Walker has become one of America’s most celebrated and divisive authors. With books such as Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, Walker’s writing has frequently been cited for messages in support of civil rights and feminism. Above all, however, Walker is a spiritual seeker. Her works are dominated by the search for truth, wholeness, and the spirit that connects everyone and everything. In Alice Walker’s Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit, Nagueyalti Warren examines the philosophy and worldview present in all of Walker’s writing. Warren contends that Walker is a literary theologian, citing the transformative changes that take place in the author’s fictional characters. Warren also points to Walker’s bravery in approaching taboo subjects, her generosity of spirit, and her love for humanity, which are represented throughout her poems, novels, short stories, children’s books, and essays. This analysis is further supplemented by primary sources from Walker’s unpublished material, including notes and scrapbooks. By exploring the spirituality evident throughout the author’s work, this volume shows how Walker challenges readers to recognize and understand their responsibility to the earth—and to one another. Providing a fresh, accessible look at one of the twentieth century’s most prolific women writers, Alice Walker’s Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit will appeal to both academics and fans of the author’s varied literature.
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McLevey, John, Allyson Stokes, and Amelia Howard. Bourdieu’s Uneven Influence on Anglophone Canadian Sociology. Edited by Thomas Medvetz and Jeffrey J. Sallaz. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199357192.013.4.
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Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most influential and widely cited figures in anglophone Canadian sociology. Since the first decade of the twenty-first century, in particular, his theories have guided research in areas such as the sociology of culture, education, social theory, social networks, and social capital. This chapter presents a content analysis of journal articles to better understand Bourdieu’s influence on anglophone Canadian sociology. Many citations to Bourdieu are ritualistic and occasionally are characterized by misreadings. Furthermore, interpretations and applications of Bourdieu’s ideas have been limited by a methodological division of labor. Quantitative research has primarily been concerned with cultural and social capital, with qualitative and historical research placing more emphasis on habitus and fields. The authors suggest several ways to expand the engagement with Bourdieu’s work, and to move beyond the current methodological division of labor.
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Whitson, Kathy J. Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. Greenwood, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400650598.
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Many women writers have secured a solid place in the literary canon, while others have remained marginalized. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 70 women writers whose works are widely read in English, and on some 20 related topics. While some of the writers profiled are widely known, others have not yet received as much attention. And while most of the writers are from England and America, the volume also profiles Chilean, Brazilian, Indian, South African, Australian, French, and German authors. The writers selected are feminist, in that their works have challenged traditional gender roles, explored female oppression, or critiqued patriarchal social structures. In addition to providing biographical information, the entries include interpretative summaries of major works. Each author entry includes biographical information, an extensive summary treatment of at least one of her works, an list of her other major works, cross-references to related entries, and a list of works for further reading. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the many other volumes addressing feminist literature or literature by women is the interpretative summary in each entry. The volume closes with a list of works cited. Entries are clearly written and are accessible to high school students and undergraduates.
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Bronner, Simon J., and Cindy Dell Clark, eds. Youth Cultures in America. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216993728.
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What are the components of youth cultures today? This encyclopedia examines the facets of youth cultures and brings them to the forefront. Although issues of youth culture are frequently cited in classrooms and public forums, most encyclopedias of childhood and youth are devoted to history, human development, and society. A limitation on the reference bookshelf is the restriction of youth to pre-adolescence, although issues of youth continue into young adulthood. This encyclopedia addresses an academic audience of professors and students in childhood studies, American studies, and culture studies. The authors span disciplines of psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, and folklore. The Encyclopedia of Youth Cultures in Americaaddresses a need for historical, social, and cultural information on a wide array of youth groups. Such a reference work serves as a corrective to the narrow public view that young people are part of an amalgamated youth group or occupy malicious gangs and satanic cults. Widespread reports of bullying, school violence, dominance of athletics over academics, and changing demographics in the United States has drawn renewed attention to the changing cultural landscape of youth in and out of school to explain social and psychological problems.
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Bronner, Simon, and Cindy Dell Clark, eds. Youth Cultures in America. Greenwood, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216993735.
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What are the components of youth cultures today? This encyclopedia examines the facets of youth cultures and brings them to the forefront. Although issues of youth culture are frequently cited in classrooms and public forums, most encyclopedias of childhood and youth are devoted to history, human development, and society. A limitation on the reference bookshelf is the restriction of youth to pre-adolescence, although issues of youth continue into young adulthood. This encyclopedia addresses an academic audience of professors and students in childhood studies, American studies, and culture studies. The authors span disciplines of psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, and folklore. The Encyclopedia of Youth Cultures in Americaaddresses a need for historical, social, and cultural information on a wide array of youth groups. Such a reference work serves as a corrective to the narrow public view that young people are part of an amalgamated youth group or occupy malicious gangs and satanic cults. Widespread reports of bullying, school violence, dominance of athletics over academics, and changing demographics in the United States has drawn renewed attention to the changing cultural landscape of youth in and out of school to explain social and psychological problems.
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Meeran, Richard, and Jahan Meeran, eds. Human Rights Litigation against Multinationals in Practice. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198866220.001.0001.
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This book reviews the current position in this field, which has developed over the past 25 years, designed to hold multinationals to account, legally, for human rights abuses in the Global South. The authors are practising lawyers who have litigated and led prominent cases of legal significance in this field. Although the focus is on the Global North, where most of the cases have been brought—United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, France, Netherlands, and Germany—there is also a chapter on South Africa. The cases cited include claims against parent companies for harm caused by subsidiary operations, claims for corporate complicity in violations perpetrated by States, and claims arising in a supply chain context. Whilst other books have included consideration of the legal aspects of many of the cases, the focus here is on the interrelated strategic and practical, as well as legal, considerations on which viability and prospects of success depend. In addition to questions of jurisdiction, applicable law, and theories of liability, obstacles to justice concerning issues such as access to information, collective actions, witness protection, damages and costs, and funding regimes (including a specific chapter on litigation funding), and issues relating to public pressure and settlement, are discussed. Although most of the authors act for victims, there is a substantial chapter providing the perspectives of business. Since this area of litigation has developed concurrently with, and has formed part of, the rapidly mushrooming field of business and human rights, the contextual relevance of the UNGPs is considered.
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Tryphonopoulos, Demetres P., and Stephen J. Adams, eds. The Ezra Pound Encyclopedia. Greenwood, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400649325.
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Ezra Pound forever changed the course of poetry. The author of a vast body of literature, his enormous range of references and use of multiple languages make him one of the most obscure authors and—because of his Fascism, anti-Semitism, and questionable sanity—one of the most controversial. This encyclopedia is a concise yet comprehensive guide to his life and writings. Included are more than 250 alphabetically arranged entries on such topics as Arabic history, Chinese translation, dance, Hilda Doolittle, Egyptian literature, Robert Frost, and Pound's publications. The entries are written by roughly 100 expert contributors and cite works for further reading. Ezra Pound forever changed the course of poetry. His vast body of poetry and critical works make him one of the 20th century's most prolific writers, and his influence has shaped later poets, great and small. His enormous range of references, deliberate obscurity, and use of multiple languages make him one of the most difficult authors and— because of his Fascism, anti-Semitism, and questionable sanity—one of the most controversial figures in American literary history. This encyclopedia is a concise yet comprehensive guide to his life and writings.
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Easterbrooks, Susan R., and Hannah M. Dostal, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197508268.001.0001.
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The Oxford Handbook on Deaf Studies Series began in 2010 with it first volume. The series presents state-of-the-art information across an array of topics pertinent to deaf individuals and deaf learners, such as cognition, neuroscience, attention, memory, learning, and language. The present handbook, The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy, is the fifth in the series, and it offers the most up-to-date information on literacy learning among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) learners. Topic examined in this concise volume include the importance of language and cognition and the elements of phonological/orthographic awareness, morphosyntactic and vocabulary understanding, reading comprehension and classroom engagement, written language, learning among challenged populations, and the need to rethink our approaches to literacy research. With contributions from a well-known and highly respected field of educators and researchers, the volume will help all involved see the path each DHH child as an individual must follow if he or she is to unlock the vast world available when one has competence in reading comprehension. Too often, sweeping generalizations are made about all DHH readers—no matter their background, language(s), chosen modality(ies), and experience—from data on only a small segment of the overall population. Therefore, the editors collaborated with the authors to ensure that authors were clear about the research participants cited when making claims about specific subpopulations. This means readers can be relatively certain that statements made in this book about certain subpopulations in fact are based on data from those subpopulations.
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Ellison, Aaron, and Lubomír Adamec, eds. Carnivorous Plants. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198779841.001.0001.
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Carnivorous plants have fascinated botanists, evolutionary biologists, ecologists, physiologists, developmental biologists, anatomists, horticulturalists, and the general public for centuries. Charles Darwin was the first scientist to demonstrate experimentally that some plants could actually attract, kill, digest, and absorb nutrients from insect prey; his book Insectivorous Plants (1875) remains a widely cited classic. Subsequent monographs by Lloyd (1942) and Juniper et al. (1989) summarized and synthesized available scientific data on these remarkable plants. Scientific investigations and understanding of carnivorous plants has evolved and changed dramatically in the nearly 30 years since Juniper et al’s Carnivorous Plants was published, and thousands of scientific papers on carnivorous plants have appeared in the academic literature. In putting together this fourth major work on the biology of carnivorous plants, Ellison and Adamec have assembled the world’s leading experts to provide a truly modern synthesis. The contributing authors examine every aspect of systematics, physiology, biochemistry, genomics, ecology, and evolution of what Darwin called ‘the most wonderful plants in the world,’ and describe the serious threats they now face from over-collection, poaching, habitat loss, and climatic change, which directly threaten their habitats and continued persistence in them. This accessible text is suitable for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in plant biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology. It will also be of relevance and use to horticulturalists and carnivorous plant enthusiasts.
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Jackson, Lucy C. M. M. The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198844532.001.0001.
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The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE seeks to upend conventional thinking about the development of drama from the fifth to the fourth centuries. Set in the context of a theatre industry extending far beyond the confines of the City Dionysia and the city of Athens, the identity of choral performers and the significance of their contribution to the shape and meaning of drama in the later Classical period (c.400–323) as a whole is an intriguing and under-explored area of enquiry. Drawing together the fourth-century historical, material, dramatic, literary, and philosophical sources that attest to the activity and quality of dramatic choruses, the book provides a new way of talking and thinking about the choruses of drama after the deaths of Euripides and Sophocles. Having considered the positive evidence for dramatic choral activity, the book provides a radical rethinking of two oft-cited yet ill-understood phenomena that have traditionally supported the idea that the chorus of drama ‘declined’ in the fourth century: the inscription of χοροῦ μέλος in papyri and manuscripts in place of fully written-out choral odes, and Aristotle’s invocation of embolima (Poetics 1456a25–32). The book goes on to explore how influential fourth-century authors such as Plato, Demosthenes, and Xenophon, as well as artistic representations of choruses on fourth-century monuments, have had an important role in shaping later scholars’ understanding of the dramatic chorus throughout the Classical period. The book’s conclusions, too, have implications for the broader story we wish to tell about Attic drama, and its most enigmatic and fundamental element, the chorus.
Book chapters on the topic "Most cited authors"
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Hörmann, Bernadette, and Kirsten Sivesind. "Structuring School Reform Policy with Evidence: The Inter-mediational Role of Knowledge Sources and Arguments." In Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91959-7_7.
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AbstractCritics have targeted the quality of professional knowledge in policymaking, suggesting that education policy should draw on the best research evidence. This chapter examines the institutional responsiveness to this critique. The authors analyze the use and translation of knowledge sources in Norwegian policy documents on a recent school reform for basic education in Norway. A bibliometric analysis and an in-depth inquiry of the documents reveal the most often co-cited references and their argumentative use as evidence. They conclude that the reports bring together systems of reasoning that in practice are highly differentiated but in policy are aligned with each other. Moreover, evidence serves an inter-mediational role by shaping policy options connecting both policy realms and systems.
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Norkus, Zenonas. "Introduction." In Post-Communist Transformations in Baltic Countries. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39496-6_1.
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AbstractThis book is a comparative case study in the historical sociology of modern social restorations. This is a new field in comparative social research designed to extend and complete comparative historical sociological research on social revolutions. Comparative research on revolutions is a well-established research field, as at least four generations of theory have changed to date (cf. Goldstone 2001, 2014; DeFronzo 2006, 2021). It originated with the comparison of 1789 French and 1917 Russian revolutions (Shlapentokh 1999), culminating in the famous study by Theda Skocpol (1979), which is one of the most influential and cited works in comparative social research (Goodwin 1996). Puzzlingly, as yet no authors have taken into due account the fact that both great modern social revolutions did in fact end (in 1815 and 1989 correspondingly) with restorations of the prerevolutionary regimes.
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do Outão, Juliana Carvalho Silva, Luiz Alexandre Martins da Costa, Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos, and Alexander Serebrenik. "Investigating the Barriers that Women Face in Software Development Teams Focusing on the Context of Proprietary Software Ecosystems." In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53227-6_12.
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AbstractDespite the growing discussion and concern about the topic, gender diversity in the Exact Sciences and Technology still requires attention. It has been observed by several authors that gender diversity is not present in a significant way in development teams, despite the potential positive effects. Moreover, with the growing demand for software that meet complex business needs, the concept of Software Ecosystems (SECO) has emerged and opens opportunities for external developers and strategies for fostering gender diversity. A Proprietary Software Ecosystem (PSECO) is a type of SECO that comprises a common technological platform with contributions protected by intellectual property. This work aims to investigate which barriers women face in software development teams focusing on the context of PSECO and what strategies can be used to increase inclusion based on a multivocal literature review. To do so, 29 studies were selected and 13 gender barriers were identified, with the 3 most cited barriers being: sexism, lack of peer parity, and imposter syndrome. Furthermore, it was observed that external PSECO actors can significantly interfere in the occurrences of gender barriers, in addition to the internal actors of the central organization (keystone).
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Koerber, Amy, Jesse C. Starkey, Karin Ardon-Dryer, R. Glenn Cummins, Lyombe Eko, and Kerk F. Kee. "4. Scientific Hoaxes and the Predatory Paradox: Past, Present, and Future." In The Predatory Paradox. Open Book Publishers, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0364.05.
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In Chapter 4, ‘Scientific Hoaxes and the Predatory Paradox: Past, Present, and Future,’ Amy Koerber examines scientific hoax articles with a focus on the weaknesses and flaws that such hoaxes can expose in the larger information ecosystem of scholarly publishing. The chapter thus reveals that scientific hoaxes further complicate any neat distinction between journals that are predatory and those that are not. Hoaxes have, in some cases, exposed specific journals as predatory. But in other cases, they have had effects beyond those that the author anticipated, exposing major weaknesses or fraudulent practices not only at journals or publishers suspected to be predatory but also at the most prestigious and well-respected journals. More importantly, publishing hoaxes have unintentionally exposed weaknesses in the mechanisms that we have long relied on to ensure research quality. For example, hoaxes have exposed flaws in even the best journals’ peer review systems, and when hoax articles continue to get cited in subsequent literature—sometimes even after retraction—they lead us to question our habit of relying on citation counts as a measure of research quality. Partly in response to hoaxes, industries have emerged around the desire to pin down the legitimacy of a particular author or publication in an environment that makes it increasingly easy for fakes to be mistaken as the real thing. For example, we now have ORCID identifiers to help us establish the identity of authors and Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to help us pinpoint the location and verify the identity of published texts. These identifiers are becoming commonplace in academic lingo, but it is easy to overlook the fact that each of these markers emerged as a commercial development with its own complexities, nuances, and shortcomings. As we argue, these innovations reflect our desire to pin down something that is certain and real in a landscape where it is increasingly easy for fakes to circulate as the real thing.
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Hunt, D. J. "Appendix - plant parasitic nematode genera and species cited." In Plant parasitic nematodes in subtropical and tropical agriculture. CABI, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781786391247.0839.
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Abstract In this Appendix section, all genera and species of plant parasitic nematodes cited in the book are listed alphabetically. The genera and species are followed by their 'authorities', i.e. the name(s) of the author(s) of the original description, in some cases followed by the name(s) of the author(s) who have published the more recent valid taxonomic name, that is, by placing the species in another genus. In such cases, the original authorities are placed in parentheses. Both authorities are followed by their respective year of publication. The most common synonyms are also listed alphabetically as 'cf.'. For each genus, the group to which it is currently assigned is indicated in square brackets as follows: Tyl., Tylenchina (Tylenchomorpha); A., Aphelenchoididae (Tylenchomorpha); L., Longidoridae (Dorylaimina); P., Panagrolaimidae (Rhabditida); T., Tylencholaimidae (Dorylaimina); Tri., Trichodoridae (Diphtherophorina).
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Teeter, Emily. "The Raw, the Cooked, and the Immolated." In Religion et alimentation en Égypte et Orient anciens. Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/12432.
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This article discusses the preparation of meat offerings in the effort to more fully understand its practical aspects. The author notes challenges in determining whether meat offerings were raw or cooked, or roasted versus burnt, but concludes that most of the offerings in temple rituals were raw, perhaps because of their later distribution to the temple staff, but also to avoid the labor and fuel required to cook it. Because a single steer produced enormous quantities of meat, the excess was preserved and distributed or sold outside the temple to financially support the institution. Although immolated offerings are traditionally thought to be introduced in the Ptolemaic era, examples are cited from the Archaic Period and Old Kingdom. The symbolic association of the act of burning food with the destruction of enemies (Vernichtungsritual) is traced back to the Middle Kingdom when what had been a funerary ritual was adopted and adapted for temple cult.
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Ahmad, Tauseef. "Top 100 Most Cited Studies in Obesity Research: A Bibliometric Analysis." In Role of Obesity in Human Health and Disease. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98877.
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Obesity represents a major global public health problem. In the past few decades the prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide. In 2016, an estimated 1.9 billion adults were overweight; of these more than 650 million were obese. There is an urgent need for potential solutions and deeper understanding of the risk factors responsible for obesity. A bibliometric analysis study was designed to provide a comprehensive overview of top 100 most cited studies on obesity indexed in Web of Science database. The online search was conducted on June 6, 2021 using the keywords “Obesity” OR “Obese” OR “Overweight” in title filed with no limitations on document types or languages. The top 100 cited studies were selected in descending order based on number of citations. The obtained data were imported in to Microsoft Excel 2019 to extract the basic information such as title, authors name, journal name, year of publication and total citations. In addition, the data were also imported in to HistCite™ for further citation analysis, and VOSviewer software for windows to plot the data for network visualization mapping. The initial search retrieved a total of 167,553 documents on obesity. Of the total retrieved documents, only top 100 most cited studies on obesity were included for further analysis. These studies were published from 1982 to 2017 in English language. Most of the studies were published as an article (n = 84). The highly cited study on obesity was “Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey” published in BMJ-British Medical Journal (Impact Factor 39.890, Incites Journal Citation Reports, 2021) in 2000 cited 10,543 times. The average number of citations per study was 2,947.22 (ranging from 1,566 to 10,543 citations). Two studies had more than 10,000 citations. A total of 2,272 authors from 111 countries were involved. The most prolific author was Flegal KM authored 14 studies with 53,558 citations. The highly active country in obesity research was United States of America. The included studies were published in 33 journals. The most attractive journal was JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association (Impact Factor 56.272) published 17 studies and cited globally 51,853 times. The most frequently used keywords were obesity (n = 87) and overweight (n = 22). The countries with highest total link strength was United States of America (n = 155), followed by England (n = 140), and Scotland (n = 130). Our results show that most number of highly cited studies were published in developed countries. The findings of this study can serve as a standard benchmark for researchers to provide the quality bibliographic references and insights into the future research trends and scientific cooperation in obesity research.
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Türk, Emrah, and Yakup Ari. "Bibliometric Analysis on Health Tourism." In Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration. IGI Global, 2025. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-7888-5.ch001.
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This bibliometric analysis investigates publications in the field of health tourism from 1990 to 2023, utilizing data from the Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, and PubMed. The study aims to delineate the trajectory and trends of future research by examining various bibliometric parameters such as publication trends, core themes, keyword dynamics, publication year, most prolific authors, most cited authors, most frequently cited publications, countries by number of articles, journals in which these articles are published, types of cited sources, and institutional affiliations of authors. Bibliographic data was collated and presented comparatively from the databases to address the limitations of bibliometric data. Between 1990 and 2016, terms such as health, tourism, health care, and stem cell transplantation were prevalent. However, the 2017-2023 period highlights concepts like Coronavirus, global health, and medical tourism economics. This chapter provides significant insights into the existing literature gaps and enhances the understanding of emerging trends in the field.
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Robinson, Marin S., Fredricka L. Stoller, Molly Constanza-Robinson, and James K. Jones. "Formatting Citations and References." In Write Like a Chemist. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195367423.003.0026.
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In this chapter, we introduce you to formatting conventions for citations and references. Writers are obligated to cite others’ works that have significantly influenced or are relevant to their own work. It goes without saying that to include another’s original ideas without proper acknowledgment is plagiarism. Consequently, this stage of the writing process is critical both professionally and ethically. Although citations and references are inextricably linked, for clarity we deal with them separately. By the end of the chapter, you will be able to do the following: ■ Know what information should be cited ■ Know what information need not be cited ■ Use in-text citations appropriately ■ Recognize different reference formats (numerical and alphabetical) ■ Determine the appropriate reference format for your work Two Citing on Your Own tasks will guide you in preparing proper citations and references as you do the following: 17A Finalize citations 17B Compile and format references The seriousness of properly compiling and formatting citations and references is predictably emphasized in Information for Authors documents. The excerpts below serve as vital reminders of the importance of checking relevant guidelines before finalizing citations and references in your written work: Authors should be judicious in citing the literature; unnecessarily long lists of references should be avoided. (Author Information, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 16A) The accuracy and completeness of the references are the authors’ responsibility. (Authors’ Guide, Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 390 Avoid references to works that have not been peer-reviewed. (Instructions to Authors, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 30) The citation of references in text . . . varies widely from journal to journal and publisher to publisher. . . . Authors are encouraged to check the author guidelines for a specific publication to find information on citing references. (The ACS Style Guide: Coghill and Garson, 2006) Most authors attend to citations and references when their work is nearly complete; useful reminders may be inserted into the text as they write—such as “cite Kopinski here” or “add ref”—but properly formatted citations and references are often added in the last stages of writing.
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Thanuskodi, S. "Bibliometric Analysis of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology." In Library and Information Science in Developing Countries. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-335-5.ch022.
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This chapter presents a bibliometric analysis of the journal, DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, for the period between 2006 and 2010. The data were downloaded from the journal’s website. The analysis covers mainly the number of articles, authorship pattern, subject, distribution of articles, average number of references per articles, forms of documents cited, year distribution of cited journals, et cetera. Findings of the studies point towards the merits and weakness of the journal which are helpful for its further development. The result showed that out of 199 articles, 116 (58.29%) articles were contributed by joint authors while the rest 83 (41.71%) articles were contributed by single author. The study reveals that most of the contributions are from India with 93.97%, and the remaining 6.03% were from foreign authors.
Conference papers on the topic "Most cited authors"
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Zemmouchi-Ghomari, Leila, Dihya Ferhat, and Nour el houda Chellali. "An up to date dataset of most cited authors and publications." In 2016 4th International Conference on Control Engineering & Information Technology (CEIT). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ceit.2016.7929111.
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Li, Chundong, Tingcan Ma, and Mingliang Yue. "A Study on the Characteristics of Authors of Extremely Highly Cited Papers——An Example of Extremely Highly Cited SCI Papers in 2000 and Before." In 27th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI 2023). International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.55835/6439562a71c5508de3420949.
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Taking the authors of extremely highly cited papers as the research object, 18 items of personal information on education, work, awards, and research directions of 287 authors of extremely highly cited papers were obtained through literature information retrieval and network information retrieval. Bibliometric analysis was carried out in terms of cooperation, career length, and education level. The results show that the authors of extremely highly cited papers are more and more cooperating with others; the authors of extremely highly cited papers mostly publish extremely highly cited papers when they are early in their careers; most of them have studied in well-known institutions and received doctoral education; the age of the authors of extremely cited papers will also affect the citation when publishing extremely cited papers.
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Ramos, Miguel Bertelli, Frederico Arriaga Criscuoli de Farias, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, and Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo. "The Most Influential Papers in Infectious Meningitis Research: A Bibliometric Study." In XIII Congresso Paulista de Neurologia. Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicação, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/1516-3180.453.
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Background: Bibliometric analyses allow detecting citation trends within a field, including assessments of the most cited journals, countries, institutions, topics, types of study, and authors. Objectives: To perform a bibliometric analysis of the 100 most cited papers within infectious meningitis research. Methods: The 100 most cited publications and their data were retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science during 2019. Results: The New England Journal of Medicine had the greatest number of articles (27) and citations (12,266) in the top 100. Articles were mainly published after the late 1980s. Bacteria were the most discussed agents (72 articles and 26,362 citations), but Cryptococcus sp represented the most-discussed single agent (16 articles and 6,617 citations). Primary research represented 70 articles and 25,754 citations. Among them, the most discussed topic was Clinical Features and Diagnosis/Outcomes (22 articles and 8,325 citations). Among the 27 secondary research articles, the most common type of study was Narrative Review (18 articles and 5,685 citations). The United States was the country with the greatest number of articles (56) and citations (21,388). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Yale University had the greatest number of articles (six each), being CDC the most cited (3,559). Conclusions: The most cited articles within meningitis research are primary research studies, more frequently published in high IF journals and by North American institutions. Bacterial meningitis comprises the majority of publications. The articles were mainly published after the AIDS pandemic and after the implementation of the main vaccines for meningitis.
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Menezes, Maria Francielle Santos, Priscila Lopes dos Santos de Sena, and Débora de Gois Santos. "Avaliação da produção científica referente à incorporação de resíduos na construção (2009-2018)." In XI SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE GESTÃO E ECONOMIA DA CONSTRUÇÃO. Antac, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46421/sibragec.v11i00.78.
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The civil construction industry is among the most degrading to the environment. With an increase in the environmental awareness in society, many alternatives were proposed in order to reduce this degradation. One of the solutions consists of the use of waste in the sector. This work aimed to perform a bibliometric analysis of the scientific production related to the use of organic and inorganic waste in the civil construction industry in the last decade. A total of 1299 papers coming from two databases were analyzed. Were also verified the main publication sources, the authors with the highest number of publications, the main collaborating institutions, the geographic distribution of the institutions that have published in the timeframe considered, the most cited sources, the most cited authors and coauthors, the most cited papers, and the total number of citations of the papers in their year of publication. This study was meant to assist future research by exposing the main work regarding this theme.
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Fulton, Richard, Diane Fulton, Nate Haynes, and Susan Kaplan. "The AI Transformation Risk Model: Solutions where Benefits Outweigh Risks." In 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing and Applications. Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/csit.2023.132213.
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This paper summarizes the most cogent and recently-cited advantages and risks associated with Artificial Intelligence from an in-depth review of the literature. Then the authors synthesize the salient risk-related models currently being used in AI, technology andbusiness-related scenarios. Lastly,in view of the most pressing issues and updated context of AI along with theories and models reviewed, the writers proposea new framework called “The AI Transformation Risk Model”to address the increasing fears and levels of risk. Using the model characteristics as a backdrop, the article emphasizes innovative solutions where benefits outweigh risks.
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Dinkowski, Tassiane Giacomelli, Diego Toralles Avila, and Lucinéia Heloisa Thom. "Fifteen years of process mining in Brazil: Current contributions, most used techniques, and challenges." In Simpósio Brasileiro de Sistemas de Informação. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2025.246519.
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Context: Process mining is a discipline that combines data science (data mining) and process science (Business Process Management - BPM), which has become crucial for large organizations as it enables the discovery, maintenance, and improvement of business processes. Problem: In the context of process mining in Brazil, there is a gap in the consolidated knowledge about the state of the art and the main topics being discussed. Solution: This study aims to understand what are the most frequent process mining techniques and challenges discussed within Brazilian research and the contributions to the advancement of the discipline in the country. IS Theory: This study was conceived under the aegis of Argumentation Theory, presenting information and evidence on selected studies and the results discussed. Method: A systematic literature review (SLR) from the last 15 years on process mining in Brazil was carried out, considering studies with Brazilian affiliation and using searches in scientific databases. Summary of Results: Through the analysis of 153 studies, we identified 9 different groups regarding Brazilian contributions to the advancement of the discipline in the country. By examining the results obtained, the methods applied, and the findings presented in the studies included on the SLR, we identified the most commonly used process mining technique in national research, as well as the main challenges cited by Brazilian authors, notably the need to address log quality. Contributions and Impact in the IS area: This study increases visibility of the current state of process mining research in Brazil in order to highlight new research opportunities within the Brazilian market.
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Merigó, José M., Alicia Mas-Tur, Norat Roig-Tierno, and Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano. "A bibliometric overview of the Journal of Business Research." In CARMA 2016 - 1st International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics. Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carma2016.2016.4238.
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The Journal of Business Research is a leading international journal in business research dating back to 1973. This study analyzes all the publications in the journal since its creation by using a bibliometric approach. The objective is to provide a complete overview of the main factors that affect the journal. This analysis includes key issues such as the publication and citation structure of the journal, the most cited articles, and the leading authors, institutions and countries in the journal. Unsurprisingly, the USA is the leading region in the journal although a considerable dispersion exists, especially during the last years when European and Asian universities are taking a more significant position.
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Lei, Xinyue, and Liqun Du. "The Past, Present and Future of the Metaverse Research: A Bibliometric Review." In AHFE 2023 Hawaii Edition. AHFE International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004291.
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Since the word “Metaverse” was first coined by the novelist Neal Stephenson in 1992, it has immediately shown endless charm and attracted many scientists, engineers, and geeks from all over the world to become its “vassals”. In recent years, with the development of virtual reality, blockchain and smart wearable devices, the idea of Metaverse seemed to be touchable and became a popular topic in academic literature. This study aims to highlight the influential authors, sources, institutions, and countries in the research of Metaverse through bibliometric analysis. 665 related documents from 1995 to 2023 January were collected and analyzed from the Web of Science Core Collection database. The R-tool Bibliometrix 4.0.0, and the software VOSviewer 1.6.19 were used to analyzed research trends. The results showed that almost 80% of the relevant documents was published in the past year. Wang Feiyue is the most relevant author with 17 articles. Sustainability, IEEE Access, and Applied Sciences Basel are influential journals in this field. Chinese Academy of Sciences is the most productive institution, and China is as well as the most productive country, while the United Kingdom is the most cited country. Furthermore, our study identified five research streams, which not only summarized current academic activities, but also provided potential directions for the future study.
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Carneiro, Jéssica, Amanda Zetzsche, Ana Azevedo, and Ana Paula Afonso. "A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature on Blockchain." In 24ª Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação. Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação, APSI, 2024. https://doi.org/10.18803/capsi.v22.2024.56-82.
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This article provides a bibliometric analysis of Blockchain literature, highlighting its diverse applications, from finance to supply chain management and agricultural product traceability. It aims to map the scientific contributions of Blockchain over the past decade. The study examines publications indexed in the Web of Science from 2014 to 2024 using the keyword "Blockchain". Data analysed includes authors' countries, affiliations, collaborations, publication language, and years, utilising R Studio® and the Bibliometrix® package. Results indicate a steady increase in Blockchain research from 2015 to 2022, with a drop in 2023. Key categories are "Computer Science Information Systems", "Engineering Electrical Electronic", and "Computer Science Theory Methods". China, India, and the USA are the top contributors, with English as the predominant publication language. Leading authors include Zhang Y., Wang Y., and Liu Y., with Satoshi Nakamoto authoring the most cited documents. This analysis seeks to guide future Blockchain research, particularly in underexplored fields.
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Rina, Safitri, Ramadan Syahri, Tuanaya Rugaya, and Retnawati Heri. "Trends and Network Analysis of Data Literacy in Various Fields: Bibliometric Analysis." In Challenges of Science. Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.31643/2023.24.
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Data literacy has emerged as a key aspect in meeting the challenges of the evolving digital age. However, existing bibliometric analyses related to this topic are scarce. To fill the gap, this study uses a bibliometric approach to conduct a comprehensive review spanning nearly seven decades in order to assess the research landscape, progress, and emerging trends in data literacy. This article presents a new review of scientific production through an in-depth bibliometric analysis of the Scopus database using two software packages namely VOSviewer and RStudio. The article presents a synthesis of 2896 peer-reviewed articles from 1956 to 2023. Using keyword and co-occurrence analyses to identify key trends and relationships in research on this topic. Researchers highlighted the most researched concepts and the most important relationships between different publications. The analysis process was conducted by presenting the publication time, disciplinary area, scientific publications on data literacy, prolific authors, most cited publications, productive scientific countries, and keyword co-occurrence analysis on this topic.
Reports on the topic "Most cited authors"
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Marold, Juliane, Ruth Wagner, Markus Schöbel, and Dietrich Manzey. Decision-making in groups under uncertainty. Fondation pour une culture de sécurité industrielle, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.57071/361udm.
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The authors have studied daily decision-making processes in groups under uncertainty, with an exploratory field study in the medical domain. The work follows the tradition of naturalistic decision-making (NDM) research. It aims to understand how groups in this high reliability context conceptualize and internalize uncertainties, and how they handle them in order to achieve effective decision-making in their everyday activities. Analysis of the survey data shows that uncertainty is thought of in terms of issues and sources (as identified by previous research), but also (possibly a domain-specific observation) as a lack of personal knowledge or skill. Uncertainty is accompanied by emotions of fear and shame. It arises during the diagnostic process, the treatment process and the outcome of medical decision making. The most frequently cited sources of uncertainty are partly lacking information and inadequate understanding owing to instability of information. Descriptions of typical group decisions reveal that the individual himself is a source of uncertainty when a lack of knowledge, skills and expertise is perceived. The group can serve as a source of uncertainty if divergent opinions in the decision making group exist. Three different situations of group decisions are identified: Interdisciplinary regular meetings (e.g. tumor conferences), formal ward meetings and ad hoc consultations. In all healthcare units concerned by the study, only little use of structured decision making procedures and processes is reported. Strategies used to handle uncertainty include attempts to reduce uncertainty by collecting additional information, delaying action until more information is available or by soliciting advice from other physicians. The factors which ultimately determine group decisions are hierarchy (the opinion of more senior medical staff carries more weight than that of junior staff), patients’ interest and professional competence. Important attributes of poor group decisions are the absence of consensus and the use of hierarchy as the predominant decision criterion. On the other hand, decisions judged to be effective are marked by a sufficient information base, a positive discussion culture and consensus. The authors identify four possible obstacles to effective decision making: a steep hierarchy gradient, a poor discussion culture, a strong need for consensus, and insufficient structure and guidance of group decision making processes. A number of intervention techniques which have been shown in other industries to be effective in improving some of these obstacles are presented.