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Mapping and monitoring of mangrove species based on remote sensing technology play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation and management. This paper employs CiteSpace to visualize the literature and presents a comprehensive review of the researches conducted in this domain, focusing primarily on bibliometric characteristics, diverse sensors, and classification algorithms. Since the publication of the first remote sensing-based study on mangrove species classification in 2004, the number of publications in this field has exhibited a general upward trend up to 2023. China, the United States, and India lead in publishing research on mangrove species mapping, with researchers in the United States being particularly active in international collaborations. Mapping of mangrove species is predominantly concentrated on single time points and across 53 small regions, with the majority of research sites located in India and China. Existing studies have utilized various remote sensing image for mangrove species classification, including airborne hyperspectral, spaceborne visible, infrared, multispectral, hyperspectral, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and drone-borne visible, infrared, multispectral, hyperspectral, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data. Classification algorithm development has evolved four stages, from pixel-based methods to object-oriented approaches, progressing to approaches incorporating machine learning algorithms, and currently advancing towards ensemble learning and deep learning. Research in this field still faces several challenges in data fusion, classification algorithm enhancement, increased number of classification species, and large-scale long-term mapping. The studys findings would provide valuable guidance to researchers and practitioners in advancing and enhancing the management and conservation of mangroves

 

 

The objective of this research was to analyze the scientific production of sustainability reports, given their importance in environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors at the organizational level. Using a bibliometric analysis from 2007 to 2023 in the Scopus database, 3,812 papers were identified. The 10 most cited papers, the 10 most cited authors, the leading countries in the field, and institutional affiliations were reviewed. The main results indicate that the United States was the country with the highest contribution, followed by China and Australia. A relevant finding is the institutional affiliation of the authors, highlighting Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, which produced 34 papers. In conclusion, this analysis underscores the importance of integrating effective ESG practices to address global challenges, promoting long-term sustainable development.

 

 

Clarivate’s Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier’s Scopus have been for decades the main sources of bibliometric information. Although highly curated, these closed, proprietary databases are largely biased toward English-language publications, underestimating the use of other languages in research dissemination. Launched in 2022, OpenAlex promised comprehensive, inclusive, and open-source research information. While already in use by scholars and research institutions, the quality of its metadata is currently still being assessed. This paper contributes to this literature by assessing the completeness and accuracy of OpenAlex’s metadata related to language, through a comparison with WoS, as well as an in-depth manual validation of a sample of 6836 articles. Results show that OpenAlex exhibits a far more balanced linguistic coverage than WoS. However, language metadata are not always accurate, which leads OpenAlex to overestimate the place of English while underestimating that of other languages. If used critically, OpenAlex can provide comprehensive and representative analyses of languages used for scholarly publishing, but more work is needed at infrastructural level to ensure the quality of metadata on language.

 

 

The persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of perfluorinated and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), along with their concentrations in the environment and humans, have attracted global attention. However, so far, there have been seldom reports providing a systematical review in the entire field of PFASs research. Therefore, this study summarizes 14,112 relevant publications (2005–2022) and conducts bibliometric analysis using Vosviewer and CiteSpace. The findings offer insights into global PFASs research trends, assisting scientists in establishing their research directions. Unlike traditional literature reviews, this article presents a new method for data collection and analysis that achieves quantitative visualization of the information from the past 18 years in the field of PFASs. Results show a significant increase in global PFASs publications, with China leading in publication output and the US in international collaborations. Author Kurunthachalam Kanna has the highest publication records. Document co-citation clustering and key line analysis identifies four major research areas and landmarks, while betweenness centrality analysis reveals developmental processes. Citation burst analysis finds that PFASs toxicity and monitoring have been hot areas, suggesting the need for greater attention towards the types and levels of PFASs in various environmental media and the removal processes of PFASs responsible for pollution, which may emerge as future research hotspots.

 

 

Objective: To analyze the scientific evolution of botulinum toxin usage in plastic surgery in Latin America. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional bibliometric study was conducted using Scopus as the data source. Visual and bibliometric analyses were performed, and metrics were generated to evaluate the evolution, general characteristics and impact of the Latin American evidence on the use of botulinum toxin in plastic surgery. The bibliometrix R-package was utilized for this analysis. Results: The study included 34 documents published between 2002 and 2023, out of which 70.5 % (n = 24) were original articles and 23.5 % (n = 8) were reviews. International collaboration was identified in 32.3 % of the cases. The four most prolific authors were from Colombia and Brazil, each having published only two documents. Brazil (n = 20) was the most prolific country, followed by Chile (n = 5), Argentina (n = 4) and Colombia (n = 4). Regarding research trends, it was found that quality of life, dermal fillers, hyaluronic acid and wrinkles were the subtopics most related to the use of botulinum toxin in plastic surgery in Latin America. There were basically five associated research lines related to symptoms and aesthetic procedures, cosmetic complications and quality of life. The degree of development of the topics essentially depended on aesthetic interventions. Multiple correspondence analysis based on authors’ keywords revealed that patient follow-up, cohort studies, risk assessment, outcome evaluation, rejuvenation and adults are elements that primarily complement the base subtopics. Conclusions: Slow growth with low production and impact has been identified in Latin American research on the use of botulinum toxin in plastic surgery over the last 20 years. This research has focused on clinical studies related to clinical outcome assessment, quality of life and aesthetic techniques. Brazil leads research in the region and maintains a strong network of intercontinental collaboration.

 

 

Objective: To describe the chronology, evolution and impact of global research into chronic postoperative pain. Materials and methods: A bibliometric study was conducted using the Scopus database. A structured search was designed and validated, thereby allowing the collection of metadata, which were analyzed through the Bibliometrix package of the R programming language. The study involved the description of the general characteristics, evolution and calculation of impact metrics of global research into chronic postoperative pain. Results: The study included 1,496 documents, which spanned from 1983 to 2023. Original articles accounted for 70.7 % (n =1,059) of the total output, followed by reviews (n = 357; 23.8 %). There was an international collaboration rate of 15.6 %, and there has been sustained growth in output since 1983, with a sharp increase in the last 13 years, 2022 being the most prolific one (n =191 published documents). It was identified that Canada and Denmark lead the impact of global research and have the most productive authors and institutions. However, the United States is the most prolific country because it leads significant collaboration, mainly with European and Latin American countries. Neuropathic pain, risk factor assessment and pain management were identified as some of the most frequent topics. Over the past approximately 10 years, there has been persistent interest in research on quality of life, prediction, prevention, and risk factor assessment. Recently, there has been interest in studying pain in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and developing predictive models. Conclusions: The study revealed sustained growth in global research on chronic postoperative pain over the past 40 years. Such growth has been mainly led by Canadian and Danish institutions, despite the United States being the most prolific country. Moreover, there has been a significant transition in the studied topics, moving from the use of drugs and identification of risk factors to the study of predictive models, data systematization, and video-assisted surgery.

 

 

Objective: To characterize the articles published in the Finlay journal during the period between 2011 and 2022. Materials and methods: An observational, descriptive, bibliometric study was carried out on the articles published in the Finlay journal. The universe consisted of 525 articles. Sampling techniques were not used. The analyzed variables were number of articles, year of publication, number of authors, origin of the authors, type of article, main theme of the articles, type of study, number of references, number of 5-year-old references, number of citations per article and number of citations received by the journal per year. A descriptive statistics and bibliometrics were used. Results: The year 2021 stood out with 60 research works (11.38 %). Articles with three authors prevailed (155; 29.52 %), Cienfuegos stood out with 1,074 authors (59.40 %) and original articles (OA) predominated (243; 46.28 %). Images in medicine (IM) had the highest Price’s Index (0.80). Among the OA, research works with an observational-descriptive approach prevailed (225 published articles, which accounted for 92.59 % out of the total number of OA). Research related to cardiovascular diseases predominated (116; 22.09 %). A total of 4,870 citations were received, most of them from 2017, with a number of corrected citations (NCC) of 38.3. Meanwhile, the year 2020 had an impact factor (IF) of 3.27. Conclusions: The Finlay journal is a scientific body for the dissemination of research results with extensive achievements and experiences in editorial management. Its growth has been exponential in terms of the number of articles published, prevailing the year 2021. Its issues include research works that show the collaboration between national and foreign authors, highlighting the results of the Cienfuegos province’s researchers. In this regard, the topics focus on health problems that are included in the sector’s priority health programs, based on original research to a greater extent and coupled with a higher number of citations received especially in 2017.

 

 

Objective: To describe the characteristics of papers presented at medical student conferences of Sociedad Científica Médico Estudiantil Peruana (SOCIMEP – Peruvian Medical Student Scientific Society) between 2017 and 2019, as well as the factors related to their publication. Materials and methods: An observational, cross-sectional, bibliometric, retrospective and secondary-source study based on the books of abstracts of papers presented at scientific conferences between 2017 and 2019. The data were analyzed with the Stata Statistical Software: Release 13 using descriptive statistics. In the multivariate analysis, prevalence ratios were calculated with a 95 % confidence interval and p < 0.05 in the crude and adjusted analyses. Results: From a total of 447 papers, 170 (38.0 %) were completed research studies, 168 (37.6 %) research protocols and 109 (24.4 %) case reports. In addition, 233 (52.1 %) authors came from a university in Lima and 183 (40.9 %) were from public universities. Moreover, 376 (52.1 %) papers had an advisor among the authors, 332 (88.3 %) of whom were physicians. The frequency of publications accounted for 11.4 %. The prevalence of original-article publications was 131 % higher (aPR: 2.31; 95 % CI: 1.22–4.37, p = 0.010) and 63 % lower (aPR: 0.37; 95 % CI: 0.17–0.81, p = 0.014) among papers presented in 2019 compared to 2017, thus being statistically significant, with p < 0.05. Conclusions: One out of 10 abstracts of papers presented at SOCIMEP conferences was published; however, this number is still low. Among the factors associated with the publication were presenting a research paper as an original article and in 2019. The results of this study will help the university leadership to strengthen research through strategies and/or programs linked to the student scientific production.

 

 

Ontologies are used to semantically enrich different types of information systems (IS), ensure a reasoning on their content and integrate heterogeneous IS at the semantical level. On the other hand, fuzzy theory is employed in IS for handling the uncertainty and fuzziness of their attributes, resulting in a fully fuzzy IS. As such, ontology- and fuzzy-based IS (i.e. ontology and fuzzy IS) are being developed. So, in this paper, we present a bibliometric analysis of the ontology and fuzzy IS concept to grasp its main ideas, and to increase its body of knowledge by providing a concept map for ontology and fuzzy IS. The main results obtained show that by adding ontologies and fuzzy theory to traditional ISs, they evolve into intelligent ISs capable of managing fuzzy and semantically rich (ontological) information and ensuring knowledge recognition in various fields of application. This bibliometric analysis would enable practitioners and researchers gain a comprehensive understanding of the ontology and fuzzy IS concept that they can eventually adopt for development of intelligent IS in their work.

 

 

With the rise of online education, universities are seeking to optimize the experience of distance learners. To do so, it is crucial to develop key competencies in future professionals, such as transferable skills, emotional regulation, professional development, self-management, and self-efficacy. Understanding the impact of the online environment on engagement is critical for the successful implementation of online programs. This article presents a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of 781 articles, exploring trends in publications, high-impact journals, countries, institutions, and keyword analysis with VOSviewer. The current state of the art and the latest educational trends to boost online learning are analyzed. Finally, a model is proposed that integrates the main concepts of the VOSviewer co-occurrence map in the context of online learning in higher education for graduate students. This framework offers a concrete representation for integrating online learning tools and technologies in higher education. Furthermore, this framework will be instrumental in understanding the skills needed in online education, especially critical reflection and professional competencies. It combines innovative theoretical concepts and offers a promising vision for the future of education. While e-learning has great potential, its limitations need to be addressed and efforts made to ensure that all students have equal opportunities for development in this ever-changing educational environment.