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This article examines various methods for evaluating the impact of journals in the ceramic sciences, including the H-index, journal impact factor (JIF), and the recently introduced MZE-index (defined by Montazerian–Zanotto–Eckert). We evaluate the performance of 31 reputable journals in ceramic science and technology and find that the JIF and H-index (which correlate to prolificacy and visibility) rise in tandem with the number of documents (N) each journal publishes. As an alternative metric, the MZE-index is used to distinguish the journals that stand at, above, or below the average of the field. It aids in better understanding the reputation and visibility of the journals relative to their peers by providing a fairer comparison of journals with different publication records and citation patterns and allowing for a more accurate comparison of their visibility compared to the average of the field. We also argue that beyond the commonly used JIF and H indices, other bibliometric indicators like MZE and peer review based on a journal’s established reputation are necessary to determine their quality and choose them as the publication venue.

 

 

Firms face several challenges related to sustainability in global logistics operations. In response to this new dynamic, logistics has evolved into what is now known as smart logistics or Logistics 4.0, which has been in constant change for the past 10 years. This evolution has occurred within the framework of Industry 4.0 and has been called to be the pillar that guarantees sustainability in firms through the development and implementation of innovative and disruptive technological solutions. A systematic analysis of the literature related to the role of logistics 4.0 in business sustainability in the agro-industrial sector was carried out. A bibliometric and content analysis was performed on the 56 publications identified from 2015 to 2021 in the Scopus, ScienceDirect and Springer databases. The bibliometric research method used was the joint analysis of keywords using VOSviewer, followed by a content analysis of the selected articles. The bibliometric analysis made it possible to identify that publication in this field is low and growing. Logistics 4.0 contributes considerably to the sustainability of firms in general, and even more to the agro-industrial sector through digital technologies and new business models, allowing the creation of competitive advantages in agro-industrial firms.

 

 

The research proposes a bibliometric analysis with the aim of characterizing the disciplinary status of public communication of science based on indicators of scientific productivity, scientific collaboration and thematic production in the Dimensions database between 2017 and 2021. The study falls within the field of descriptive bibliometrics with a quantitative methodological approach. The results show the leadership of the United States and the United Kingdom with 41% of the articles published in specialized journals. The most productive journals have high levels of impact. The highest rates of productivity are found at the University of The West of England. The large participation of Latin American authors stands out with 96 articles, 26.37% of the total. From the thematic point of view, the studies focus on: theories of scientific communication, attitudes/behaviors and the development of mechanisms between science and public policies.

 

 

This article aims to analyze the adoption of emergency remote teaching during the Covid-19 Pandemic. For this, it was used the bibliometric literature review, which sought to answer the following questions, particularly in the higher education setting: (Q1) What are the implications in the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies in emergency remote teaching? (Q2) How are professors dealing with the transition to emergency remote teaching due to the pandemic? The data have been collected from two databases: Web of Science and Scopus. The mapping of the data has been done using VOSviewer software. The analysis of the set research showed the difficulties faced by professors during the transition to emergency remote teaching, which had them adopting more interactive activities supported by the application of some active methodologies. As a result, despite the professors’ lack of training for emergency remote teaching, they were still able to manage an online learning environment. In addition, many of the problems highlighted by scholars in Lebanon, Japan and India related to the transition to emergency remote teaching are the same as those faced in Brazil, considering the specificities of each country and the context within which the research was conducted.

 

 

Emotional education has grown exponentially in the last decade, although outlining an emotional regulation from parameters of majority cultural groups that leaves aside the socialization of emotion from an affective ideal- or the expected behaviour on the emotional plane that considers cultural differences and education minority group family members. This study is to analyse research about the affective ideal in contexts of cultural diversity to contribute to it understanding in education, through a review of documents published in the Web of Sciences, Scopus, and APA PsycNet databases, in the diachronic period 2006-2021. The need for an emotional education that recognizes the affective ideal of the cultures shared in a territory is discussed. It is concluded that there is an incipient investigation of cultural mediatization on the affective ideal in contexts of sociocultural diversity, and little research in the educational plane. This should be preferred in Latin America, marked by models of monocultural emotional education models, which in culturally diverse educational settings, translates into discrimination and racism.

 

 

There is consensus, both in academia and in the business world, that one of the main resources of a company is the incorporation of technology and, along with this, its capacity to generate innovation. Therefore, knowing the development of a company’s research becomes essential. The aim of this work is to develop a bibliometric analysis of the literature published in the Web of Science database to analyze the advances and trends in the development of research. The methodology analyzed bibliometric quantity and quality indicators using Bibliometrix, VOSviewer, and SciMAT software. The results show the evolution of the topic as well as recognition of the different lines along which research has organized the debate.

 

 

Several researchers around the world have been investigating the use of supercritical fluids incorporated into the process to create a method known as hydrothermal gasification (HTG). Thus, the present study aims to evaluate what has been produced regarding biofuels produced from HTG. A bibliometric analysis of the Web of Science (WoS) database was performed for articles published between 2006 and 2022. In the first analysis, 331 articles were identified, and refined analyses for 320 and 311 publications of the Web of Science Core Collection database (2006- 2022) were performed using VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and Microsoft Excel. The year 2022 had the highest number of articles, with 54 publications, followed by 2021 and 2015 with 45 and 31 publications, respectively. The three journals with the most significant impact were Bioresource Technology, Algal Research: Biomass Biofuels And Bioproducts, and Biomass & Bioenergy, with TPs of 26, 18, and 17, respectively. China, the USA, and Canada represented 11.48%, 10.89%, and 7.52% of the total publications. Investments in research on supercritical fluids and carbonization should be more significant in countries that publish more. Much research still needs to be done for the advancement of the area, as evidenced by the low number of publications. Future studies should focus on related technologies such as liquefaction and pyrolysis.

 

 

This paper reports on a comprehensive study, which has investigated the approaches, methods and tools being deployed in implementing living labs among higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world. Two methods were employed. First, a bibliometric analysis of the current emphasis given to living labs in a sustainable development context and in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Second, an empirical study aimed at identifying the use levels of living labs at HEIs. This was accomplished through an analysis of selected case studies that showcased successful approaches to SDGs implementation with living labs, and resulted in a framework for action. There are three main findings from these analyses. The first is that the multidisciplinary character of living labs in the context of sustainable development needs to be considered, to maximize their impacts. Second, most of the studied living labs focus on SDGs 4 and 11, which deal with providing quality education and ensuring the sustainable development of cities and communities. Third, the challenges encountered in the implementation of living labs refer to (1) the complexities in institutional administration, (2) the tensions between different groups of interest that need to be addressed by enhanced communication, and (3) the necessity to pay attention to the demand of using sustainability and innovation as a strategy in the operations of living labs. The paper draws from the experiences and lessons learned and suggests specific measures, which will improve the use of living labs as more systemic tools towards the implementation of the SDGs.

 

 

Studies on seed science are developed for a wide range of purposes, being the statistical analysis of data essential for experimental reliability and evidence. Due to the characteristics of seed data, several statistical methods can be applied, among them the survival analysis stands out, in virtue of allocating censored data and describing phenomena over time. Therefore, this bibliometric study verified the use of survival analysis in studies with seed germination and to examine the applications of survival analysis in original articles from the Web of Science database for the period from 2000 to 2020. For the application of survival analysis, there was a low number of publications related to seed science, with the USA being the country with the highest number of publications mainly to studies in plant ecology and physiology. In general, the researches were most involved to the evaluation of factors influencing dormancy, physiological stresses, dispersion capacity, population differences and habitats of development which affected seed germination. Therefore, the qualitative overview demonstrates that the survival analysis is a statistical tool of great potential regarding the studies in the area.

 

 

The development of nanotechnology and nanomaterials has had an upward surge in recent years, not only because of the type of technology but also because of the unique properties and characteristics of nanomaterials. This growth motivated us to make an analysis of emerging technologies in the development of metallic, bimetallic, and metal-oxide nanoparticles covering a period of ten years, which have had a high impact on the development of different products applied to biomedicine, electronics, agriculture, energy, plastics, etc. This research found more than one and a half million scientific papers under the keyword ‘nanotechnology’ in the Scopus database. This article reports a scientometric analysis where aspects such as articles with the highest number of citations, countries with the highest production, representative institutions in the field, authors and the relation of citations, correlations between them, keyword analysis, as well as the most studied topics in this field were investigated. On the other hand, the number of patents produced was reviewed in a general way. The databases Scopus, Journal Citation Report, VOSviewer, and other computer tools were used for the analysis. The results showed the United States (17.3%) and China (15.3%) as the countries with the greatest impact on studying metallic and bimetallic nanoparticles, with a high correlation between different countries. It is worth highlighting the participation of India with 10.1% and more than twice as many scientific papers as Germany; in the case of patents, the United States and China accounted for 55.3% of the total patents. © 2023 Published by IRCS-ITB.