Chondrichthyan research in South America: Endocrinology overview and research trends over 50 years (1967–2016) compared to the rest of the world

Awruch, Cynthia A.; Somoza, Gustavo M.; Baldock, Clive

doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.06.005

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“…Even though it has been carried out since the 70s, studies on elasmobranch biodiversity reached its peak in the 2000s, and continue to be the main research trend in the region. In the global context of research trends with cartilaginous fish (Awruch et al 2018), the topic biodiversity is not evident, but rather diluted into different subcategories within the identified clusters (i.e., population dynamics and spatial ecology). This indicates that at the BAC, the main research trend is different from that observed at the global level, being less applied and more focused on basic survey that have ceased to be a trend in other parts of the globe in recent decades.…”

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“…Therefore, the assessment of research trends helps to understand the evolution of scientific knowledge, the rise of new technologies, and to track new challenges for conservation. Globally, the most significant research trend in the last 15 years has been growth rate estimates and basic biometric data (Awruch et al 2018), both relevant to demographic analysis, population status assessment, and stock assessments. Considering only South America, the main research trends were impacts of fishing, reproductive aspects, and taxonomy (Awruch et al 2018).…”

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“…Globally, the most significant research trend in the last 15 years has been growth rate estimates and basic biometric data (Awruch et al 2018), both relevant to demographic analysis, population status assessment, and stock assessments. Considering only South America, the main research trends were impacts of fishing, reproductive aspects, and taxonomy (Awruch et al 2018). In Brazil, the activities proposed by the National Action Plan for the Conservation of Endangered Marine Sharks and Rays (PAN-tubarões) (ICMBio 2021) were based on information available from published studies and reports, and rely on specific actions aiming to improve fisheries management in the country to minimize the impacts on threatened species and raise awareness on fishers and civil society on the importance of elasmobranch conservation.…”

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Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review

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Elasmobranchs exhibit the biggest population declines among vertebrates, being considered one of the groups with the highest risk of extinction. The Brazilian Amazon Coast (BAC) is considered a priority area for elasmobranch conservation, as many species are endemic to the region, and most of them are threatened with extinction. The present study made a scientometric analysis using the IRAMUTEQ method (Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires) to evaluate the trends of research with elasmobranchs in BAC in the last four decades. Ten research trends were identified, highlighting “Biodiversity”, “Reproduction”, “Trophic Ecology” and “Conservation”. However, most of the publications found are aimed at understanding the diversity and abundance of species in the region, with the number of studies focused on reproduction, feeding and other aspects of the biology and ecology of elasmobranchs in the BAC being less expressive. Although the research area “Conservation” stood out in the search, the amount of relevant information so that management and conservation measures can be implemented is still low. Lastly, despite following the global trend of studies with elasmobranchs between 2000 and 2010, investigations into the BAC need to advance, especially considering the poor level of basic information on most species (Biology and population dynamics) and the incomplete knowledge of specific composition of elasmobranch species in the entire area, aspects relevant to conservation and more applied studies that rely on more recent methodologies and technologies.

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“…The focuses of research may vary, due to the changes in global and social environments over time. A large number of review articles adopted the Year for data partitioning with the aim of enhancing the analysis sensitivity [25][26][27].…”

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A Thematic Network-Based Methodology for the Research Trend Identification in Building Energy Management

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Liu

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Energies

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The rapid increase in the number of online resources and academic articles has created great challenges for researchers and practitioners to efficiently grasp the status quo of building energy-related research. Rather than relying on manual inspections, advanced data analytics (such as text mining) can be used to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness in literature reviews. This article proposes a text mining-based approach for the automatic identification of major research trends in the field of building energy management. In total, 5712 articles (from 1972 to 2019) are analyzed. The word2vec model is used to optimize the latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) results, and social networks are adopted to visualize the inter-topic relationships. The results are presented using the Gephi visualization platform. Based on inter-topic relevance and topic evolutions, in-depth analysis has been conducted to reveal research trends and hot topics in the field of building energy management. The research results indicate that heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is one of the most essential topics. The thermal environment, indoor illumination, and residential building occupant behaviors are important factors affecting building energy consumption. In addition, building energy-saving renovations, green buildings, and intelligent buildings are research hotspots, and potential future directions. The method developed in this article serves as an effective alternative for researchers and practitioners to extract useful insights from massive text data. It provides a prototype for the automatic identification of research trends based on text mining techniques.

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“…In the medical area, the research trends, and the features of the publications on the emerging pathogens listed by the World Health Organization were investigated by Sweileh (2017). Besides, Yeung, Goto, & Leung (2017), and Awruch, Somoza, & Baldock (2019) respectively evaluated the changing landscape research and the Chondrichthyan research by utilizing VOSviewer. Also, the literature about transgender health is analysed to help the public understand the needs in terms of transgender health and rights (Sweileh, 2018).…”

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The Knowledge Domain of The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering Between 2006 and 2019

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Zhang

Zavadskas

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BJRBE

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The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering is a multidisciplinary journal, which provides a forum for a broad range of road and bridge engineering research. The topics such as the road and bridge research and design, the construction materials and technologies of roads and bridges, the construction financing and environmental issues, and the assessment management are included in the scope of the Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering investigation. Due to the reason that various road and bridge engineering related research directions are involved in this journal, it has become the first one that deals with the issues as mentioned above in Baltic countries. Therefore, it is believed that investigating the publications in the Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering assists researchers in great learning the development of road and bridge engineering research in Baltic countries. By analysing the annual publication distribution, the citation structure, the co-citation and cooperation networks, and the significant contributors in terms of countries and regions, institutions, cited journals and authors, the status of Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering is comprehensively presented. In addition, the emerging trends are revealed through the analyses of timeline view and burst detection. This study makes the contribution to the aspect of visualizing the complex and significant results based on objective and quantitative data. It provides readers with access to understand the development of Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering and helps researchers learn the hot issues in this journal clearly and directly.

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Chondrichthyan research in South America: Endocrinology overview and research trends over 50 years (1967–2016) compared to the rest of the world

Cited by 12 publications

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Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review

Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review

A Thematic Network-Based Methodology for the Research Trend Identification in Building Energy Management

The Knowledge Domain of The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering Between 2006 and 2019

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Chondrichthyan research in South America: Endocrinology overview and research trends over 50 years (1967–2016) compared to the rest of the world

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Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review

Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review

A Thematic Network-Based Methodology for the Research Trend Identification in Building Energy Management

The Knowledge Domain of The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering Between 2006 and 2019

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Chondrichthyan research in South America: Endocrinology overview and research trends over 50 years (1967–2016) compared to the rest of the world