Estuaries and Coasts as an Outlet for Research in Coastal Ecosystems: A Bibliometric Study

Fourqurean, James W.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Kershaw, Mark D.; Threlkeld, Stephen T.

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“…In the broader field of marine science, using scientometric data has been employed in subfields such as fisheries science [30], marine microplastics [31], sea turtle research [32], estuaries and coasts [33], and marine biodiversity research [34]. Many of these studies include author network analyses, which have been supported by more local and qualitative analyses of scientific collaboration in specific regions, universities or departments [35][36][37].…”

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Tropical marine sciences: Knowledge production in a web of path dependencies

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Scientific agenda setting is critical at all levels of research, but can be strongly influenced by structural path dependencies of the science system itself. In this article we examine how knowledge production is shaped by interconnected path dependencies using the field of tropical marine sciences as a global case study. We use scientometric analysis methods on an original data set of 1328 peer-reviewed journal publications to examine publication trends including a co-authorship network analysis, links between author origin and research locations as well as a quantitative analysis of terminology use over space (i.e., region) and time. Scientometric findings are analytically discussed through a conceptual framework premised on theories of path dependency. Findings and critical analysis highlight how tropical marine science provides a prominent global example of how North American, European and Australian science programs predominantly shape knowledge production of the global science system, generating critical reflection on the path dependencies these create on current and likely future knowledge production and science agendas. Similar dependencies face other fields of science, and thus this study provides broadly relevant quantitative observational empirical findings supplemented with a critical social science analysis of how a transcultural Science and Technology Studies lens is useful for unpacking the webs of path dependencies driving, inhibiting and/ or shaping global knowledge production, placing meaning and context over observed empirical trends.

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Tropical marine sciences: Knowledge production in a web of path dependencies

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“…One common approach to bibliometric research is to use the Science Citation Index (SCI) that traces publications of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The SCI by the bibliometric analysis has been widely used to investigate topics in many fields, such as medical topics (Chiu et al 2004;Li et al 2009) and science and engineering fields (Huang et al 2008;Xie et al 2008), additionally Fourqurean et al use a bibliometric method to evaluate the health of 'Estuaries and Coasts' and examine its growth in size and reputation during the process of changing its name (Fourqurean et al 2008).…”

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Scientometric analysis of coastal eutrophication research during the period of 1993 to 2008

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No studies were reported on the field of coastal eutrophication research by using bibliometrics. The objective of this study was to evaluate the coastal eutrophication research performance based on all the related articles in Science Citation Index databases from 1993 to 2008. Document type, publication output, authorship, keywords, publication pattern, country, and institute of publication were analyzed. The USA contributed 35.0% of total articles where the ten major industrial countries accounted for the majority of the total production. An indicator citation per publication was presented in this study to evaluate the impact of number of authors, institutes, countries, and journals. The mean value of citation per publication of collaborative papers was higher than that of single country or institute publications. Collaboration trend was toward multi-authors, multi-institutes and multicountries papers. This was coincident with the research trends of coastal eutrophication, which was thought to be a component of global change. Additionally, keywords analysis was used to indicate the formation and shift of hot research.Readers should send their comments on this paper to BhaskarNath@aol.com within 3 months of publication of this issue.

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“…Araújo & Shideler (2011) examined 4 303 papers and notes published between 1951 and 2010 in the journal Bulletin of Marine Science to trace the history and status of the journal. Fourqurean, Duarte, Kershaw, & Threlkeld (2008) used also a bibliometric approach to analyze scientific contributions published in the journal Estuaries and Coasts. Wulff (2008) revised the databases of Web of Knowledge (WOK) and Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) to evaluate publications in marine botany.…”

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Bibliometry of marine science and limnology publications (1979-2015) by the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica

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Bibliometrics play a significant role in evaluating the scientific production of journals and research units such as universities and research centers. The present study aimed to analyze the scientific production of CIMAR (Center for Research in Marine Science and Limnology) from its foundation in 1979 to 2015. We analyzed exclusively articles published in journals and selected those with at least one author affiliated to CIMAR. For the analysis, each article was classified according to the geographical study area, the topic of the investigation, ecosystem, and taxonomic group. We analyzed the following variables: year of publication, language, journal name, and authors. In this study, we analyzed the Bradford distribution, citations, the impact factor, and the quartiles of the journals where papers were published. During the study period, CIMAR produced a total of 791 publications: 624 articles, 90 book chapters or books, 48 booklets, and 34 special issues of the journal Revista de Biología Tropical (RBT). The number of publications showed an increasing trend during the study period, and most articles were written in English (58.3 %) and Spanish (41.7 %). A total of 128 journals were selected to publish CIMAR’s contributions. According to the Bradford method, the journal RBT is in Zone I (major productivity or concentration), with 49.8 % of the total scientific production. In relation to authorship, 22 authors with 12 articles or more are registered, and 80 % of the articles have been published by authors with a low (42 authors) and medium productivity level (44 authors). CIMAR published 81.6 % regarding marine topics and 18.4 % about limnology. Most of the articles (51.9 %) dealt with the Pacific of Costa Rica, 13.5 % with the Caribbean and 34.7 % referred to other study locations. The publications of CIMAR were mainly about ecology (33.3 %), taxonomy (24.5 %) and oceanography/meteorology (12.7 %). CIMAR has a highly trained and specialized staff that has gained experience and is contributing to the implementation and evaluation of Costa Rica’s science, technology and innovation policies through both interdisciplinary research and the development of institutional as well as professional capacities in a framework of dialogue and public-private agreements.

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Estuaries and Coasts as an Outlet for Research in Coastal Ecosystems: A Bibliometric Study

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Tropical marine sciences: Knowledge production in a web of path dependencies

Tropical marine sciences: Knowledge production in a web of path dependencies

Scientometric analysis of coastal eutrophication research during the period of 1993 to 2008

Bibliometry of marine science and limnology publications (1979-2015) by the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica

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