Which are the influential publications in the Web of Science subject categories over a long period of time? CRExplorer software used for big-data analyses in bibliometrics

Thor, Andreas; Bornmann, Lutz; Haunschild, Robin; Leydesdorff, Loet

doi:10.1177/0165551520913817

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“…Recently, Thor et al . (2019) studied the highly influential publications of all WoS subject categories, i.e., journal sets. The results can be found online at www.crexplorer.net (WoS Landmark Papers).…”

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Influential cited references in FEMS Microbiology Letters: lessons from Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS)

Haunschild

Bauer

Bornmann

2019

FEMS Microbiology Letters

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The journal FEMS Microbiology Letters covers all aspects of microbiology including virology. On which scientific shoulders do the papers published in this journal stand? Which are the classic papers used by the authors? We aim to answer these questions in this study by applying the Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS) analysis to all papers published in this journal between 1977 and 2017. In total, 16 837 publications with 410 586 cited references are analyzed. Mainly, the studies published in the journal FEMS Microbiology Letters draw knowledge from methods developed to quantify or characterize biochemical substances such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, or carbohydrates and from improvements of techniques suitable for studies of bacterial genetics. The techniques frequently used for studying the genetic of microorganisms in FEMS Microbiology Letters’ studies were developed using samples prepared from microorganisms. Methods required for the investigation of proteins, carbohydrates, or lipids were mostly transferred from other fields of life science to microbiology.

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Influential cited references in FEMS Microbiology Letters: lessons from Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS)

Haunschild

Bauer

Bornmann

2019

FEMS Microbiology Letters

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“…If a research area is analyzed, it is necessary to ensure that the research area is well represented in the database retrieval, taking into account the accuracy of the data in the literature included within the research area covered by the database. Therefore, the WoS database was selected for this study because it is the most commonly used source for bibliometric studies (Bornmann and Mutz, 2015), especially in the application of RPYS (Thor et al , 2016; Rhaiem and Bornmann, 2018; Thor et al , 2021). Fu and Zhang (2017) and Grosseck et al (2019) showed that the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) databases cover high-quality multilingual databases with more scientific and authoritative publications than any other database.…”

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“…Marx et al (2013) first proposed the RPYS method. Based on peak citations in the references in publications in a specific research field over a year, RPYS can be used to discover early achievements with relatively few citations that are particularly important in the field of research, revealing pioneering research methods and important literature, both before and during the embryonic stage of a research field (Thor et al, 2016(Thor et al, , 2021. The advantage of RPYS is that publications from other fields that are cited in an archive can also be tracked, which is particularly important for the study of the historical roots of interdisciplinary fields.…”

Section: Reference Publication Year Spectroscopymentioning

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Section: Reference Publication Year Spectroscopymentioning

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Detecting the historical roots of education for sustainable development (ESD): a bibliometric analysis

Zhang

Wang

2021

IJSHE

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Purpose Although several researchers have statistically analyzed references associated with education for sustainable development based on the co-citation frequency, evolutionary analysis based on high-citation references omits literature with low citation frequency, which has a significant impact on the evolution of a discipline. The purpose of this study is to understand and explore the historical processes and roots of the field of education for sustainable development and to understand the theoretical grounding of the field. Design/methodology/approach Based on education for sustainable development publications in the science citation index expanded and social sciences citation index databases from 1992 to August 2020, a new bibliometric method, reference publication year spectroscopy, was adopted to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the 58,588 cited references in 1,778 publications. Findings The earliest reference in the field of education for sustainable development traces back to 1732. There were 21 peaks in this field between 1732 and August 2020. Dewey’s “new three-center theory”"; Bloom’s “taxonomy”; Freire’s “conscientization theory”; the “theory of planned behavior”; Kolb’s “experiential learning theory”; Wittgenstein’s theoretical concepts of “language-games,” “forms of life” and “rule-following” and Leopold’s “land ethics” laid an early theoretical grounding of educational philosophy and environmental ethics for research into education for sustainable development. The new environmental paradigm and the new ecological paradigm have become the most widely used methodological tools for understanding the values and attitudes of people toward the natural environment. Among the 50 most cited references, Lozano and Wals have published the most publications, contributing to promoting the development of research into education for sustainable development. The Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education and Environmental Education Research have published the most publications related to the field of education for sustainable development. Originality/value The findings of this study are helpful for scholars and practitioners to understand the academic ideological roots, theoretical grounding and important influential literature in the field of education for sustainable development.

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“…CitedReferencesExplorer (CRExplorer) is a bibliometric analysis tool specifically focussing on cited references of a user defined database. Rooted in reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS), CRExplorer identifies the historical roots of a research discipline by providing a graphical representation of key publications against a timescale (Thor et al, 2021). CRExplorer has been successfully used across academic disciplines (cf.…”

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A conceptual construction management curriculum model grounded in scientometric analysis

Posillico

Edwards

Roberts

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ECAM

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PurposeThis research aims to present a conceptual model for construction management programme curriculum development from the perspective of higher education institutes (HEIs) and aims to engender wider polemic debate and stimulate new insight into current higher education practice.Design/methodology/approachThe overarching epistemology adopts both interpretivist and pragmatist philosophical stances, couched within grounded theory, to critically analyse extant literature on construction management curriculum development. Inductive reasoning forms the basis of new emergent theory that maps curriculum development and highlights the external and internal factors impacting upon such.FindingsResearch findings illustrate that the prevailing body of knowledge lacks a cohesive nucleus of research on construction management curriculum development. Rather, bespoke curriculum development research predominates in uncommunicative silos. Premised upon these findings, the conceptual curriculum model developed defines and delineates the universal internal factors (e.g. student marketplace, course leadership and academic precedents) and external factors (e.g. accreditation, construction industry and professional bodies) that impact upon curriculum development. Identification of these factors provides a sound basis upon which further research can be propagated to enhance curriculum development and unify the current disparate approaches adopted.Originality/valueThis novel research highlights the lack of a cohesive agenda for curriculum development within mainstream construction management literature and based upon this, a conceptual model for future empirical analysis and testing is presented.

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Which are the influential publications in the Web of Science subject categories over a long period of time? CRExplorer software used for big-data analyses in bibliometrics

Cited by 12 publications

References 50 publications

Influential cited references in FEMS Microbiology Letters: lessons from Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS)

Influential cited references in FEMS Microbiology Letters: lessons from Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS)

Detecting the historical roots of education for sustainable development (ESD): a bibliometric analysis

A conceptual construction management curriculum model grounded in scientometric analysis

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