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Library Responses During the Early Days of the Pandemic: A Bibliometric Study of the 2020 LIS Literature (full-text)

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As society emerges from an unprecedented pandemic that saw the closure of libraries, schools, and universities worldwide, the potential lasting impacts on institutions, professions, and communities can begin to be assessed. Through a bibliometric study of COVID-19-related library publishing, combined with thematic coding of article abstracts, this paper provides an initial glimpse into the impacts of the pandemic on library operations, services, collections, and the workforce. Two hundred thirty-seven journal articles published in 2020 about libraries and the pandemic were identified and analyzed. These articles indicate broad cross-sectoral, global impacts on libraries and librarianship. This analysis provides a baseline for future research on the lasting effects of the pandemic on the field.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2021.1984139

(A full-text pre-print scholarly version is available at https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1267&context=lib_fsdocs)

Author(s): Jane Kinkus Yatcilla, Sarah Young
Organization(s): Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University
Source: Journal of Library Administration
Year: 2021

Electrohydrodynamic Drying in Agribusiness: Literature Review (full-text)

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In agribusiness, drying is a unitary operation that optimizes the production and preservation of products and raw materials. Drying is performed through different traditional methods, one of the most recently studied is the electrohydrodynamic drying EHD which uses an electric field that allows decreasing the processing time thus increasing the drying speed of raw materials and consuming less energy. In this article, a review was carried out through Scopus using a search equation with the keywords “Electrohydrodynamic drying,” “food” and “AGRI” which resulted in a total of 145 articles; which were analyzed through in-depth reading, analyzing aspects such as year, author, keywords, countries, quartile, journal, relationship with agroindustry, mathematical models used and applications in agro-industrial products, this analysis was complemented with the application of Vantage Point software through co-occurrence matrices and cluster analysis. Recent applications were found in Carrot, Chicken, Sea Cucumber, Goji Berry, Peppermint Leaf, Quince, Potato, Blueberry, Aquatic Products, Banana Slices, Grape Pomace, Blueberry, Apple, Mushroom, Wheat, and Mushroom Slices, mathematical models with application in EHD drying were also found, such as Henderson and Pabis, Page, Logarithmic, Quadratic, Newton/Lewis, Diffusion and exponential.

For FULL-TEXT  https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.761297

Author(s): Kevin Daniel Ciprian Foronda, Delcy Camila Gafaro Garcés, Laura Restrepo Rendón, Yeyner Yamphier Mendoza Alvites, Joana Paola Ricardo Sagra, Gina Lia Orozco Mendoza, Jhon Wilder Zartha Sossa
Organization(s): Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Source: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Year: 2022

A systematic literature review of the User Innovation field (FULL-TEXT)

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The research provides a systematic review of the conceptual, analytical and empirical user innovation literature from 1970 to 2013. It pretends to answer the following research questions: 1. What are the different research streams within the user innovation field? 2. How the community of scholars and the number of publications in the field have evolved? 3. What are the main journals publishing articles related to the field of user innovation? 4. Which are the most representative countries that have contributed to the development of user innovation? 5. What have been the main contributions to the field from the conceptual, analytical and empirical perspectives?

For FULL-TEXT see pp. 600-618 of Estrategias para la innovación y competitividad

Author(s): Sandra Jennina Sánchez Perdomo, Alazne Mujika-Alberd
Organization(s): Universidad EAN
Source: Estrategias para la Innovación y Competitividad en América Latina (pp. 600-613)
Year: 2020

Dynamics of Colombian Scientific Production in Economics: A Bibliometric Study in Scopus 2007-2019

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The objective of the article was to evaluate the trends of scientific production in Economics with Colombian institutional affiliation during the period 2007 – 2019. A bibliometric analysis was carried out from the information registered in Scopus, through indicators of production, citation and collaboration and the quantitative exploratory method, using the Biblioshiny, Vantage Point and VosViewer software. The behavior of authors, journals and topics of higher publication visibility such as innovation and economic growth were studied. The main trends in the scientific production of Colombian authors with the highest publication in Scopus, present an annual average growth rate of 13%, in addition to publications in prestigious journals and important networks of national and international collaboration and predominance of co-authored publications (index 1.8), expanding the connection not only at the level of higher education institutions, but through research institutes. The Knowledge of the dynamics of disciplinary research in the study, contributed with information for the management of scientific activity and the design of future research in the country.

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.le.n95a344139

Author(s): Nubia Yaneth Gómez Velasco, Orlando Gregorio Chaviano, Alba Lorena Ballesteros Alfonso
Organization(s): Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Source: Lecturas de Economía
Year: 2021

Studies on urban mobility and use of ICT in relation to cities’ sustainability. A bibliometric analysis (FULL-TEXT)

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The objective of this article is to present three groups of analysis in urban mobility studies, their relationship with the use of ICT and how the findings promote urban sustainability. documents in the Scopus database were systematically reviewed. The research methodology used was mixed, where methods of qualitative analysis and bibliometric analysis were combined with the Vantage Point software. The results made it possible to establish which projects are at the forefront of the study of urban mobility. This article will contribute to future research and could be useful for discussions on public policy on urban mobility.

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Author(s): Ana Escobar, Jhon Zartha, Luciano Gallón
Organization(s): Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Source: Transactions on Transport Sciences
Year: 2021

Two-decade bibliometric overview of publications in the Journal of Knowledge Management

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The purpose of this paper is to accomplish a bibliometric analysis, investigate the underlying knowledge structure, founding and development, and evolution of the Journal of Knowledge Management (JKM) through its articles published between 1997 and 2020. A total of 1,346 research papers from JKM were selected and VantagePoint® software was used to generate bubble maps, auto-correlation maps, and matrix maps through techniques such as principal component analysis (PCA) and natural language processing (NLP). The analysis gives insights about the foundation of knowledge structure, its evolution and the development of JKM. The systematic mapping of research illustrates topics emerging as new offshoots, global favourites, saturated and plateaued and reached academic maturity. The USA, the UK, Australia, Spain, Italy, China, Canada, Germany, and France have contributed the most to JKM. This paper provides a robust roadmap for future research investigation of JKM. The authors humbly admit the possibility of overlooking some research papers while evaluating and filtering the database of JKM. The research outcome summarizes 23 years, subject to information retrieval from archival files.This research is a detailed bibliometric analysis explaining paradigm shifts in the body of knowledge of JKM. The bibliometric outcomes can act as beacons for future researchers and academicians to revisit the current trends that shape the domain of knowledge management, particularly for the JKM audience with a focus on contemporary topics of research interest. This is a unique endeavour to accomplish a systematic bibliometric analysis of the JKM for two decades, offering insights about its structural body of knowledge through an overview of the chronology of scholarly development in the field of knowledge management.

https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-07-2020-0571

Author(s): Ranjan Chaudhuri, Gitesh Chavan, Suniti Vadalkar, Demetris Vrontis, Vijay Pereira
Organization(s): National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), FLAME University, University of Nicosia, NEOMA Business School
Source: Journal of Knowledge Management
Year: 2021

Digital Technologies of Information and Communication and Social Hierarchy of Objects in the field of Education: empirical tests (FULL-TEXT)

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This article presents the report of an empirical investigation on scientific production in Education using bibliometric and scientometric data analyzed based on concepts created by Pierre Bourdieu for the sociology of science with the aid of a historical and philosophical framework. Using metadata from more than 6000 theses defended between 1996 and 2016 in postgraduate education programs in Brazil with grades five and above, a map of the Social Hierarchy of Objects in the field of Education was generated. We also tried to empirically test the statement about research in Education that there was a loss of the research object in post-modernity and the importance in terms of scientific capital of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDIC). The data showed that the hierarchy of objects is very pulverized, but with a nucleus that concentrates a lot of scientific capital and that such concentration grew with the field. This can be explained by the high degree of heteronomy in the field and postmodern phenomena. However, it was possible to map that there are objects that bring more return of scientific capital to field agents: the teacher and his training. Therefore, there was no loss of the object. It was also possible to observe that words related to digital technologies grew and became part of the core of the hierarchy of objects in the field at the beginning of the 20th century. Digital Technologies are part of the core of the Social Hierarchy of Objects in the field of Education, mainly related to Distance Education.

For FULL-TEXT go to https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-4060.75776

Author(s): André Garcia Correa, Daniel Ribeiro Silva Mill
Organization(s): Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology, Federal University of São Carlos
Source: Educar em Revista
Year: 2020

Worldwide trends on molar incisor and deciduous molar hypomineralisation research: a bibliometric analysis over a 19-year period

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The goal of this study was to identify the worldwide trends in scientific evidence and gaps in knowledge regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) and deciduous molar hypomineralisation/hypomineralised second primary molars (DMH/HSPM), exploring the contribution of authors and countries, possible etiological factors and proposed treatments, in order to guide future research in the area. Searches were conducted in MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Lilacs/BBO, Embase and Google Scholar. Studies employing the terms MIH, DMH/HSPM and their linguistic variations were included. The following data were extracted: title, authors, year and journal of publication and first author’s affiliation country. Studies were categorized according to topic, dentition, study design, etiological factors and types of treatments. Categories were analysed in relation to their distribution, co-occurrence, cross-correlation and/or autocorrelation. Results Five hundred and three studies were included. The most published authors were Manton D (n = 47), de Souza JF (n = 22) and Ghanim A (n = 22) and four main collaboration clusters have been identified. Most of the studies were conducted on permanent dentition (MIH) (87.4%); with observational design (57.2%). The “European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry” was the most published journal (13.3%) and a significant increase in the number of publications was observed in the last decade. MIH was most studied in relation to prevalence/incidence, systemic factors involved in its aetiology and treatment with composite restorations, while a gap in knowledge was observed for extraction and sealants. Less studies were published on DMH/HSPM and most of them evaluated risk factors or prevalence/incidence. The gap of knowledge was observed in relation to treatments and patient’s quality of life. This bibliometric review provided a comprehensive overview of research in MIH and DMH/HSPM over the past 19 years. Within the limitations of the present study, the following conclusions can be drawn: global trends point to an increasing peak of scientific publication, especially in the last decade, while there is a shortage of clinical studies on treatments, mainly evaluating tooth extractions. Finally the multifactorial nature should be further explored, considering environmental and systemic factors together.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40368-021-00676-5

Author(s): T. da Costa Rosa, A. V. B. Pintor, M. B. Magno, G. A. Marañón-Vásquez, L. C. Maia, A. A. Neves
Organization(s): Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro
Source: European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry
Year: 2021

Common contributing factors to COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease (full-text)

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The devastating complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) result from an individual’s dysfunctional immune response following the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Multiple toxic stressors and behaviors contribute to underlying immune system dysfunction. SARS-CoV-2 exploits the dysfunctional immune system to trigger a chain of events ultimately leading to COVID-19. We have previously identified many contributing factors (CFs) (representing toxic exposure, lifestyle factors and psychosocial stressors) common to myriad chronic diseases. We hypothesized significant overlap between CFs associated with COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), because of the strong role immune dysfunction plays in each disease. A streamlined dot-product approach was used to identify potential CFs to COVID-19 and IBD. Of the fifty CFs to COVID-19 that were validated for demonstration purposes, approximately half had direct impact on COVID-19 (the CF and COVID-19 were mentioned in the same record; i.e., CF—→COVID-19), and the other half had indirect impact. The nascent character of the COVID-19 core literature (∼ one year old) did not allow sufficient time for the direct impacts of many CFs on COVID-19 to be identified. Therefore, an immune system dysfunction (ID) literature directly related to the COVID-19 core literature was used to augment the COVID-19 core literature and provide the remaining CFs that impacted COVID-19 indirectly (i.e., CF—→immune system dysfunction—→COVID-19). Approximately 13000 potential CFs for myriad diseases (obtained from government and university toxic substance lists) served as the starting point for the dot-product identification process. These phrases were intersected (dot-product) with phrases extracted from a PubMed-derived IBD core literature, a nascent COVID-19 core literature, and the COVID-19-related immune system dysfunction (ID) core literature to identify common ID/COVID-19 and IBD CFs. Approximately 3000 potential CFs common to both ID and IBD, almost 2300 potential CFs common to ID and COVID-19, and over 1900 potential CFs common to IBD and COVID-19 were identified. As proof of concept, we validated fifty of these ∼3000 overlapping ID/IBD candidate CFs with biologic plausibility. We further validated 24 of the fifty as common CFs in the IBD and nascent COVID-19 core literatures. This significant finding demonstrated that the CFs indirectly related to COVID-19 — identified with use of the immune system dysfunction literature — are strong candidates to emerge eventually as CFs directly related to COVID-19. As discussed in the main text, many more CFs common to all these core literatures could be identified and validated. ID and IBD share many common risk/contributing factors, including behaviors and toxic exposures that impair immune function. A key component to immune system health is removal of those factors that contribute to immune system dysfunction in the first place. This requires a paradigm shift from traditional Western medicine, which often focuses on treatment, rather than prevention.

For FULL-TEXT https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.08.007

Author(s): Ronald N. Kostoff, Michael B. Briggs, Darja Kanduc, Darla R. Shores, Leda Kovats, Alexander I. Vardavas, Alan L.Porter
Organization(s): Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Bari, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Crete
Source: Toxicology Reports
Year: 2021

Intelligent Patent Text Summarization Analysis Method

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Patent mining and patent analysis of patented technologies will help protect the interests of intellectual property rights and provide enterprises with correct scientific research directions. In order to study the profitable patents of pharmaceutical companies, this paper proposes an Abstractive RL-LSTM neural network method based on patent texts. The reinforcement learning method is introduced into LSTM. The purpose is to rely on Q-learning to learn the relationship between the main layers. The two parallel layers share the weight of attention from the Q value, and realize the hierarchical control between the LSTM structure of the patent document and the LSTM structure of the sentence. The experimental results show that compared with other methods, the method proposed in this paper can further improve the ROUGE index and alleviate the dependence of the decoder on the input.

The team uses Derwent Data Analyzer to provide information about patent trends. Globally, until August 2020, there are a total of 192 patents on gene therapy.

10.1109/ICSAI53574.2021.9664064

Author(s): Yong Ji
Organization(s): Renmin University of China
Source: 7th International Conference on Systems and Informatics (ICSAI)
Year: 2021