Author: VPInstitute

  • Urban heat island research from 1991 to 2015: a bibliometric analysis

    A bibliometric analysis based on the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-Expanded) database from the Web of Science was performed to review urban heat island (UHI) research from 1991 to 2015 and statistically assess its developments, trends, and directions. In total, 1822 papers published in 352 journals over the past 25 years were analyzed for scientific output; citations;…

  • Survey of Technology Forecasting Techniques for Complex Systems

    Complex system design and assessment is a challenging task exasperated by the need to forecast nascent technology in system evaluation. Proper technology forecasting technique selection will assist decision makers to understand the risks involved in the integration of emerging technology into existing or new complex system developments.This research surveys the field of technology forecasting using…

  • Changes in the Intellectual Structure of Service Innovation and Service System in The Digital Age: An Interdisciplinary Analysis From 1986 To 2015 (full-text)

    In the past thirty years, growth in all service sectors and rapid advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) have revealed new challenges for improving service systems through service innovation. Although, these areas of researches are closely related, few studies have investigated the relationship between these areas. This study aims to analyse the changes in…

  • Evidences in Scientific Knowledge Management of Biotechnology in Brazil (full-text)

    This paper presents a study on scientific knowledge management of Biotechnology area through analysis of scientific Biotechnology trends in Brazil, providing an overview of the science profile as well as regional development and its relation to issues of topics based on the analysis of scientific publications for the period of last 10 years. Given these…