The objective of this article is to record the trends of study regarding the relationships between resources and capabilities, through a review of the literature of its definitions and typologies from 1984-2016, followed by a bibliometric analysis during the period 2001-2016. For this analysis, we used records of the Web of Science. The analysis includes indicators annual productivity, by countries and authors, most productive magazines and most cited articles. A low productivity was identified, 2010 the year with the largest number of articles published. United States leads in number of articles related to the topic. The most cited articles were published in 2003 and the most productive authors have 3 publications each. Thus, important academic gaps are evident, which is why future study paths are suggested.

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Author(s): Mileidy Álvarez-Melgarejo and Martha Torres-Barreto
Organization(s): Universidad de Investigación y Desarrollo;
Source: Revista UIS Ingenierías
Year: 2018

Soft robotics is of growing interest in the robot community as well as in public media, and there is an increase in the quality and quantity of publications related to this topic. To formally elaborate this growth, we have used a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the publications in the field from 1990 to 2017 based on the Science Citation Index Expanded database. We present a detailed overview and discussion based on keywords, citation, h-index, year, journal, institution, country, author, and review articles. The results show that the United States takes the leading position in this research field, followed by China and Italy. Harvard University has the most publications, high average number of citations per publication and the highest h-index. IEEE Transactions on Robotics ranks first among the top 20 academic journals publishing articles related to this field, whereas Soft Robotics holds the top position in journals categorized with “ROBOTICS.” Actuator, fabrication, control, material, sensing, simulation, bionics, stiffness, modeling, power, motion, and application are the hot topics of soft robotics. Smart materials, bionics, morphological computation, and embodiment control are expected to contribute to this field in the future. Application and commercialization appear to be the initial driving force and final goal for soft robots.

http://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2017.0135

Author(s): Guanjun Bao, Hui Fang, Lingfeng Chen, Yuehua Wan, Fang Xu, Qinghua Yang, and Libin Zhang
Organization(s): Zhejiang University of Technology
Source: Soft Robotics
Year: 2018

A profile is conducted on e-learning using bibliographic data from Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) from the year 2000 to 2015. A five-step scientometric analysis methodology is used: i) Recovery, ii) Migration, iii) Analysis, iv) Visualization v) Interpretation. A set of 1147 records was analyzed, finding that the countries with the greatest contribution were: United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. The analysis of the profile reflects a range of topics related to e-learning and different areas of knowledge, as well as a scarce presence of research and authors of Latin American origin. This work will allow researchers to identify trends of the last fifteen years.

http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/educacion/article/view/19283

Author(s): Diana Marcela Cardona-Román, Jenny Marcela Sánchez-Torres
Organization(s): Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Source: Educación del Departamento de Educación de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)
Year:  2017

This article aims to present the Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) practices from a comprehensive point of view and to analyze the subject’s behaviour in the last ten years, through a systematic literature review/bibliometric analysis in articles published from 2006 to 2016. Through the research profiling method, we identified that (i) the most frequent research contexts were “GSCM financial impact” and “motivations to GSCM implementation”, (ii) the automotive, textile / manufacturing and electronic sectors were the most discussed, (iii) the most used research methods were those involving empirical procedures, iv) Web of Science and Scopus databases gathered 96.7% of the articles used in this analysis, (v) there is a high concentration of researches from countries academically established and recognized, while developing countries are also present, (vi) Journal of Cleaner Production was the most cited journal and with more publications about GSCM, (vii) Samir Srivastava’s article had the highest Citation Score, and (viii) there are 11 GSCM research clusters. In addition, we discuss the content covered in the literature review, seeking to extend the understanding of the scenario where the GSCM is inserted nowadays and helping to identify research opportunities for researchers interested in such subject.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.083

Author(s): Ualison Rébula de Oliveira, Luciano Souza Espindola, Isabele Rocha da Silva, Iaslin Nostório da Silva, Henrique Martins Rocha
Organization(s): Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Source: Journal of Cleaner Production
Year: 2018

Coal is the most important fossil energy used in China. The environmental impact of trace elements released in coal combustion has become one of the hottest issues in recent years. Based on a software named CiteSpace, and social network analysis (SNA), a bibliometric analysis of research into trace elements in coal and ash field during 1971–2017 is presented with the information of authors, countries, institutions, journals, hot issues and research trends in the present study. The study results indicate that: (1) Shifeng Dai, Robert B Finkelman, Guijian Liu and James C Hower have a large number of publications with great influence. (2) China (29.8%) and USA (22.2%) have high productivity in total publications. China and the USA correlate closely in the cooperative web system. (3) China University of Mining and Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences take the leading position in the quantity of publications among all research institutions. (4) Energy and fuels, engineering and environmental science are three disciplines with the most studies in this field. (5) International Journal of Coal Geology, Fuel, Energy and Fuels and Fuel Processing Technology are the top four journals with the most publications in this field. (6) The enrichment origin and modes of occurrence of trace elements are the mainstream research related to trace elements in coal and ash. The environmental problems caused by coal combustion have promoted the development of trace elements in coal research, and human health is getting more and more popular in recent years. The study findings provide a better understanding of features of trace elements in coal and ash research, which could be taken as a reference for future studies in this field.

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Author(s): Liu Yang, Qiqi Wang, Xue Bai, Jun Deng, Yinjie Hu
Organization(s): China University of Mining and Technology, China National Institute of Standardization
Source: Minerals
Year: 2018