Category Archives: Research profiling

Research Productivity of Library Scholars: Bibliometric Analysis of Growth and Trends of LIS Publications

Research profiling

The purpose of this study is to explore, by a quantitative analysis, growth rates of, and trends in, global publications in the field of library and information science (LIS) produced by library science professionals.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey approach was used. JCR (Journal Citation Reports) 2010 was the major source for selecting 40 LIS core journals. A bibliometric analysis was conducted. Visualization and mapping software was utilized to present a picture of the growth in, and trends relating to LIS publications.

Findings
18,371 research articles were published from 2003 to 2012. A significant growth rate (11.37%) was found in 2009. Self-citation tendencies have been increasing, with an average rate of 38.56%. Of all publication types, “article” was the most popular among LIS researchers. China has contributed remarkably in terms of collaborative publications.

Practical implications
The present study could be helpful for library professionals, subject specialists and policy makers. These findings may encourage library professionals to integrate and monitor library functions through bibliometric analysis.

Originality/value
This paper identifies growth, trends in publications by LIS researchers through use of bibliometrics.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/NLW-11-2014-0132

Author(s): Munazza Jabeen, Liu Yun, Muhammad Rafiq, and Misbah Jabeen
Organization(s): Beijing Institute of Technology, University of The Punjab, and Nanjing University
Source: New Library World
Year: 2015

Tech Mining to Generate Indicators of Future National Technological Competitiveness: Nano-enhanced Drug Delivery (NEDD) in the US and China

Future-oriented technology analysis, Research profiling, ST&I indicators,

“Global technological competitiveness” is widely acknowledged, but the challenge is to go beyond this recognition to develop empirical indicators of important transitions. These may concern particular technologies, the competitive position of particular organizations, or national/regional shifts. For decades, the US has been the world leader in biomedical technologies, with attendant implications for organizational priorities in terms of R&D location and market targeting. Recent years have seen a tremendous acceleration in Asian research in most domains, including biomedical, particularly visible in China. This paper investigates comparative patterns between the US and China in a promising emerging area of biotechnology — Nano-Enhanced Drug Delivery. It then explores indicators of, and implications for, future transitions at the national level — an approach we label “Forecasting Innovation Pathways.” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162514000900 Highlights

  • Tech mining generates indicators for future national technological competitiveness.
  • The case is a promising emerging area of biotechnology — Nano-Enhanced Drug Delivery.
  • We investigate comparative patterns between the US and China.
  • Results can provide insight into the approach of “Forecasting Innovation Pathways.”

Author(s): Ying Guo, Xiao Zhou, Alan L. Porter, and Douglas K.R. Robinson Organization(s): Beijing Instititute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Université de Paris-Est Source: Technological Forecasting & Social Change Year: 2015

Astaxanthin Research Trends: Bibliometrical Analysis of the International Studies of Astaxanthin

Research profiling, Strategic planning

In recent decades, the applied research of astaxanthin has made significant progress since it is highly valued and promising in its application. Using the databases of Derwent Innovations Index (DII) as the sources, we retrieved and analyzed the patents on the astaxanthin. The analytical tools of Thomson Data Analyzer (TDA), and Thomson Innovation platform were used for data mining. We analyzed the trends of patents applications, life spans, and distribution of patents, core patents and the patents family about astaxanthin by bibliometric approach. This paper reveals the trends of astaxanthin research in the world and helps the researchers and corporations in China to understand the opportunities and challenges to develop the new astaxanthin technology. The results showed that the research of astaxanthin mainly focused on the fields that astaxanthin was applied as a feed additives for fish and a natural nutrient for diseases prevention and control. Japan, the United States, and China ranked as the top three countries that claimed the priority of the patent applications of astaxanthin. The numbers of patent applications of astaxanthin from Japan prevailed over any other countries. From the distribution of the patents, DuPont and Tosoh Corporation are mainly interested in the synthesis of the target compounds by fermentation and enzyme and the composition of microorganisms or enzymes, while other top Japanese companies mainly focused on products with the medical, dental or toilet use, the food preparation or processing of food and nonalcoholic beverages and the specific treatment of active compounds or pharmaceutical formulations.

http://journal.kib.ac.cn/EN/abstract/abstract3403.shtml

Author(s): WANG Chun-Ming, XU Yang-Qi, YANG Ya, DU Ning, and YANG Zhi-Ping
Organization(s): Chengdu Branch of National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Source: Plant Diversity and Resources
Year: 2015

Understanding Reusability as a Key Factor for Open Education: A Review

Research profiling

This article describes both the process and the results of an extensive literature review on reusability as one of the key factors for the creation of open content in the context of open and distance learning. Qualitative analysis of texts was made from 1992 to early 2014 in order to identify meanings associated with reusability and its evolution over time. Results show that reusability is not a univocal concept and its meaning has evolved from its early years, especially focusing over the last decade on adaptation processes. Furthermore, the review indicates that reusability has traveled through a complex path from a technological to an educational context and the ideas related to it, in each case, projected different practical implications. A more profound understanding of such ideas is critical to face institutional approaches to create and reuse open educational resources as well as the design and implementation of open educational practices.

For full-text, see http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2042/3208

Author(s): Andres Chiappe and Vivian Arias
Organization(s): Universidad de La Sabana
Source: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Year: 2015

A bibliometric analysis on clinical research of trichosporonosis from PubMed database

Research profiling

OBJECTIVE: To give an outline of the development of clinical research on trichosporonosis worldwide by an overview of related literature from PubMed for providing ideas and basis for further research.

METHODS: Medical literature on clinical trichosporonosis in PubMed database was analyzed by using a bibliometric tool, Thomson Data Analyzer. The distributions of years, nations, journals, and currently hot topics on trichosporonosis were analyzed.

RESULTS: The literature of trichosporonosis was traced back to 1970, went through the period of rapid growth from 1981 to 1992, the numbers of paper published every year was stable recent years. Japan has leading advantages in the field of trichosporonosis. The numbers of papers from United States, India, Brazil, France and China were on the top, while Ando M and Araki S from Kumamoto University Medical School and Sakata T from Saitama Medical School were the top three authors in these publications. The journals published the most papers of trichosporonosis were Japanese Journal of Thoracic Diseases and Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Hot topics in the field of trichosporonosis were related to diagnosis, treatment, status of host immune and pathogenesis of Trichosporon spp.

CONCLUSION:Japan and United States are the top two countries in this field. More Chinese research teams join to this field of trichosporonosis research in recent five years. Diagnosis and treatment are the hot topics in this field.

http://www.cjmycology.com/EN/abstract/abstract8847.shtml

Author(s): LIAO Yong, LV Xue-lian, TANG Qing-long, YANG Su-teng, LIU Han, and YANG Rong-ya
Organization(s): General Hospital of Beijing Military Command (Second Military Medical University) and General political department of PLA China
Source: Chinese Journal of Mycology
Year: 2014

The Profile of Academic Research in Technology Supply

Research profiling

The aim of this article is to analyze the profile of academic research regarding the supply of technology. Among the many aspects, this involves identifying the demands for technology to ascertain the alignment of these demands with the development of technologies to solve problems in the market. In this context, the present scientometric analysis involved the following procedures: (1) definition of the most suitable terms for extraction of data from articles related to the theme of interest; (2) search for and extraction of relevant information from the databases used; (3) clean-up and organization of the names of the authors, institutions and countries; and (4) analysis of the final data. The main results show that the theme is of global interest and is present in a wide range of areas, such as medicine and engineering, and that interest has been growing in recent years with the entry of new authors. On the other hand, the area is still immature, since the relationship network among authors is weak.

http://www.businessjournalz.org/Brazil%20Special%20Edition/SI%20January,%202015/BMR(0323)-V4-N5-January-2015-SI-III-65.pdf

Author(s): Maxwel de Azevedo-Ferreira, Gustavo da Silva Motta, and Rogério Hermida Quintella
Organization(s): Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and Bahia Federal University(UFBA)
Source: Business and Management Review
Year: 2015

Technological Indicators of Nanocellulose Advances Obtained from Data and

Research profiling

Nanocellulose is remarkable cellulose-based nanomaterials that have a potential for
innovation and sustainable appeal. Their advances can be assessed using patent indicators and text  mining techniques. The aim of this study was at analyzing the advances in nanocellulose based on  indicators compiled from patents filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)  from 2000 to 2012. Assignees, technological subjects, highly cited patents, applications and types of  nanocellulose were obtained by mining structured and unstructured data. The results highlighted the  different interests in the USA market, mainly after 2007. Mined terms from titles and abstracts could  add further information to the analysis. However, although the method applied was useful, it was not
sufficient to identify all applications and types of nanocellulose involved in the sample analyzed, therefore it is recommended that other document parts be included in future analyses.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-1439.266314

Author(s): Douglas Henrique Milanez, Roniberto Morato do Amaral, Leandro Innocentini Lopes de Faria, José Angelo Rodrigues Gregolin
Organization(s): Federal University of São Carlos
Source: Materials Research
Year: 2014

A preliminary bibliometric study of literature on performance measurement and library management

Research profiling,

This paper presents preliminary findings from the bibliometric study on performance measurement and library science. The purpose is to identify which are the most influential authors on the subject. The database used was the Web of Science. The keywords used covered two topics: firstly, performance measure, performance measurement, performance evaluation, performance indicator and performance assessment, and secondly, library management, library assessment and libraries. The category selected was Information Science and Library Science and some exclusion criteria were used to filter the results, totaling 138 papers. The analysis was conducted by the number of publications per year, frequently cited papers, frequently cited journals and keywords.

Author(s): Milena Celere and Glauco Henrique de Sousa Mendes
Organization(s): Sao Paulo University, Federal University of Sao Carlos
Source: Proceedings of the 10th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services
Year: 2014

Nanoparticles applied to antineoplastic agents: a patent landscape

Research profiling,

Recently, research in the field of cancer nanotechnology has made notable progress, and, with the fast development of nanomaterials, new treatment strategies using nanoparticles are being explored that have the potential to overcome existing problems. The present review focuses on patenting as a key indicator of trends in nanoparticles with applications in the treatment of cancer. The impact of cancer on health and the use of nanoparticles are briefly described. Next, a survey of patents filed in the last 14 years is presented, the patents granted in the last four years are identified, and the focus areas of the main applicants are analyzed. The mix of targets identified for patented nanoparticles systems suggests that polymers and proteins are the main focus of the innovative efforts in this field.

Author(s): Iolanda M Fierro, Maria Simone de Menezes Alencar, Flavia Maria Lins Mendes, Cristina d’Urso de Souza Mendes, Bernardo Furtado Nunes, Adelaide Maria de Souza Antunes
Organization(s): National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI-Brazil), Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Source: Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst http://www.future-science.com
Year: 2014

Nanotechnology Research and Innovation in Russia: A Bibliometric Analysis

Research profiling

This working paper presents findings from analyses of Russian nanotechnology outputs in publications and patents focusing on developments over the period 1990 through to 2012. The  investigation draws on bibliometric datasets of scientific journal publications and patents and on available secondary English-language and Russian sources. The document provides both an overview and detailed analyses of nanotechnology research and innovation in Russia. The examination of publications highlights sectoral trends, leading authors and organizations, and acknowledgements to funding sources. The analysis of patents adds further evidence about patterns of invention and ownership of intellectual property emanating from research and development in Russian nanotechnology. The analyses in this paper have been undertaken to provide an information base for further research on the current state and trajectory of nanotechnology in Russia and on the broader development of Russia’s innovation system. Comparisons with Chinese publication and patent outputs can be seen in a parallel report on Nanotechnology Research and Innovation in China (2014).

Author(s): Maria Karaulova, Oliver Shackleton, Abdullah Gök, Maxim Kotsemir and Philip Shapira
Organization(s): MIoIR, University of Manchester and National Research University Higher School of Economics
Source: Working Paper, Project on Emerging Technologies, Trajectories and Implications of Next Generation Innovation Systems Development in China and Russia, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR)
Year: 2014

http://www.risingpowers.net/medialibrary/docs/Nanotechnology%20Research-Russia-2014-10.pdf