A scientometric analysis of Operations Research and Management Science research in Africa

Argoubi, Majdi; Ammari, Emna; Masri, Hatem

doi:10.1007/s12351-020-00555-9

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“…As an African country South African operations researchers featured in this analysis, but the period used as well as the source of data differs from the results shown in our study. It is thus not feasible to do any comparisons to the study by Argoubi et al [1]. Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that their study showed that South African and Tunisian authors produced just over 40% of all the African papers published in the ten top journals identified by their study while four countries, South Africa, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco have published more than 56% of the papers considered in their study.…”

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“…Argoubi et al [1] conducted a scientometric analysis of OR/MS papers published by African authors indexed in the WoS for the period 1990 to 2018 (see Section 2.2). As an African country South African operations researchers featured in this analysis, but the period used as well as the source of data differs from the results shown in our study.…”

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“…Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that their study showed that South African and Tunisian authors produced just over 40% of all the African papers published in the ten top journals identified by their study while four countries, South Africa, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco have published more than 56% of the papers considered in their study. Bibliographic analysis is very data dependent, and this is illustrated by the study of Argoubi et al [1]. In their analysis a South African author is ranked 3rd of the authors from Africa with the most publications.…”

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“…Some 275 papers were identified for West Africa and 300 for sub-Saharan Africa. In a study to determine the contribution of African countries to OR, a scientometric analysis was performed by Argoubi et al [1]. The WoS was used as the source and 3186 OR/MS papers, indexed between 1990 and 2018, published by African authors from 54 countries were found.…”

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The Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), the first Operations Research (OR) society in Africa, celebrated its 50th anniversary at its annual conference in 2019. To commemorate the occasion a book, covering the history of the society, was launched at the conference. One area that was not covered in this book was the contribution of South Africans to the international OR literature. This paper endeavors to fill that void through a bibliographic analysis of papers published by South Africans over the 50-year period. A list of over 100 journals were used for this analysis. General empirical results are derived while a visual analysis of top author research networks is presented. The analysis demonstrates the contribution to the international OR/MS knowledge base of a small but vibrant national OR society at the most southern point of Africa.

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“…The "Operations Research and Management Science" field encompasses two different yet connected subjects: (1) "Operations Research" is a comprehensive subject involving in mathematics, statistics, and computer science to optimize decision making through numerical models and techniques. ( 2) "Management Science" focuses more on management practices and methodologies to improve business performance and management through systematic analyses, with an emphasis on data-driven decision making and innovation [62]. As shown in Figure 12, the "green" cluster is dominated by "data", including "environment", "organization", "sustainability", and "enterprise".…”

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The transition from a linear economy (LE) to a circular economy (CE) is not just about mitigating the negative impacts of LE, but also about considering changes in infrastructure, while leveraging the power of technology to reduce resource production and consumption and waste generation, and improve long-term resilience. The existing research suggests that digital technologies (DTs) have great potential to drive the CE. However, despite the exponential growth and increasing interest in studies on DTs and the CE from year 2016 onwards, few systematic studies on the application of DTs to enable the CE have been found. In addition, the current status and development direction of the DT-driven CE is unclear, and the potential of DTs to support CE implementation is under-researched. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explore the potential of DTs to drive the CE. This paper set out to analyze the current status and development of the DT-driven CE and examine future development trends in the field. Using a systematic literature review approach, this paper is the first attempt to use a mixed method, i.e., to combine macro-quantitative bibliometric methods with a micro-qualitative content analysis method to explore the DT-driven CE. The results, which include the research background, co-occurrence clusters, research hotspots, and development trends of keyword co-occurrence network visualization and keyword burst detection, are presented from a macro perspective using two bibliometric analysis softwares. In addition, the use of 13 specific DTs in the CE is analyzed according to seven disciplinary areas (Environmental Sciences and Ecology, Engineering, Science and Technology and Other Topics, Business Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research and Management Science, and Construction and Building Technology) of greatest interest from a micro-qualitative point of view. Further, future trends and challenges facing DT-driven CE development are explored and feasible directions for solutions are proposed.

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A scientometric analysis of Operations Research and Management Science research in Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Celebrating 50-years of OR in South Africa – a Bibliometric Analysis of contributions to International OR Literature

Celebrating 50-years of OR in South Africa – a Bibliometric Analysis of contributions to International OR Literature

Driving Circular Economy through Digital Technologies: Current Research Status and Future Directions

Thirty Years of Decision Support: A Bibliometric View

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