Analytical mapping of research on disaster management, types and role of ICT during 2011–2018

Abstract

Catastrophic disasters like earthquake and flood cause widespread destruction and financial devastation. This has brought disaster management into limelight making it a burgeoning academic research field. The remarkable rise of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has instigated the scientific world to incorporate these technologies in disaster management. This study presents scientometric analysis to identify the status quo of research on the management of various disasters and role of ICT in it. This paper uses bibliographic data retrieved from Scopus for the observation period from 2011 to 2018. We provide extensive insights into growth of publications, citation pattern and their connectedness with other subject disciplines. Furthermore, we identify most productive and influential countries, institutes and journals. Our study analyses co-occurrence of keywords using Visualization of Similarities (VOS) Viewer. This structured overview will enhance the understanding of this field leading to more focussed and purposeful research.

Transporte cicloviário no ambiente urbano: síntese do conhecimento no período de 1990-2019

“…As bases científicas mais amplamente empregadas para aquisição de informações bibliométricas são a Google Scholar, a Web of Science (WoS) e a Scopus (Kaur & Sood, 2019).…”

“…A WoS (https://www-webofscience.ez51.periodicos.capes.gov.br/wos/woscc/basic-search) é considerada uma base científica ímpar (Kaur & Sood, 2019). Esta base dispõe de 3 índices de citação: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; e Arts&Humanities Citation Index (Kaur & Sood, 2019;Norris & Oppeheim, 2007).…”

“…A Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com.br/schhp?hl=pt-BR&as_sdt=0,5) possibilita acessar gratuitamente material acadêmico, em contraponto com as outras 2 bases mencionadas, e assim impulsiona as buscas por publicações científicas (Kaur & Sood, 2019;Norris & Oppeheim, 2007). Entretanto, possui falhas que prejudicam a confiabilidade dos dados apresentados, como por exemplo, a contagem equivocada de citações (Kaur & Sood, 2019;Jacso, 2006).…”

A scientometric analysis of ICT-assisted disaster management

“…Disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, terror attacks, and disease epidemics not only challenge societies but also peril the human’s lives, finance, and security with environmental loss (Kaur and Sood 2019 ; Shan et al. 2019 ).…”

“…Disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, terror attacks, and disease epidemics not only challenge societies but also peril the human's lives, finance, and security with environmental loss (Kaur and Sood 2019;Shan et al 2019). In 2015, a total of 22,764 live losses were caused by a natural disaster, 110.3 million, and financial losses of US$ 70.3 in billion worldwide (Debarati et al 2016).…”