Ontological Meta-Analysis and Synthesis

Ramaprasad, Arkalgud; Syn, Thant

doi:10.17705/1cais.03707

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“…The ontology of research impact is presented in Table , and the following discusses the rationale for, and the logic underlying, construction of the ontology. A detailed description of ontological meta‐analysis and synthesis is provided by Ramaprasad and Syn (), and the application of the method to analyse the literature in a domain by Cameron, Ramaprasad, and Syn (). It has been used to study a corpus of research on eCommerce (La Paz, Ramaprasad, Syn, & Vasquez, ), national health care policies (Ramaprasad, Win, Syn, Beydoun, & Dawson, ), and other domains.…”

Section: Bibliometric and Ontological Methodsmentioning

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“…The main benefit of developing a bibliometric analysis is that readers of the journal can easily get a snapshot of key issues that are apparent and are emerging in ISJ by investigating the publication and citation structure (Gaviria‐Marín, Merigó, & Popa, ). Moreover, the development of an ontological analysis (Ramaprasad & Syn, ) visualizes the leading perspectives that affect the journal and its impact. ISJ has published retrospective evaluations of the journal, particularly regarding historical perspectives (Avison, Dwivedi, Fitzgerald, & Powell, ; Avison & Fitzgerald, ; Avison, Fitzgerald, & Powell, ) and of its leading themes (Evangelopoulos, ; Love & Hirschheim, ).…”

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Twenty‐five years of the Information Systems Journal: A bibliometric and ontological overview

Paz

Merigó

Powell

et al. 2019

Information Systems Journal

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The Information Systems Journal (ISJ) published its first issue in 1991, and in 2015, the journal celebrated its 25th anniversary. This study presents an overview of the leading research trends in the papers that the journal has published during its first quarter of a century via a bibliometric and ontological analysis. From a bibliometric perspective, the analysis considers the publication and citation structure of the journal. The study then develops a graphical analysis of the bibliographic material by using visualization of similarities software that employs bibliographic coupling and cocitation analysis. The work produces an ontological framework of impact and analyses the journal papers to assess qualitatively ISJ's impact. The results indicate that the journal has grown significantly over time and is now recognized as one of the leading journals in information systems. Yet challenges remain if the journal is to meet its aims in impacting and setting the agenda for the development of the Information Systems field.

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Section: Bibliometric and Ontological Methodsmentioning

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Twenty‐five years of the Information Systems Journal: A bibliometric and ontological overview

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Merigó

Powell

et al. 2019

Information Systems Journal

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“…And how systemic is the description?" [28] In the context of the PSS for health behavior change construct, one may ask: Are the dimensions basic to the domain? Are the taxonomies basic to the [29,30].…”

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Ontological Review of Persuasion Support Systems (PSS) for Health Behavior Change through Physical Activity

2019

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Persuasion Support Systems (PSS) for health behavior change can play an important role in promoting health and well-being through physical activity. It is an emerging application at the crossroad between information systems, persuasion, and healthcare. We propose an ontology to systematically and systemically describe the construct of PSS for health behavior change. The ontology deconstructs the construct into its constituent dimensions and elements, and assembles them into a complete, parsimonious description of the same. We then map the corpus of literature on PSS for health behavior change through physical activity onto the ontology. The resulting ontological map highlights the research topics that are highly-and lightly-emphasized, as well as those with little or no emphasis. It illuminates the landscape of research in the corpus; it highlights biases in emphases that can help and hinder the advancement of the corpus. It can be used to develop a roadmap for future research. AbstractPersuasion Support Systems (PSS) for health behavior change can play an important role in promoting health and well-being through physical activity. It is an emerging application at the crossroad between information systems, persuasion, and healthcare. We propose an ontology to systematically and systemically describe the construct of PSS for health behavior change. The ontology deconstructs the construct into its constituent dimensions and elements, and assembles them into a complete, parsimonious description of the same. We then map the corpus of literature on PSS for health behavior change through physical activity onto the ontology. The resulting ontological map highlights the research topics that are highly-and lightly-emphasized, as well as those with little or no emphasis. It illuminates the landscape of research in the corpus; it highlights biases in emphases that can help and hinder the advancement of the corpus. It can be used to develop a roadmap for future research.

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“…It is a new method of analyzing and synthesizing knowledge in a domain [15,16]. It has been applied to analyzing and synthesizing Chile’s and India’s national health care policies [17,18].…”

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“…Thus, it can be adapted to design health care policy at different levels of complexity and granularity [13,15,19]. …”

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China’s National Health Policies: An Ontological Analysis

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Deng

Ramaprasad

et al. 2016

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The health care system in China is facing a multitude of challenges owing to the changing demographics of the country, the evolving economics of health care, and the emerging epidemiology of health as well as diseases. China’s many national health care policies are documented in Chinese text documents. It is necessary to map the policies synoptically, systemically, and systematically to discover their emphases and biases, assess them, and modify them in the future. Using a logically constructed ontology of health care policies based on the common bodies of knowledge as a lens, we map the current policies to reveal their ‘bright’, ‘light’, and ‘blind/blank’ spots. The ontological map will help (a) develop a roadmap for future health care policies in China, and (b) compare and contrast China’s health care policies with other countries’.

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Ontological Meta-Analysis and Synthesis

Cited by 32 publications

References 29 publications

Twenty‐five years of the Information Systems Journal: A bibliometric and ontological overview

Twenty‐five years of the Information Systems Journal: A bibliometric and ontological overview

Ontological Review of Persuasion Support Systems (PSS) for Health Behavior Change through Physical Activity

China’s National Health Policies: An Ontological Analysis

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