The period of insect research in the tropics: a bibliometric analysis

Abstract

The International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (Int J Trop Insect Sci) is a peer-reviewed journal established in 1980 to promote insect science mainly in the tropics. This study aimed to provide a Bibliometric overview of Int J Trop Insect Sci publications and citations between 2012 and 2020, ending September 2020. A sample of 488 documents extracted from the Web of Science (WoS) was analysed using widely used bioclimatic indicators. The articles were written by 1726 authors. During this period, the most productive authors comprised S Roy, followed by S Ekesi, S Subramanian and M Tamo. The dominant keyword was ‘resistance’, followed by ‘Homoptera'. India took a leading position in Single Country Publications (SCP) while Kenya took the lead in Multiple Country Publications (MCP). Bibliometric analysis reveals vibrant collaboration between African and Western countries and active publication of multi-country authored articles. We conclude that there is an increasing trend for collaboration among different countries on the general topic of insect science. Research in insect science has the potential to impact both academic researchers and practitioners the knowledge use chain. This study will help researchers, journal editors, science policy makers managers, and others working in the biodiversity space and potential research gaps needing for further studies.

A bibliometric analysis of the relationship between Digital Twins and Health Management: based on the Web of Science (WoS) platform

“…Collaborations between several countries enable bridges that disseminate knowledge and access to resources between organizations and research groups that do not have the resources for cutting-edge technology and, as a result, this greater dissemination of knowledge improves the quality of research results (Moshobane et al, 2021). The use of research publication co-authorships (Ferligoj et al, 2015).…”

“…Co-authorship is used because it is a sufficiently objective and direct way of evaluating scientific cooperation. Furthermore, Multiple Country Publications (MCP) and Single Country Publications (SCP) are two established indicators for this investigation (Moshobane et al, 2021), (Ferligoj et al, 2015). There are co-authorship connections between China and eight countries followed by the United Kingdom and Germany, with five connections.…”

A Bibliometric Analysis of Nano Metal-Organic Frameworks Synthesis Research in Medical Science Using VOSviewer

“…) (Trotta, 2019;Al Husaeni & Nandiyanto, 2022;Nandiyanto et al, 2021). VOSViewer software can be used as a source for further study and reflect the trend and impact of the topic's research (Nicolaou, 2021;David, 2021;Moshobane et al, 2021). The bibliography itself comes from the Greek "bilio" (book) and "grafi" (writing) (Nandiyanto et al, 2021).…”