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The need to develop tailored tools for improving the quality of thematic bibliometric analyses: Evidence from papers published in Sustainability and Scientometrics

Alvaro Cabezas-Clavijo
Alvaro Cabezas-Clavijo
, 
Yusnelkis Milanés-Guisado
Yusnelkis Milanés-Guisado
, 
Ruben Alba-Ruiz
Ruben Alba-Ruiz
 et 
Ángel M. Delgado-Vázquez
Ángel M. Delgado-Vázquez
   | 22 sept. 2023
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Publié en ligne: 22 sept. 2023
Pages: 10 - 35
Reçu: 20 juin 2023
Accepté: 01 sept. 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2023-0021
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Figure 1.

Journals with the highest bibliometric production (2019-2021). Source: Own elaboration based on Web ofScience data (SCI and SSCI indexes). All languages are considered. Search equation: TS=(bibliometric* OR scientometric* OR webometric* OR altmetric* OR informetrics* OR “citation analysis” OR “citation study” OR “scholarly productivity” OR “publication analysis” OR “scholarly impact” OR “patent citation”) AND PY=(2019-2021) AND DT=(article OR review)①. Early Access articles were excluded. The highest quartile of the journal in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2021 is indicated.
Journals with the highest bibliometric production (2019-2021). Source: Own elaboration based on Web ofScience data (SCI and SSCI indexes). All languages are considered. Search equation: TS=(bibliometric* OR scientometric* OR webometric* OR altmetric* OR informetrics* OR “citation analysis” OR “citation study” OR “scholarly productivity” OR “publication analysis” OR “scholarly impact” OR “patent citation”) AND PY=(2019-2021) AND DT=(article OR review)①. Early Access articles were excluded. The highest quartile of the journal in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2021 is indicated.

Figure 2.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria used and determination of the final sample analysed.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria used and determination of the final sample analysed.

Figure 3.

Distribution of number of flaws by journal.
Distribution of number of flaws by journal.

Figure 4.

Comparison of shortcomings among journals for each of the parameters. SU= Sustainability; SC= Scientometrics.
Comparison of shortcomings among journals for each of the parameters. SU= Sustainability; SC= Scientometrics.

Figure 5.

Percentage of articles by number of shortcomings for each journal.
Percentage of articles by number of shortcomings for each journal.

Number and percentage of shortcomings.

Sustainability n= 391 (77%) Scientometrics n= 117 (23%) Total n= 508 (100 %) p*
Search string, n (%) 150 (38.4) 41 (35.0) 191 (37,6) 0.295
Sample, n (%) 114 (29.2) 24 (20.5) 138 (27.2) 0.039
Search date, n (%) 164 (41.9) 54 (46.2) 218 (42.9) 0.241
Period, n (%) 176 (45.0) 40 (34.9) 216 (42.5) 0.024
Sources, n (%) * 172 (65.6) 45 (57.0) 217 (63.6) 0.102
Doc_types, n (%) 63 (16.1) 38 (23.9) 91 (17.9) 0.039
Language, n (%) 161 (41.2) 72 (61.5) 233 (45.9) <0.001

Descriptive data relating to the parameters Sources, Document types and Languages.

Sustainability n= 391 (77%) Scientometrics n= 117 (23%) Total n= 508 (100%) p*
Sources, no. (%) 0.007
WoS only 181 (46.3%) 55 (47.0%) 236 (46.5%)
Scopus only 113 (28.9%) 23 (19.7%) 136 (26.8%)
WoS + Scopus only 52 (13.3%) 11 (9.4%) 63 (12.4%)
WoS or/and Scopus + other source(s) 34 (8.7%) 17 (14.5%) 51 (10.0%)
Other sources (not WoS nor Scopus) 10 (2.6%) 11 (9.4%) 21 (4.1%)
No data 1 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%)
Document type, no. (%) 0.036
Articles + Other doc types 126 (32.2%) 43 (36.8%) 169 (33.3%)
Articles only 122 (31.2%) 22 (18.8%) 144 (28.3%)
All 79 (20.2%) 23 (19.7%) 102 (20.1%)
Other doc types 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.9%) 2 (0.4%)
No data 63 (16.1%) 28 (23.9%) 91 (17.9%)
Language, no. <(%)
English only 150 (38.4%) 21 (17.9%) 171 (33.7%)
All 68 (17.4%) 21 (17.9%) 89 (17.5%)
English + others 11 (2.8%) 2 (1.7%) 13 (2.6%)
Not English 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.9%) 2 (0.4%)
No data 161 (41.2%) 72 (61.5%) 233 (45.9%)

Descriptive data relating to the parameters Sample, Period and Number of Sources.

Sustainability Scientometrics Total p*
N (%) 391 (77%) 117 (23%) 508 (100 %) 0.740
Sample analysed 678 [193-2206] 2,009 [607.5-8394.75] 846 [229.5-2932.5] 0.001
Period analysed (years) 22 [14-32] 25 [12-37] 23 [14-33.5] 0.426
Number of sources analysed 1 [1-1] 1 [1-2] 1 [1-1] 0.231
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