Torres, D A; Herrera, A S A and Cano, J M G (2024) Bibliometric analysis of the journal of construction in developing countries. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 29(1), pp. 247-266. ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
The Journal of Construction in Developing Countries (JCDC) is an open-access journal indexed in Scopus that specialises in Building and Construction and Civil Engineering. This article proposes an analysis of the history of publications in the journal that has not been done so far. In this document, we seek to contribute to the knowledge by answering the question: What is the journal’s most influential countries, authors and institutions? A bibliometric analysis is carried out through bibliographic information obtained from Scopus and scientometric tools, which includes annual productivity, authors, countries and the most relevant institutions. The mapping of scientific production visualises the networks of co-occurrence and co-authorship, thus identifying the collaboration networks between authors, countries and institutions. The growth in the number of publications and citations was evidenced over time, which has allowed the journal to be among the best engineering journals in Malaysia and ranked 117 in the Building and Construction area worldwide.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bibliometric analysis; bibliometrics; co-authoring networks; publications; citations |
| Index terms: | Malaysia, bibliometrics, journal, bibliometric analysis, developing country, publication, mapping, history, collaboration, authoring, productivity |
| Subjects: | management, architectural and construction history, development economics, coding, research evaluation and metrics, spatial and geospatial analysis, research dissemination and communication, Geography |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Information Management, Geographical Context, International Construction, Research Practice, Organizational Design, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here