Vigneshkumar, C and Salve, U R (2020) A scientometric analysis and review of fall from height research in construction. Construction Economics and Building, 20(1), pp. 17-35. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
Fall from height (FFH) in the construction industry has earned much attention among researchers in recent years. The present review-based study introduced a science mapping approach to evaluate the FFH studies related to the construction industry. This study, through an extensive bibliometric and scientometric assessment, recognized the most active journals, keywords and the nations in the field of FFH studies since 2000. Analysis of the authors' keywords revealed the emerging research topics in the FFH research community. Recent studies have been discovered to pay more attention to the application of Computer and Information Technology (CIT) tools, particularly building information modelling (BIM) in research related to FFH. Other emerging research areas in the domain of FFH include rule checking, and prevention through design. The findings summarized the mainstream research areas (e.g., safety management program), discussed existing research gaps in FFH domain (e.g., the adaptability of safety management system), and suggests future directions in FFH research. The recommended future directions could contribute to improving safety for the FFH research community by evaluating existing fall prevention programs in different contexts; integrating multiple CIT tools in the entire project lifecycle; designing fall safety courses to workers associated with temporary agents and prototype safety knowledge tool development. The current study was restricted to the FFH literature sample included the journal articles published only in English and in Scopus.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | fall from height; construction; holistic approach; literature review; science mapping |
| Index terms: | science, prototype, project lifecycle, literature review, journal, building information modelling, prevention, agent, construction industry, safety management, safety management system, information technology, mapping, program, adaptability, holistic approach |
| Subjects: | financial risk, health safety and environment, spatial and geospatial analysis, software systems, information systems, industry analysis, occupational health and safety management, computing systems, practitioner, specialized education, project completion, user focus, business, research dissemination and communication, data analysis and analytics, modelling and simulation |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Cost Management, Business Strategy, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Project Management, Roles and Professions, Digital Applications, Design Practice, Education |
| 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