Research trends in Economic Geography. Bibliometric study of the Web of Science (1920-2020)

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https://doi.org/10.12795/rea.2022.i43.10

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Bibliometric analysis, Economic geography, Web of Science, Topic modelling

Abstract

One of the first tasks to tackle any scientific publication is to review all the scientific literature on the subject. This article presents a methodology that allows analyzing scientific trends in a discipline through a bibliometric analysis. Specifically, the field of Economic Geography is used as a case study, Web of Science (WoS) has been chosen as the database for this analysis. With a set of 4,307 publications, various bibliometric indicators are analyzed, such as the evolution of scientific production, the agents involved (countries and organizations) and topics addressed, in order to see the evolution of the scientific output and the thematic specializations of Economic Geography from 1920 to the present.

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María Pilar Alonso-Logroño, University of Lleida

Department of Geography and Sociology

Nuria Bautista-Puig, University of Gävle (Sweden), Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain)

Department of Industrial Management, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering

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2022-02-24

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Alonso-Logroño, . M. P., & Bautista-Puig, N. (2022). Research trends in Economic Geography. Bibliometric study of the Web of Science (1920-2020). Revista De Estudios Andaluces (Journal of Andalusian Studies), (43), 188–207. https://doi.org/10.12795/rea.2022.i43.10

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