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Social Indicators Research: A Retrospective Using Bibliometric Analysis

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  • Satish Kumar

    (Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
    Swinburne University of Technology)

  • Filomena Maggino

    (Sapienza University of Rome)

  • Raj V. Mahto

    (The University of New Mexico)

  • Riya Sureka

    (Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur)

  • Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo

    (Sapienza University of Rome
    Italian National Institute of Statistics, Istat)

  • Weng Marc Lim

    (Swinburne University of Technology
    Swinburne University of Technology)

Abstract

Social Indicators Research (SIR) publishes novel and groundbreaking research focusing on social indicators related to quality of life and sustainability. Using bibliometrics, this study aims to offer a retrospective of the major trends (e.g., publication, citation, and top contributing authors, institutions, and countries) and intellectual structure of SIR. The retrospective indicates that SIR, which has grown substantially in productivity and impact, attracts contributions worldwide, notably from the USA, with 11 major themes revealed between 1974 and 2019. Using a zero-inflated negative binomial regression, this study also reveals the factors that influence the citation count of SIR publications, namely article age, number of author keywords, title novelty, title length, USA affiliation, and number of authors. Noteworthily, this study, which represents the inaugural review of SIR, should be useful for readers to gain rich insights into the state of research on social indicators related to quality of life and sustainability.

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  • Satish Kumar & Filomena Maggino & Raj V. Mahto & Riya Sureka & Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo & Weng Marc Lim, 2022. "Social Indicators Research: A Retrospective Using Bibliometric Analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 162(1), pages 413-448, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:162:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1007_s11205-021-02847-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-021-02847-9
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