The land sparing – land sharing controversy: Tracing the politics of knowledge

Feeding 9 billion people by 2050 on one hand, and preserving biodiversity on the other hand, are two shared policy goals at the global level. Yet while these goals are clear, they are to some extent in conflict, because agriculture is a major cause of biodiversity loss, and the path to achieve both of them is at the heart of a public controversy around ‘productive’ land use and biodiversity conservation. Over the years, the scientific, policy, civil society and agri-business communities have been engaged in producing evidence that can support a land sparing policy (separating intensive agricultural production from biodiversity conservation) or a land sharing policy (integrating the two in larger and more extensive landscapes). This paper contributes to this debate by analyzing land sparing and land sharing (LSS) as a socio-technical controversy. Through the analysis of large and small corpora of scientific, policy, corporate social responsibility and sustainability standards documents we explore the ethical underpinnings and social networks that support the opposing sides of this controversy. We explore these linkages in order to explain how the concept of land sparing achieved dominance in the scientific literature and how the concept has been taken up in international policy, business and civil society circles. We examine the convergences and divergences in alliances between actors in this controversy in order to map how specific actors have promoted the concept of land sparing as the best way to used land for biodiversity and food production.     

Investment in gold: A bibliometric review and agenda for future research

Significant surge in gold prices has attracted speculators, investors and intellectuals alike. Factors driving gold prices, the effectiveness of gold price predictions, the economic viability of gold mining, risk management using gold, and its comparisons against exchange rates and stock prices have been some of the consistent foci of researchers. Applying bibliometrics on 453 top articles published on gold between 1970 and 2021, we present a comprehensive overview of the academic discussions on one of the fast evolving research domains. Apart from identifying the publication and citation trends, we note seven intellectual clusters contributing to growth of the contemporary research identified as: dynamics of gold prices and its linkage with other asset prices, gold prices: forecasting and comparison, gold as an instrument for an inflation hedge, gold and currency market, economic policy and gold prices, role of gold in the global financial market, and expected value and volatility of gold.     

国际视域下德国科学计量学影响力研究

2019年普赖斯奖获得者是德国科学计量学家LutzBornmann，至此在30位普赖斯奖获得者中，德国共有两位学者获此殊荣，反映了德国科学计量学研究在国际上的重要地位。因此，有必要对德国科学计量学发展及国际影响力进行研究。以Scientometrics期刊数据以及施引文献作为数据来源，通过使用词频分析、战略坐标图、文献计量分析、Python爬虫方法、引文分析展现德国科学计量学在国际舞台上的战略地位。结果发现，第一阶段德国科学计量学发展处于较为领先的地位，但第二阶段稍逊于第一阶段。德国在科学计量学领域的发展有较为明显的领头羊效应，即第一、第二阶段都有一家机构、一名学者一枝独秀，引领德国乃至世界科学计量学发展。     

The dynamics of university-industry-government relationships in Nanoscience: investigating the Triple-Helix differences between Iran and Switzerland

This study aims to find the differences between national and international relationships in Iran and Switzerland’s Nanoscience research between 2008–2015. The results show significant differences some of which are attributed to the general dichotomy of developed-developing countries like stronger University-Industry-Government relations in Switzerland; but others are not, especially those pertaining to bilateral relations. In summary, the Government-Industry relations in Switzerland are generally closer in this field because the emerging characteristics of Nanoscience call for more state intervention, even in the context of developed countries. Greater Government-University relations in Iran can be explained by referring to the structure of national innovation system of this country. However, the no significant differences between University-Industry relations result needs further research so that it may in turn lead to improvements of the triple-helix calculations. Lastly, some theoretical implications and further research directions are suggested at the end.     

知识产权质押融资研究热点与演进趋势——基于CiteSpace的可视化分析

知识产权质押融资有利于缓解科技型中小企业融资难题,推动我国产业升级和自主创新发展。本文利用知识图谱分析工具——Citespace分析国外知识产权质押融资的研究趋势、主要研究机构、研究热点、知识基础,探寻其研究前沿。经研究发现该领域研究经过漫长的发展后,进入到快速发展阶段;研究机构主要以美国大学为主,并且他们之间开展了广泛的合作;研究热点主要集中于企业的技术创新、财务、价值观、综合社会影响力,融资的途径,电子商务;研究前沿联系紧密相互交叉,主要集中于企业创新、社会责任、学术创业、生物技术大学专利联盟、知识产权业务管理、技术转让策略、股权集资、投资。     

SUSTAINABILITY AND WELLBEING: A SCIENTOMETRIC AND BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Interdisciplinary research on measuring the progress towards sustainability and well-being (SaW) from different perspectives and in various contexts has developed dramatically over recent decades. This growth in the literature has not only added an enormous number of dimensions to the SaW debate, but the sheer scale of the expansion has challenged researchers to be able to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the available SaW indicators. In this work, we have proposed a hybrid method comprised of sophisticated scientometric analysis to summarise scientific developments in the massive text corpus of the SaW literature in conjunction with a more traditional literature review to categorise the ‘fuzzy’ details that remain. Scientometric analysis highlights that the developed OECD countries play a vital role in the development and applications of SaW indicators and we describe key developments in this regard via a range of graphical approaches. Using an extensive collection of existing SaW indicators, the analysis is then summarised in a matrix of ranked indicators which serve as a powerful tool to compare, contrast, filter and select indicators for SaW assessment with minimum redundancies between indicators. The approach undertaken in this study is intended to be flexible and can be extended and applied to other fields of research.     

国际视域下德国科学计量学影响力研究

2019年普赖斯奖获得者是德国科学计量学家LutzBornmann,至此在30位普赖斯奖获得者中,德国共有两位学者获此殊荣,反映了德国科学计量学研究在国际上的重要地位。因此,有必要对德国科学计量学发展及国际影响力进行研究。以Scientometrics期刊数据以及施引文献作为数据来源,通过使用词频分析、战略坐标图、文献计量分析、Python爬虫方法、引文分析展现德国科学计量学在国际舞台上的战略地位。结果发现,第一阶段德国科学计量学发展处于较为领先的地位,但第二阶段稍逊于第一阶段。德国在科学计量学领域的发展有较为明显的领头羊效应,即第一、第二阶段都有一家机构、一名学者一枝独秀,引领德国乃至世界科学计量学发展。     

In search of ‘a research front’ in cruise tourism studies

This article aims to provide a critical view of the global scientific production involved in cruise tourism study. Global references in this field were identified and emphasised for managing existing data to establish ‘bridges’ among researchers. Scientometric analysis was conducted on publications about cruise tourism in mainstream journals integrated into Web of Science. This methodology enabled us to identify current topics, relevant journals, authors, institutions, profitable countries, ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ collaborative colleges and the research areas considered as the epicentre of the cruise tourism debate. A significant contribution of this work is the use of indicators at the three levels of scientometric complexity, i.e. scientific activity, impact and relational character.     

2000~2009年《财经理论与实践》学术轨迹及被引定量研究

运用词频统计及共现方法分析了2000~2009年国内学术期刊《财经理论与实践》所发表的2000余篇论文的所有关键词及被引情况,得出该刊近10年的学术轨迹情况、被相关期刊的引用情况、高影响力作者及高影响力论文的情况。研究结果反映了国内金融学研究领域的现状、特征及动向。     

15世纪以来人文社会科学强国的空间分布

用统计方法分析人文强国空间转移轨迹,得出15世纪至20世纪60年代近代人文社会科学强国在英国、意大利、法国、德国、美国之间发生的10余次转移。基于此,进一步研究人文强国的强盛期、强国竞争力、转移模式等人文强国特征;最后,探讨了人文强国绝对人文社会科学家人数平均值的指数增长情况。