Empirical analysis of recent temporal dynamics of research fields: Annual publications in chemistry and related areas as an example

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Highlights：

• An increase in the number of publications can be interpreted as an increase in the field-specific knowledge.

• We present a methodological approach to analyze the dynamics of science on the level of research fields.

• The trend analysis approach is able to uncover very recent trends.

• To demonstrate the trend analysis approach, we focused in this study on the annual number of publications in chemistry.

• Research regarding optical phenomena and electrochemical technologies was found to be among the emerging topics in recent years.

摘要

•An increase in the number of publications can be interpreted as an increase in the field-specific knowledge.•We present a methodological approach to analyze the dynamics of science on the level of research fields.•The trend analysis approach is able to uncover very recent trends.•To demonstrate the trend analysis approach, we focused in this study on the annual number of publications in chemistry.•Research regarding optical phenomena and electrochemical technologies was found to be among the emerging topics in recent years.

论文关键词：Scientometrics,Bibliometrics,Dynamics of research fields,Chemistry,CA sections,CAplus

论文评审过程：Received 2 February 2021, Revised 12 January 2022, Accepted 13 January 2022, Available online 25 January 2022, Version of Record 25 January 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101253