Identification and Visualization of the Conceptual Structure and Main Research Themes of Studies in Informatics and Control Journal from 2008 to 2019

• Published in: Studies in informatics and control Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 159 - 168
• Main Authors: GUTIÉRREZ-SALCEDO, María, LÓPEZ-ROBLES, José Ricardo, MARTÍNEZ-SÁNCHEZ, María Ángeles, HERRERA-VIEDMA, Enrique, COBO, Manuel Jesús
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bucharest National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics 2020
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Informatics; Information technology
• ISSN: 1220-1766; 1841-429X
• DOI: 10.24846/v29i2y202002

Studies in Informatics and Control journal is a quarterly publication for all those involved in the field of Information Technology (IT). Studies in Informatics and Control journal provides important perspectives on topics relevant to IT, with an emphasis on useful applications in the most important areas of IT, and it is aimed at advanced practitioners and researchers in the field of IT. The core subjects covered by Studies in Informatics and Control journal are relating to innovative research and practice in Information Technology: IT use in control and management systems; integration of IT with control; application of IT in socio-economic systems and manufacturing processes, mainly. The current research conducts a bibliometric performance and conceptual structure analysis of Studies in Informatics and Control journal from 2008 to 2019. Firstly, the journal performance is analysed according to the data retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection, putting the focus on the productivity of the authors, citations, countries, organizations and most relevant publications. Finally, the conceptual structure of the journal is analysed with bibliometric software tool SciMAT, identifying the main thematic areas that have been the object of research, their composition, relationship and evolution during the period analysed.