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This work was supported by Project ECO2015-67434-R of Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain).

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Corrales-Garay, DAuthorOrtiz-De-Urbina-Criado, MCorresponding AuthorMora-Valentin, EmAuthor

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Knowledge areas, themes and future research on open data: A co-word analysis

Publicated to:Government Information Quarterly. 36 (1): 77-87 - 2019-01-01 36(1), DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2018.10.008

Authors: Corrales-Garay, Diego; Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado, Marta; Mora-Valentin, Eva-Maria

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Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Paseo Artilleros S-N, Madrid 28032, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the literature on open data in three ways. The first is to develop a descriptive analysis of journals and authors to identify the knowledge areas in which open data are applied. The second is to analyse the conceptual structure of the field using a bibliometric technique. The co-word analysis enabled us to create a map of the main themes that have been studied, identifying their importance and relevance. These themes were analysed and grouped. The third is to propose future research trends. According to our results, the main knowledge areas are Engineering, Health, Public Administration, Management and Education. The main themes are big data, open-linked data and data reuse. Finally, several research questions are proposed according to knowledge area and theme.

Keywords

AccessBibliometric analysisBig dataBusiness modelsCo-word analysisFrameworkFuture trendsInformationInnovationKnowledge areasMedia useMost-studied themesNetworksOpen dataOpen government dataScienceScience map

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Government Information Quarterly due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position 6/87, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Information Science & Library Science. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.77. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 5.58 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 40.27 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-22, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 48
  • Scopus: 48

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-22:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 206.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 214 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.85.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Corrales Garay, Diego) and Last Author (Mora Valentín, Eva María).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Ortiz de Urbina Criado, Marta.