Rural areas, rural population, and rural space in central Europe (JCEA countries) : Research visualization in Scopus and Web of Science

Bartol, Tomaž (author), Černič Istenič, Majda (author), Stopar, Karmen (author), Hočevar, Marjan (author)

This study, based on bibliometrics (related to scientometrics) and science mapping, along with some sociological analytical insights, assesses contexts of the concept 'rural' in articles written by authors affiliated to JCEA (Journal of Central European Agriculture) member countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia (with addition of Austria because of geographical proximity and historical ties), using citation databases Scopus and Web of Science (WoS), and visualization software VOSviewer. Most papers are published outside the scope of agricultural production studies, clustered strongly in the fields of medicine, physical environment, social sciences, and ecological interactions. A small proportion of the reference to “rural” in agricultural science seems self-assumed in the general association of agricultural production with rural space. The papers mainly refer to geographical area, space or territory where interactions between specific social and natural processes take place. Topics tackling rural space as a societal form and arrangements, e.g. sustainable rural development and transformation, are the most recent. National and regional journals show strong recent presence but papers are also published in principal international journals. Co-author networking (countries / institutions / affiliations) indicates strong regional co-operation which is strongest in the immediate neighborhood. Co-authorship based on spatial proximity can be partly explained by less ambitious internationalization of research activities. Although publication patterns in both databases show similar traits, some database effect can be observed, also due to the inclusion of ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index) in 2015.

• Language: English
• Keywords: rural issues, rurality, bibliometrics, science mapping, science evaluation, interdisciplinary research
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2022
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 246-260
• Numbering: Vol. 23, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135487
• UDC: 001.8:63
• ISSN on article: 1332-9049
• DOI: 10.5513/JCEA01/23.1.3428
• COBISS.SI-ID: 101189635
• Publication date in RUL: 16.03.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of Central European Agriculture. JCEA
• Publisher: Participating institutions from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
• ISSN: 1332-9049
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1218408

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 21.01.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: podeželje, podeželsko prebivalstvo, bibliometrija, znanstveno kartiranje, interdisciplinarne raziskave

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P4-0085
• Name: Agroekosistemi