Active Ageing: Mapping of Scientific Coverage
<p>Forecast of the evolution of the elderly population and active population in EU-27 (in millions of people). Source: Own elaboration based on data from “The 2018 Ageing Report” [<a href="#B5-ijerph-15-02727" class="html-bibr">5</a>].</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Methodological Procedure. Source: Authors.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Temporal evolution and Correlation of the articles published on Active Ageing.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Temporal evolution and Correlation of citations received per year.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Bradford core of the most productive journals.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Concept of Active Ageing
3. Methodology
3.1. Method
3.2. Methodology of Calculations of Overlap of Web of Science and Scopus
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Temporal Evolution of Publications and Number of Citations
4.2. Growth in the Number of Citations
4.3. Indicators of Overlapping and Singularity of Databases
4.4. Authors
4.5. Journals
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Search Word | Active Aging; Active Ageing |
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Category | Title |
Subject area | All |
Document type | Journal article |
Period time | Year of publication ≤ 2017 |
Language | English |
Query String | WoS: (TI = (“activ* aging*”) OR TI = (“activ* ageing*”)) AND LANGUAGE: (English) AND Types of documents: (Article) Refined by: Database = (WOS) Period of time: 1900–2017. Scopus: (TITLE (“activ* aging”) OR TITLE (“activ* ageing*”)) AND DOCTYPE (ar) AND PUBYEAR < 2018 AND ( LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE,“English”)) |
Search Date | June 2018 |
Year | WoS | Scopus | WoS U Scopus | ||||||||||||
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f | hi% | G | TC | h-Index | f | hi% | G | TC | h-Index | f | hi% | G | |||
1987 | 1 | 0.58% | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.43% | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.40% | 1 |
1989 | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.43% | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.40% | 2 |
1991 | 1 | 0.58% | 2 | 103 | 103.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.43% | 3 | 98 | 98.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.40% | 3 |
1992 | 1 | 0.58% | 3 | 56 | 56.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.40% | 4 |
1993 | 1 | 0.58% | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.40% | 5 |
1997 | 1 | 0.58% | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.43% | 4 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.40% | 6 |
1999 | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 0.85% | 6 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.80% | 8 |
2000 | 1 | 0.58% | 6 | 256 | 256.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.85% | 8 | 307 | 153.5 | 1 | 2 | 0.80% | 10 |
2002 | 2 | 1.17% | 8 | 73 | 36.5 | 2 | 5 | 2.14% | 13 | 288 | 57.6 | 5 | 4 | 1.59% | 14 |
2003 | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 0.43% | 14 | 30 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.40% | 15 |
2005 | 3 | 1.75% | 11 | 97 | 32.3 | 3 | 4 | 1.71% | 18 | 118 | 29.5 | 4 | 4 | 1.59% | 19 |
2006 | 6 | 3.51% | 17 | 212 | 35.3 | 3 | 11 | 4.70% | 29 | 256 | 23.3 | 5 | 11 | 4.38% | 30 |
2007 | 3 | 1.75% | 20 | 63 | 21.0 | 3 | 3 | 1.28% | 32 | 81 | 27.0 | 3 | 3 | 1.20% | 33 |
2008 | 4 | 2.34% | 24 | 114 | 28.5 | 3 | 5 | 2.14% | 37 | 119 | 23.8 | 4 | 5 | 1.99% | 38 |
2009 | 14 | 8.19% | 38 | 186 | 13.3 | 7 | 13 | 5.56% | 50 | 217 | 16.7 | 8 | 16 | 6.37% | 54 |
2010 | 6 | 3.51% | 44 | 162 | 27.0 | 6 | 9 | 3.85% | 59 | 194 | 21.6 | 7 | 9 | 3.59% | 63 |
2011 | 8 | 4.68% | 52 | 152 | 19.0 | 6 | 10 | 4.27% | 69 | 195 | 19.5 | 8 | 10 | 3.98% | 73 |
2012 | 13 | 7.60% | 65 | 170 | 13.1 | 6 | 25 | 10.68% | 94 | 301 | 12.0 | 9 | 26 | 10.36% | 99 |
2013 | 11 | 6.43% | 76 | 176 | 16.0 | 5 | 19 | 8.12% | 113 | 237 | 12.5 | 6 | 19 | 7.57% | 118 |
2014 | 17 | 9.94% | 93 | 162 | 9.5 | 6 | 33 | 14.10% | 146 | 206 | 6.2 | 8 | 32 | 12.75% | 150 |
2015 | 23 | 13.45% | 116 | 101 | 4.4 | 6 | 29 | 12.39% | 175 | 125 | 4.3 | 6 | 30 | 11.95% | 180 |
2016 | 28 | 16.37% | 144 | 38 | 1.4 | 3 | 36 | 15.38% | 211 | 46 | 1.3 | 3 | 39 | 15.54% | 219 |
2017 | 27 | 15.79% | 171 | 5 | 0.2 | 1 | 23 | 9.83% | 234 | 5 | 0.2 | 2 | 32 | 12.75% | 251 |
∑ | 171 | 100.00% | 2170 | 12.7 | 24 | 234 | 100.00% | 2892 | 12.4 | 26 | 251 | 100.00% |
Author/s | Year | Title | WoS | Scopus | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | TC | C/Y | R | TC | C/Y | |||
Katz, S. [85] | 2000 | Busy bodies: Activity, aging, and the management of everyday life | 1 | 245 | 14.4 | 1 | 306 | 18 |
Michael, Y.L.; Green, M.K.; Farcuhar, S.A. [86] | 2006 | Neighborhood design and active aging | 2 | 140 | 12.7 | 3 | 163 | 14.8 |
Johnson, B.D.; Reddan, W.G.; Seow, K.C.; Dempsey, J.A. [87] | 1991 | Flow Limitation and Regulation of Functional Residual Capacity during Exercise in a Physically Active Aging Population | 3 | 101 | 3.9 | 6 | 98 | 3.8 |
Walker, A. [3] | 2008 | Commentary: The Emergence and Application of Active Aging in Europe | 4 | 92 | 11.5 | 4 | 111 | 13.9 |
Plouffe, L.; Kalache, A. [88] | 2010 | Towards Global Age-Friendly Cities: Determining Urban Features that Promote Active Aging | 5 | 72 | 10.3 | 7 | 80 | 11.4 |
Walker, A.; Maltby, T. [89] | 2012 | Active ageing: A strategic policy solution to demographic ageing in the European Union | 6 | 68 | 13.6 | 5 | 99 | 19.8 |
Bowling, A. [90] | 2008 | Enhancing later life: How older people perceive active ageing? | 7 | 65 | 7.2 | 9 | 70 | 7.8 |
Boudiny, K. [32] | 2013 | ‘Active ageing’: from empty rhetoric to effective policy tool | 8 | 59 | 14.8 | 8 | 72 | 18 |
Brown, D.R. [91] | 1992 | Physical activity, aging, and psychological well-being: An overview of the research. | 9 | 55 | 2.2 | — | — | — |
Stenner, P.; McFarquhar, T.; Bowling, A. [46] | 2011 | Older people and ‘active ageing’: Subjective aspects of ageing actively | 10 | 52 | 8.7 | 11 | 63 | 9 |
Walker, A. [33] | 2002 | A strategy for active ageing | — | — | — | 2 | 173 | 11.5 |
Moulaert, T.; Biggs, S. [92] | 2013 | International and European policy on work and retirement: Reinventing critical perspectives on active ageing and mature subjectivity | 12 | 46 | 11.5 | 10 | 66 | 16.5 |
Databases | % Single Documents | Meyer’s Index | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Articles | Journals | Articles | Journals | |
WoS | 9.94% | 10% | 0.55 | 0.57 |
Scopus | 34.19% | 31.65% | 0.67 | 0.66 |
R | Name | University | Country | Tf | WoS | Scopus | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
f | TC | C/f | h-Index | f | TC | C/f | h-Index | |||||
1 | Buys, L. | Queensland University | Australia | 9 | 6 | 92 | 15.33 | 4 | 9 | 119 | 13.22 | 5 |
2 | Walker, A. | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 7 | 4 | 187 | 46.75 | 4 | 7 | 417 | 59.57 | 5 |
3 | Fernández-Ballesteros, R | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 2 |
4 | Aird, R.L. | Queensland University | Australia | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 6.00 | 3 |
5 | Boulton-Lewis, G.M. | Queensland University | Australia | 4 | 4 | 87 | 21.75 | 4 | 4 | 95 | 23.75 | 4 |
6 | Kalache, A. | Columbia University | United States | 4 | 2 | 109 | 54.50 | 2 | 4 | 166 | 41.50 | 4 |
Country | WoS U Scopus | WoS | Scopus | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centers | Authors | Authorships | f | hi% | TC | h-Index | f | hi% | TC | h-Index | |
United States | 44 | 94 | 111 | 26 | 15.2% | 537 | 8 | 32 | 13.7% | 542 | 10 |
Spain | 29 | 85 | 98 | 23 | 13.5% | 82 | 6 | 26 | 11.1% | 108 | 7 |
United Kingdom | 43 | 67 | 79 | 30 | 17.5% | 571 | 13 | 40 | 17.1% | 905 | 15 |
Italy | 17 | 65 | 66 | 4 | 2.3% | 9 | 2 | 17 | 7.3% | 25 | 2 |
Germany | 15 | 35 | 52 | 13 | 7.6% | 120 | 7 | 23 | 9.8% | 141 | 8 |
Australia | 12 | 32 | 51 | 14 | 8.2% | 182 | 5 | 17 | 7.3% | 230 | 6 |
Portugal | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 6.4% | 36 | 4 | 10 | 4.3% | 56 | 4 |
Belgium | 3 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4.7% | 117 | 3 | 7 | 3.0% | 148 | 3 |
Brazil | 9 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 2.3% | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2.1% | 31 | 3 |
Mexico | 10 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3.5% | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3.0% | 33 | 3 |
R | Title | Tf | hi% | WoS | Scopus | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
f | TC | h-Index | f | TC | h-Index | ||||
1 | Ageing and Society | 12 | 4.78 | 12 | 219 | 7 | 12 | 275 | 8 |
2 | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics | 7 | 2.79 | — | — | — | 7 | 14 | 2 |
3 | Assistive Technology Research Series | 6 | 2.39 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
4 | Journal of Aging Studies | 6 | 2.39 | 6 | 321 | 4 | 6 | 389 | 4 |
5 | Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research | 5 | 1.99 | — | — | — | 5 | 64 | 4 |
6 | European Journal of Ageing | 5 | 1.99 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 2 |
7 | Journal of Population Ageing | 5 | 1.99 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
WoS | Scopus | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area | J. | f | TC | C/f | h-Index | Area | J. | f | TC | C/f | h-Index |
Gerontology | 24 | 59 | 867 | 14.7 | 13 | Medicine | 72 | 126 | 1597 | 12.7 | 22 |
Public Environmental Occupation Health | 15 | 16 | 350 | 21.9 | 7 | Social Sciences | 71 | 108 | 1840 | 17.0 | 20 |
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary | 8 | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 3 | Nursing | 24 | 39 | 428 | 11.0 | 10 |
Geriatric and Gerontology | 10 | 14 | 180 | 12.9 | 5 | Engineering | 12 | 27 | 52 | 1.9 | 4 |
Education Educational Research | 7 | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 5 | Psychology | 10 | 24 | 463 | 19.3 | 11 |
Social Issues | 7 | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 3 | Arts and Humanities | 9 | 20 | 374 | 18.7 | 10 |
Social Work | 9 | 11 | 134 | 12.2 | 5 | Business Management & Account | 13 | 15 | 126 | 8.4 | 6 |
Management | 6 | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 4 | Health Professions | 6 | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 3 |
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Álvarez-García, J.; Durán-Sánchez, A.; Del Río-Rama, M.d.l.C.; García-Vélez, D.F. Active Ageing: Mapping of Scientific Coverage. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 2727. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122727
Álvarez-García J, Durán-Sánchez A, Del Río-Rama MdlC, García-Vélez DF. Active Ageing: Mapping of Scientific Coverage. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15(12):2727. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122727
Chicago/Turabian StyleÁlvarez-García, José, Amador Durán-Sánchez, María de la Cruz Del Río-Rama, and Diego Fernando García-Vélez. 2018. "Active Ageing: Mapping of Scientific Coverage" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 12: 2727. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122727