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Vulnerability Studies: A Bibliometric Review

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Pages 319-329 | Received 01 Jun 2013, Accepted 01 Feb 2014, Published online: 01 Dec 2014
 

Abstract

This article presents a bibliometric analysis of the vulnerability research field. We analyze 200 articles on vulnerability published between 1973 and 2012, in the context of the United States. The intent of this article is to compare the levels of activity of several academic disciplines and bodies of work in vulnerability scholarship and to examine which topics are most studied in them. Topic code use was assessed using the qualitative research data analysis tool Atlas.ti, which permits users to locate, code, and annotate article text fragments. Article categorization was measured both by coding first author organizational affiliation and using the ISI Web of Knowledge journal citation reports categorization scheme that assigns journals to a discipline; each article was coded by its journal category.

本文呈现脆弱性研究场域的书目计量分析。我们分析1973年至2012年以来,发表有关美国脉络中的脆弱性之文章。本文的企图在于比较脆弱性研究中,部分学术领域的活动程度与研究工作,并检视其中哪些主题最被广泛研究。本研究运用质性研究数据分析工具Atlas.ti,以评估主题编码使用,该工具让使用者得以定位、编码并修订文章的文本碎片。本文同时透过编码第一作者的所属组织,以及运用将期刊分派至特定领域的ISI知识网路数据库的期刊引用报告分类主题,权衡文章的分类;各文章则透过其期刊类别进行编码。

En este artículo se presenta un análisis bibliométrico del campo de investigación relacionado con vulnerabilidad. Analizamos 200 artículos sobre este tema publicados entre 1973 y 2012, en el contexto de los Estados Unidos. Lo que se intenta en el artículo es comparar los niveles de actividad de varias disciplinas académicas y cuerpos de trabajo eruditos interesados en vulnerabilidad, y examinar los tópicos que allí se estudian con mayor frecuencia. El uso del código de tópico se evaluó por medio de la herramienta Atlas.ti para el análisis de datos de investigación cualitativa, que permite a los usuarios localizar, codificar y anotar fragmentos de texto de un artículo. La categorización del artículo fue medida primero codificando la afiliación institucional del autor y luego usando el esquema Red ISI del Conocimiento [ISI Web of Knowledge] sobre informes de categorización de la citación de revistas que asigna revistas a una disciplina; cada artículo fue codificado por la categoría de su revista.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to acknowledge librarian Zoe Borovsky, technical consultant P. J. Emery, and statistical consultants Andy Lin and John Xie.

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Notes on contributors

A. T. Fuller

A. T. FULLER was affiliated with the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, California, when this article was completed. E-mail: [email protected]. Fuller has conducted research on sustainable systems, green economic development, climate change, vulnerability, and resilience.

Stephanie Pincetl

STEPHANIE PINCETL is a Professor and Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at the University of California, Los Angeles, La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, 619 Charles E. Young Drive E., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1496. E-mail: [email protected]. She conducts research on environmental policies and governance and analyzes how institutional rules construct how natural resources and energy are used to support human activities.

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