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Twenty Years of Entropy Research: A Bibliometric Overview
Weishu Li1, Yuxiu Zhao1, Qi Wang2
1School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 3, 2020
Summary
This bibliometric analysis reviews the field of entropy and the journal Entropy. The study highlights key research areas and the journal's significant contributions to entropy studies.
Area of Science:
- Information Science
- Physics
- Mathematics
Background:
- The journal *Entropy* was founded in 1999, focusing on entropy and information studies.
- 2018 marked the journal's 20th anniversary, prompting a retrospective analysis.
- Bibliometrics offers a method to analyze the evolution of the entropy field and the journal's impact.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a bibliometric analysis of the entropy research domain.
- To assess the growth and influence of the journal *Entropy* over 20 years.
- To identify key research hotspots and the journal's contributions within these areas.
Main Methods:
- Utilized bibliometric analysis on 123,063 records from the Web of Science.
- Analyzed publication outputs, highly cited literature, and reference co-citation networks.
- Examined both the entropy topic broadly and the journal *Entropy* specifically.
Main Results:
- The entropy research domain is vast, rapidly growing, and interdisciplinary.
- Key research hotspots include graph entropy, permutation entropy, and pseudo-additive entropy.
- The journal *Entropy* has attracted leading authors and shows distinct geographical publication patterns.
Conclusions:
- *Entropy* has made significant contributions to major research areas, especially in multiscale entropy and permutation entropy.
- The journal has become a leading publication venue in the field of entropy studies.
- The field of entropy continues to show great potential for future research and innovation.
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