Jiddah, Salihu Adam; Hanan, Suhaila Abdul; Nu Khai iel Anua
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A bibliome ic examina ion o global po acili y esea ch
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A bibliome ic examina ion o global po acili y esea ch p opaga ion
(1975 - 2023)
Salihu Adam Jiddah
a,b,*,1
, Suhaila Abdul Hanan
a,2
, Nu Khai iel Anua
a,3
a
School o Technology, Managemen and Logis ics (STML), College o Business, Uni e si i U a a Malaysia, 06010 Sin ok, Kedah, Malaysia
b
Depa men o Business Adminis a ion, Fede al Uni e si y o Kashe e, Gombe S a e, Nige ia
ARTICLE INFO
Keywo ds:
Po acili ies
Bibliome ic
Scopus da abase
Resea ch ocal poin s
Jou nal me ics
ABSTRACT
Seapo s play a c ucial ole in in e na ional ade and economic de elopmen . This s udy aims o analyze he
exis ing li e a u e on po acili ies o iden i y esea ch pa e ns and eme ging a eas o in e es . Using he Scopus
da abase, he esea che s sea ched o publica ions ela ed o po acili ies and ound a o al o 178 schola ly
a icles. The da a was analyzed using Mic oso Excel, Publish o Pe ish and VOS iewe . The s udy examined
subjec a eas, keywo ds, ci a ions, and Jou nal/publishe s me ics, o unde s and he key con ibu o s and
collabo a i e e o s in his ield. The indings e ealed a lack o schola ly e alua ion o po acili ies li e a u e
un il 1975. F om 1975 o 2003, he e we e 57 publica ions wi h e y ew ci a ions. Howe e , in e es in his ield
g ew signi ican ly be ween 2004 and 2023, wi h 114 publica ions and 496 ci a ions. Mos o he documen s we e
w i en in English, and he e was concen a ion o esea ch e o s in speci ic a eas. In e na ional collabo a ion
was obse ed among 12 coun ies. The s udy sugges s he need o mo e esea ch, collabo a ions, and ci a ions in
he ield o po acili ies, pa icula ly in a eas beyond enginee ing and ea h and plane a y sciences. Logis ics
managemen , compu ing, and ma i ime should be u he explo ed o add ess gaps in he cu en li e a u e.
In oduc ion
Po acili y is an essen ial elemen o he ma i ime anspo sec o
(Song & Panayides, 2012). I includes all physical esou ces such as
be hs, quays, c anes, s o age acili ies, and anspo a ion ne wo ks
needed o he e icien unc ioning o po s (Munim & Sch amm, 2018).
The concep o seapo encompasses economic, geog aphical, and ade
unc ions on many le els (Jo i´
c e al., 2022). Ib ahimi (2017) opined
ha seapo s ha e a signi ican impac on acili a ing in e na ional ade
and os e ing b oade economic de elopmen . Since he 1990s, he
compe i ion be ween seapo s has g own signi ican ly, wi h an
inc easing numbe o seapo s se icing a single egion and he aspi a-
ion o a ac shipping lines (Mi aj, Be awi, Zagloel, Sa i & Sa oji,
2021). Acco ding o B ooks (2019), seapo s a e c ucial ga eways ha
connec na ions, and i s acili ies accele a e he e icien ansi o goods,
and se e as hubs o global ade. The impo ance o Po acili y in
p omo ing economic g ow h has inc eased wi h he g ow h o global
ade in goods (Elen ably, 2013). A mul i-c i e ia decision-making
model o selec ing he loca ion o an in e modal e minal ha will in-
c ease compe i i eness and p omo e egional in eg a ion has been p o-
posed (Wang, Wang & Ji, 2018; No eboom & Rod igue, 2009;
Cullinane, Wang & Cullinane, 2002; B ooks, 2015; Kim & Talley, 2002).
Policymake s, po au ho i ies, esea che s, and s akeholde s now p i-
o i ize unde s anding and upg ading Po acili y (Wan, Zhang & Chang,
2019; Talley & Ng, 1996).
Seapo esea ch has g own signi ican ly in ecen decades (Pallis, &
De Langen, 2004), esul ing in a subs an ial body o knowledge. Re-
sea che s om a ious disciplines, including managemen , ans-
po a ion, enginee ing, logis ics, and economics, ha e p oduced
academic wo ks in his a ea, Howe e , Po design, cons uc ion, ope -
a ions, ecological esponsibili y, egula ion, and policy analysis a e
some o he hemes co e ed in mos seapo esea ch (Talley & Ng,
* Co esponding au ho a : School o Technology, Managemen and Logis ics (STML), College o Business, Uni e si i U a a Malaysia, 06010 Sin ok, Kedah,
Malaysia.
E-mail add esses: [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed] (S.A. Jiddah), [email p o ec ed] (S. Abdul Hanan), [email p o ec ed]
(N.K. Anua ).
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1996). Po acili y li e a u e is ye o be e icien ly u ilized (Djabie ,
Se iawan, Syamsiah & Senda, 2023). This gap in he li e a u e, mo i-
a es he cu en s udy.
The pu pose o his pape is o know he deb o knowledge co e ed
on po acili y esea ch and possible a eas o be exploi ed by u u e
esea che s. To his end, he s udy aims o enhance he comp ehension
o he key con ibu o s in his pa icula ield o inqui y and hei
collabo a i e endea ou s. To achie e his, he esea che s conduc ed an
analysis encompassing h ee main aspec s: (a) iden i ying he na ions
ha made he mos signi ican con ibu ions o esea ch on Po acil-
i ies, (b) examining he p ima y ins i u ions o a ilia ions in ol ed in
his esea ch, and (c) in es iga ing au ho ship and ci a ion pa e ns,
among o he ele an ac o s.
The digi aliza ion o seapo s, which en ails he use o cu ing-edge
echnologies o imp o e po ope a ions and se ices, has a ac ed
inc easing a en ion (Jo i´
c e al., 2022; Sun, 2021). A seapo can be
conside ed a loca ion whe e wo domains, land a ic, and ma i ime
a ic in e sec and me ge. Be hs, quays, c anes, wa ehouses, and
anspo a ion ne wo ks a e jus a ew examples o he physical in a-
s uc u e equi ed o seapo s o ope a e e icien ly (Be nacki & Lis,
2021). The main challenge o seapo s, which can be hough o as
adminis a i e and ope a ional clus e s (Ib ahimi, 2017), is o build an
accep able in as uc u e sys em (Voog , 2022). Acco ding o Mi aj e al.
(2021), seapo equipmen is a mul i ace ed sys em ha combines eco-
nomic pu pose, in as uc u e amewo k, geog aphical space, and
ade. To achie e his, sma po de elopmen in eg a es cu ing-edge
echnologies o imp o e po se ices and ac i i ies (Pham, 2023).
These cla i ica ions p o ide an in-dep h unde s anding o seapo
s uc u e and highligh i s impo ance o he ma i ime anspo sec o .
To ga he knowledge abou he de ini ions and e alua ions o Po
acili y, a bibliome ic pape is equi ed. Bibliome ic analysis is a
quan i a i e me hod used o examine he body o li e a u e on a gi en
opic, including he numbe o publica ions, au ho s, and ci a ions
(Pham, Mi aj e al., & Wagne , 2019).
The exis ing body o esea ch pe aining o seapo s o po acili y
has p edominan ly concen a ed on po op imiza ion and modelling
(Alim, Beka , I ano , Unlu, B enize & Azmy, 2006), po acili ies se-
cu i y (Anyano a, 2007; Gunawan, Zauha , Sa wono & Bambang, &
Djabie e al., 2019, 2023) in ensi y and ade cos s o Po acili ies and
se ices (Re ab & Azzam, 2008), isk managemen in seapo s (Nagi
e al., 2017), po cons uc ion (Lu & Fan, & We nli e al., 2015, 2022)
po in eg a ion, (Koliousis, 2020), digi aliza ion in he po indus y
(Sun 2021), design and displacemen , (Koh, Kaimok, Tan & Chen, 2021;
Chadwick, Bak ash, Yee & And ew, 2022), main enance and da a p o-
ec ion, (Shin e al., 2022), po s uc u e and ehabili a ion, (Rojas,
Mi anda, Ba os, Rose o, M´
a quez & Ga cía, 2022), disas e and coas al
de ense, (Kawai, 2022) sma po de elopmen (Pham, 2023) digi ali-
za ion in ma i ime anspo and seapo s (Jo i´
c e al., 2022) ci cula
economy and sus ainabili y (Razmjooei, 2023) da a measu emen
(Ma sunaga, Kyouda, I aku a, Yamamo o, Sone & Kadono, 2023)
amongs o he s.
Despi e se e al bibliome ic s udies pe aining o esea ch on sea-
po s ha ha e been p e iously done, his s udy is he nea i s a emp
o conduc a bibliome ic analysis o esea ch pe aining o Po acili y.
Hence, Scopus da abase was used o conduc ing a bibliome ic analysis
and mapping exe cise wi h he objec i e o enhancing comp ehension o
wo ldwide pa e ns in esea ch pe aining o he s udy a ea. The s udy
conduc ed an in es iga ion o se e al aspec s o he a ea o Po acili y,
including he g ow h o publica ions, pa e ns o coope a ion and
au ho ship, he mos ac i e ins i u ions, a o i e jou nals, p oli ic
w i e s, coun ies con ibu ions, and he iden i ica ion o op-ci ed
wo ks among o he s. This analysis spanned he ime pe iod om 1975
h ough 2023. Howe e , using only Scopus da a base is conside ed as a
limi a ion o his s udy. To his end, u he esea che s should conside
using bo h Scopus and Web o Science da a base o p o ide a nuance
unde s anding o s udies o his na u e.
In conclusion, his bibliome ic analysis seeks o p o ide a holis ic
o e iew o he esea ch landscape in Po acili y by examining a
subs an ial numbe o jou nal a icles in he ield. The indings o his
s udy is no only bene icial o schola s and p ac i ione s bu also con-
ibu es o he o e all ad ancemen o seapo esea ch. By unde -
s anding he key a eas o ocus and eme ging ends, s akeholde s can
p opel he expansion o seapo acili ies o mee he g owing demands
o in e na ional ade.
Objec i e o he s udy
In his pape , he esea che s in end o map he concep ual s uc u e
o he ield o Po acili y. Howe e , he speci ic objec i es a e:
RO1: To examine he p og ession o published a icles pe aining o
Po acili y.
RO2: To conduc an analysis o co-au ho ship ne wo ks, collabo a-
ion ne wo ks be ween na ions, co-ci a ions, and co-wo ds in he con ex
o Po acili y.
RO3: To asce ain he lead w i e s who ha e p oduced he g ea es
quan i y o schola ly wo ks pe aining o Po acili y.
RO4: To de e mine who among hese au ho s has ga ne ed he
bigges numbe o ci a ions, indica ing hei in luence and impac wi hin
he ield.
RO5: To analyze he a ious o ms o schola ly publica ions, such as
jou nal a icles, books, chap e s, con e ence pape s and obse e hei
con ibu ions o he knowledge in his a ea.
RO6: To asce ain he coun ies, academic jou nals, and ins i u ions
ha ha e p oduced a subs an ial body o li e a u e on he subjec o Po
acili y. Addi ionally, his esea ch seeks o de e mine he impac ac o
associa ed wi h hese publica ions.
RO7: Finally, o asce ain he p ima y sponso s o esea ch pape s
pe aining o Po acili y. The objec i e is o u nish p ospec i e e-
sea che s in he ield o Po acili y wi h comp ehensi e in o ma ion on
he sou ces o inancing ha a e a ailable and accessible.
The p esen a icle is o ganized in he ollowing manne . Sec ion 1 is
dedica ed o p o iding an in oduc ion. Sec ion 2 p o ides a comp e-
hensi e accoun o he me hodology implemen ed in his esea ch,
encompassing a ho ough examina ion o he bibliome ic ools and
so wa e u ilized. Sec ion 3 o his esea ch pape o e s he indings
de i ed om he in es iga ion, which a e e ec i ely communica ed ia
he u iliza ion o ables and bibliome ic maps. Sec ion 4 p o ides a
comp ehensi e analysis and examina ion o he indings. Sec ion 5
he ea e p esen s he esul s de i ed om he s udy, he implica ions
o u u e esea ch, and he limi s o he cu en analysis.
Me hodology
To gain a deepe insigh in o his ield, his s udy p oposed con-
duc ing a bibliome ic analysis o jou nal a icles, books, chap e s e c.,
published in he a ea o Po acili y. Bibliome ic analysis is a quan i-
a i e app oach ha explo es pa e ns, ends, and s uc u es wi hin a
body o li e a u e. By applying bibliome ic echniques, which includes
bu no limi ed o ci a ion analysis, bibliome ic coupling, co-ci a ion
analysis and keywo d analysis, he esea che s aim o iden i y in luen-
ial au ho s, leading jou nals, impac ul heo ies, and eme ging esea ch
a eas wi hin he ield o Po acili y. To conduc his s udy, comp e-
hensi e collec ion o Scopus publica ions spanning 1975–2023 was
assembled. The a icles co e all opics in Po acili y ha ha e been
published up o Augus 2023. By analyzing his co pus o a icles, he
s udy de i ed meaning ul insigh s ha can in o m u u e esea ch di-
ec ions, iden i y esea ch gaps, and suppo e idence-based decision-
making in he domain o Po acili y.
The da a was e ined using Mic oso Excel, employing app op ia e
pe cen ages and cha s. He zing’s Publish o Pe ish was employed o
assess publishing me ics, while VOS iewe was applied o isually
ep esen he esul s o se e al indica o s. The scope o ou inqui y
S.A. Jiddah e al.
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168
encompassed an examina ion o he exis ing schola ly li e a u e, he
iden i ica ion o he p ima y sou ces, an assessmen o he ma e ials and
documen s employed, and an analysis o he p e ailing languages
employed wi hin his domain. The in es iga o s analyzed many a i-
ables, including p ima y subjec a eas, used keywo ds, numbe o ci a-
ions, and supplemen a y me ics such as ci e sco es, SJR anking, NIPS
anking, au ho coun , and i le analysis, among o he hings.
In o ma ion ex ac ion
The app oach employed in his s udy is depic ed in Fig. 1. This was
possible h ough he Scopus obus in e ace ha p o ides oppo uni y
o p ope sc eening and il e ing. Using he a icle i le, i was easie o
conside all a icles ha had he opic (Po Facili y) in i s i les. Looking
a he numbe s which was e y minimal, il e ing became unnecessa y.
The esea che s conside ed conduc ing he bibliome ic analysis on all
documen s o asce ain app op ia e de ails needed o his s udy. Uni-
e si i U a a Malaysia (UUM) Scopus access was used o ex ac he
needed da a on he da e and ime as indica ed in Fig. 1. Ci a ion me ics
we e ob ained wi h he aid o He zing’s publish o pe ish so wa e
e sion 7.33.3388.7819. The esea che s elied on Mic oso Excel 365
o Uni e si y U a a Malaysia o compu e he equencies and pe cen -
ages o he published ma e ials, and addi ionally o gene a e he co -
esponding cha s and g aphs whe e necessa y. In addi ion, VOS iewe
( e sion 1.6.19.0) was adop ed o cons uc and isualize he biblio-
me ic ne wo ks.Desc ip ion o Re ie ed Li e a u e:
Documen ype
Table 1 shows he ypes o publica ions ha we e included in he
s udy. The majo i y o he publica ions we e con e ence pape s
(49.44%) and a icles (44.94%). Book chap e s, no es, e iews, edi o-
ials, and books made up a smalle pe cen age o he publica ions. The
esul s sugges ha con e ence pape s and a icles a e he mos common
ypes o publica ions in he ield o seapo acili ies showing he ypes o
publica ions ha esea che s in his ield a e p oducing.
Sou ce ype
The esul s in Table 2 shows ha esea ch ou pu de i ed om
jou nals and con e ence p oceedings collec i ely make up 91.58% o he
o al pape s. This unde sco es he signi icance o hese wo so s o
sou ces wi hin he domain o academic inqui y. Books and book se ies
p o ide e y li le con ibu ion o he o e all esea ch ou pu , sugges -
ing ha hey a e no as equen ly u ilized o dissemina e esea ch
indings in his pa icula subjec . The con ibu ion o ade jou nals is
ela i ely minimal, accoun ing o a me e 0.56% o he whole co pus.
This implies ha hei con ibu ion o esea ch p oduc i i y in he ield
is no subs an ial. The da ase con ains 178 documen s, which may be
u ilized as a benchma k o subsequen s udies and compa isons..
G ow h o publica ions by yea :
Subjec a ea
Table 3 shows opic ca ego ies, pape coun s, and pe cen ages. En-
ginee ing domina es he collec ion wi h 128 i ems (71.91%). The second
mos equen opic is Ea h and Plane a y Sciences, wi h 30 publica-
ions (16.85%). En i onmen al Science is impo an , as 27 documen s
n=178
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nd
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Da abase: Scopus
Sea ch Field: A icle Ti le
Time F ame: 1975-2023 (48 yea s)
Language: All
N=178
Po Facili y
Ti le: (“Po Facili y”)
Reco ds Remo ed
Reco ds Iden i ied and Sc eened
Ex ac ion Da e
Keywo ds and Sea ch S ings
Scope and Co e age
Topic
desU
d oceR
To al Reco ds Adop ed o he Analysis
sseco Pgninee cS
noi azili Udna
dnaepocS,cipoT
ai e i Cy ilibigilE
Fig. 1. P isma Flow diag am o he sea ch s a egy (Page e al., 2021). N= o al numbe o pape e ie ed. n¼To al eco ds adop ed o he analysis. Sou ce:
Au ho s 2023.
Table 1
Re ie ed documen s (1975–2023).
Documen Type TP Pe cen age %
Con e ence Pape 88 49.44
A icle 80 44.94
Book Chap e 4 2.25
No e 2 1.12
Re iew 2 1.12
Book 1 0.56
Edi o ial 1 0.56
To al 178 100
TP=To al Publica ion
Sou ce: Au ho s Compu a ion 2023
Sou ce ype TP %
Jou nal 82 46.07
Con . P oceeding 81 45.51
Book 7 3.93
Book Se ies 7 3.93
T ade Jou nal 1 0.56
To al 178 100
Sou ce: Au ho s compu a ion 2023.
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(15.17%) demons a e. Social Sciences comp ises 26 documen s,
(14.61%). Ene gy is ep esen ed by 15 pape s, (8.43%). Compu e Sci-
ence con ains 11 documen s (6.18%). Ma e ials Science comp ises 10
documen s (5.62%). Physics and As onomy has 9 documen s, (5.06%).
Business Managemen , and Accoun ing 7 (3.93%), Ma hema ics 6
(3.37%). Ag icul u e, Biological sciences and A s and Humani ies, and
Decision Sciences 5 (2.81%) Chemical Enginee ing, 4 Chemis y 2,
Biochemis y, Gene ics and Molecula Biology 1, Economics, Econo-
me ics and Finance 1, and Medicine, 1 (2.25), (1.12) (0.56 each)
espec i ely. This sugges s a limi ed scope ocused on a speci ic disci-
pline. Howe e , mul i-discipline pa icipa ion indica es a posi i e
ou look o collabo a ions ac oss di e en a eas in u u e esea ch in his
a ea. This shows ha he ield is a mul i-discipline one e en down hey
exis lopsidedness in ew a eas as shown in he able.
Sou ce i le
Table 4 shows i een mos ac i e sou ces in po acili y esea ch.
F om he esul s, i could be seen ha mos o he sou ces a e ac i e and
up o da e on he Scopus da abase wi h hei h ee majo anking sco es.
F om he able and indica ions, Ma i ime Policy and adminis a ion is
he mos ou s anding sou ce wi h a ci e sco e o 6.5 (2022) SJR 0.8
(2022), and SNIP sco e o 1.4 (2022). In ha o de . This is a pa h inde
o esea che s who wish o publish in his a ea. Consis ency o sou ces
a e a ed based on ci e sco e and co e age o jou nals on Scopus. The
p esen s o hese jou nals up o 2022 ep esen s ha claim.
Ac i e ongues/languages used
Table 5 p o ided in he ques ion shows he b eakdown o languages
used in academic esea ch, he numbe o documen s, and hei pe -
cen ages. English is he dominan language used in he da ase , wi h 167
documen s, accoun ing o 92.27% o he o al. F ench, Ge man, Japa-
nese, and Russian a e each ep esen ed by wo documen s, each making
up 1.10% o he o al. C oa ian and I alian a e bo h ep esen ed by one
documen , each accoun ing o 0.55% o he o al. Fou documen s a e
classi ied as unde ined, making up 2.21% o he o al. The indings
p o ide a ious pe spec i es on he impac o language on academic
esea ch, including he impo ance o language p ecision in dissemi-
na ing esea ch indings especially in his a ea, he in luence o language
di e si y on knowledge sha ing in in e na ional con ex s, and he po-
en ial ba ie s and c oss-cul u al collabo a ion in his a ea.
Au ho s co-occu ence keywo ds
Table 6 gi e p ope pe spec i e o his igu e, wi h numbe o doc-
umen s ha a key wo d appea ed in and he pe cen ages. Fig. 3 Re ealed
he keywo ds ha appea ed mos in po acili y esea ch. As seen in he
isualiza ion, Po acili y/ acili ies appea ed 11 imes wi h a link
s eng h o 52 making i he a ge keywo d o au ho s in his a ea. I is
connec ed all o he key wa ds like po s, ships, po e minal e c. The
s eng h o he keywo ds is de e mined by he side o he ci cle while he
link s eng h is de e mined by he hickness o he connec ing lines.
Visualiza ion was based on ac ional coun ing o keywo ds ha ha e
appea ed a minimum o i e imes. Based on his, 21 keys me his
equi emen in 5 clus e s as shown in he igu e (G een, Ma oon, Ligh
blue, O ange and Pink). To al link o he keywo ds was 80 wi h o al link
s eng h o 77.00. ou o his, Po acili y/ acili ies as keywo ds
ecei ed he link s eng h o 52, lea ing 25 poin s o he emaining
keys. Fig. 4 also isualized he co-occu ence ne wo k based on i le
ield.
In luen ial Coun ies in Po Facili y Resea ch
Table 7 indica ed a a ie y o in o ma ion ela ed o academic
esea ch om a ious coun ies on his opic, hei publica ion ou pu
and esea ch p oduc i i y by coun y. The sou ces o e insigh s in o he
impo ance o da a analysis and in e p e a ion in academic esea ch, as
well as he signi icance o in e na ional collabo a ion and c oss-
disciplina y esea ch. The able shows 33 coun ies wi h o al con i-
bu ion o 133 pape s o po acili y esea ch ou o 178 documen s
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
TC
TC
Fig. 2. G ow h o publica ions by yea . TC=(To al Ci a ions).
Au ho s compu a ion 2023.
Table 3
Subjec A ea.
Subjec A ea TP %
Enginee ing 128 71.91
Ea h and Plane a y Sciences 30 16.85
En i onmen al Science 27 15.17
Social Sciences 26 14.61
Ene gy 15 8.43
Compu e Science 11 6.18
Ma e ials Science 10 5.62
Physics and As onomy 9 5.06
Business, Mg & Accoun ing 7 3.93
Ma hema ics 6 3.37
Ag icul u al and Biological Sciences 5 2.81
A s and Humani ies 5 2.81
Decision Sciences 5 2.81
Chemical Enginee ing 4 2.25
Chemis y 2 1.12
Biochemis y, Gene ics and Molecula Biology 1 0.56
Economics, Econome ics and Finance 1 0.56
Medicine 1 0.56
To al 178 100
TP=To al Pape s
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e ie ed while 45 documen s a e uniden i ied. U.S.A has 36 documen s,
Japan, 16; and Russia 13; as op con ibu o s, Ge many, Uni ed
Kingdom, and Indonesia lead he middle class wi h 8,7 and 6 publica-
ions espec i ely, while Saudi, 2; and Malaysia, 1; a e in he g oup o
lowes con ibu o s.
Main ins i u ions
Table 8 shows he ins i u ions om which mos o he publica ions
on po acili y o igina ed. Uni e si ies and Colleges eme ged as he
majo con ibu o s o his esea ch ield (mos o he esea che s a e
Academics) wi h 15 (83.3%) ou o he 18 ins i u ions wi h a leas wo
con ibu ing documen s coming om he Uni e si ies, lea ing only
16.7% o o he esea ch ins i u ions. This he e o e e y encou aging.
Ou o hese Uni e si ies, U.S.A has 4, I aly 2, Colombia, Russia, Japan,
B azil, Ge many, G eece, and U.K, ha ing 1 each. The able also shows
ha he e a e 49 publica ions con ibu ions o hese 18 ins i u ions ou
o which 24 (49%) documen s ha e ecei ed 91 ci a ions. Su p isingly,
he mos e icien au ho s a e in Colombia wi h only 3 documen s all
ecei ed ci a ions wi h a o al o 34, ahead o I aly and U.S.A wi h 27
and 25 espec i ely.
Au ho ship analysis/coun : Au ho ship analysis
The numbe o au ho s pe documen is shown in Table 9. 53 (29.8%)
o he 178 publica ions conside ed in his s udy we e single au ho ed,
while he emaining publica ions had mul iple au ho s. The majo i y o
Sou ce Ti le TP % Publishe Ci e
Sco e
SJR SNIP NCP TC C/P C/CP h G
Bulk Solids Handling 4 2.25 Vogel Ve lag 0.3
(2018)
0.102
(2020)
0.00
(2022)
1 2 0.50 2.00 1 1
Geo echnical Special Publica ion 4 2.25 Ame. Soc. o Ci il
Enginee ing
0.8
(2022)
0.244
(2022)
0.296
(2022)
2 4 1.00 2.00 1 2
Po s 2022 Enginee ing pape s om sessions o he
16 h T iennial In e na ional Con e ence
4 2.25 Ame. Soc. o Ci il
Enginee ing
Nill Nill Nill 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
P oceedings o he In e na ional O sho e and Pola
Enginee ing Con e ence
4 2.25 In l Soc. O O sho e
Pola Enginee s
0.5
(2022)
0.17
(2022)
0.208
(2022)
1 1 0.25 1.00 1 1
IoP Con e ence Se ies on Ea h and En i onmen al
Sciences
3 1.69 IOP Pub. L d 0.8
(2022)
0.20
(2022)
0.205
(2022)
0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Po De elopmen in he Changing Wo ld. Po s 2004
P oceedings o he Con e ence
3 1.69 Ame. Soc. o Ci il
Enginee ing
Nill Nill Nill 1 11 3.67 11.00 1 1
AIP Con e ence P oceedings 2 1.12 Ame ica Ins i u e o
Physics Inc.
Nill 0.16
(2022)
Nill 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Applied Sciences Swi ze land 2 1.12 AIP Con e ence
P oceedings
4.5
(2022)
0.49
(2022)
0.97
(2022)
2 7 3.50 3.50 2 2
Be on Und S ahlbe onbua 2 1.12 USA, Willey-
Blackswell
2.2
(2022)
0.45
(2022)
1.044
(2022)
0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Iop Con e ence Se ies, Ma e ial Science and
Enginee ing
2 1.12 IOP Pub. L d 1.1
(2021)
0.25
(2022)
0.517
(2022)
1 1 0.50 1.00 1 1
Jou nal o Ma ine Science and Enginee ing 2 1.12 MDPI AG 3.7
(2022)
0.54
(2022)
1.119
(2022)
0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Ma i ime Policy and Managemen 2 1.12 Taylo and F ancis 6.5
(2022)
0.80
(2022)
1.35
(2022)
1 14 7.00 14.00 1 2
Po s 2013, Success Th ough Di e si ica ion.
P oceedings o he 13 h T iennial In e na ional
Con e ence
2 1.12 Po s 2013 SD Nill Nill Nill 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
P oceedings o he In e na ional Con e ence on
O sho e Mechanic and A c ic Enginee ing (OMAE)
2 1.12 Ame. Soc. O Mech.
Enginee s
1.0
(2022)
0.23
(2022)
0.365
(2022)
2 8 4.00 4.00 1 2
T ansac ions o he Ame ican Nuclea Socie y 2 1.12 Ame ican Nuclea
Socie y
Nill Nill Nill 1 2 1.00 2.00 1 1
TP = o al numbe o publica ions; NCP =numbe o ci ed publica ions; TC = o al ci a ions; C/P =a e age ci a ions pe publica ion; C/CP =a e age ci a ions pe
ci ed publica ion; h =h-index; and g =g-index.
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Table 5
Language Used.
Language TP %
English 167 92.27
F ench 2 1.10
Ge man 2 1.10
Japanese 2 1.10
Russian 2 1.10
C oa ian 1 0.55
I alian 1 0.55
Unde ined 4 2.21
To al 178 100
TP=To al Publica ion
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Table 6
Keywo ds Analysis.
Keywo ds To al Documen s Pe cen ages
Po Facili ies 44 24.72
Po s and Ha bo s 24 13.48
Ea hquakes 11 6.18
Ma hema ical Models 9 5.06
Piles 9 5.06
Po 9 5.06
Po Te minals 9 5.06
Risk Assessmen 9 5.06
Facili ies 7 3.39
Po Facili y 7 3.39
Po s 7 3.39
Ships 7 3.39
Design 6 3.37
Seismic Design 6 3.37
Cons uc ion 5 2.81
Disas e s 5 2.81
Po De elopmen 5 2.81
Secu i y Sys em 5 2.81
Soil Lique ac ion 5 2.81
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a icles on po acili y we e co-au ho ed by wo (42/23.6%), h ee (27/
15.2%), ou (24/13.5%), i e (8/4.5%), six (11/6.2%), and se en (5/
2.8%) au ho s, while a single documen was w i en by en au ho s,
ep esen ing 0.6%. This esul indica es a high deg ee o collabo a ion in
his ield.
Mos p oduc i e au ho s
Table 10 p esen s a comp ehensi e o e iew o he w i e s who ha e
made signi ican con ibu ions o he ield o po acili y esea ch,
highligh ing hei p oduc i i y and a ilia ions wi h a ious uni e si ies
ac oss di e en na ions. A g oup o ou indi iduals a ilia ed wi h he
Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y in he Uni ed S a es collec i ely p oduced
a o al o wel e publica ions, wi h each membe con ibu ing ou
publica ions. Alim, F.; Azmy, Y.; B enize , J.; and I anok, K. This
obse a ion demons a es he Uni ed S a es’ p ominen posi ion in his
pa icula domain. In e es ingly, he Uni ed S a es o Ame ica (USA) and
Japan also exhibi ed a commonali y in e ms o he subsequen ou
Fig. 3. Keywo d Analysis: Vos iewe Ne wo k Visualiza ions o au ho s skeys wi h a -leas 3 occu ences. Sou ce: Au ho s isualiza ion 2023.
Fig. 4. Visualiza ion o co-occu ence ne wo k based on i le ields using bina y coun ing. Sou ce: Au ho s isualiza ion 2023.
Table 7
Coun ies con ibu ion o Po acili y esea ch.
Coun y TP % h
i
g
i
Coun y TP % h
i
g
i
Uni ed S a es 36 20.22 6 14 Saudi A abia 2 1.12 1 1
Japan 16 8.99 2 4 Sou h Ko ea 2 1.12 1 1
Russian Fed. 13 7.30 3 4 Taiwan 2 1.12 1 2
Ge many 8 4.49 2 2 Chile 1 0.56 1 1
Uni ed Kingdom 7 3.93 2 7 C oa ia 1 0.56 1 1
Indonesia 6 3.37 1 1 Ecuado 1 0.56 0 0
I aly 6 3.37 3 6 Hondu as 1 0.56 0 0
Aus alia 5 2.81 0 0 Malaysia 1 0.56 1 1
Canada 5 2.81 1 5 Mexico 1 0.56 1 1
China 5 2.81 2 2 No way 1 0.56 0 0
G eece 4 2.25 1 1 Poland 1 0.56 1 1
Spain 4 2.25 3 4 Romania 1 0.56 1 1
B azil 3 1.69 1 1 Sweden 1 0.56 1 1
Colombia 3 1.69 3 3 Thailand 1 0.56 1 1
India 3 1.69 1 1 Tu key 1 0.56 1 1
Hong Kong 2 1.12 0 0 UAE 1 0.56 1 1
Ne he lands 2 1.12 1 1 Unde ined 45 ? ? ?
TP = o al numbe o publica ions; h =h-index; and g =g-index.
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w i e s, each o whom had h ee (3) publica ions. The au ho s o his
s udy a e Kasugai, Y. and Takahashi, K om Nihon Uni e si y in Japan,
as well as Sa ikaya, B and Ünlü, K om he Uni e si y o Pennsyl ania in
he Uni ed S a es. All o he w i e s exhibi ed a o al o wo (2) publi-
ca ions, as indica ed in he able.
Co-au ho ship ac ional mapping
Co-au ho ship e e s o he p ac ice o mul iple indi iduals collabo-
a ing on a schola ly wo k. While ac ional mapping e e s o he p o-
cess o ans o ming a gi en egion o domain on o ano he egion o
domain using ac ional linea ans o ma ions. In his s udy, he VOS
iewe was u ilized o p o ide a ne wo k isualiza ion (see Fig. 5)
depic ing he co-au ho ship ela ionships among a ious w i e s. The
mapping p ocedu e employed he ac ional coun ing app oach, u iliz-
ing comp ehensi e da a encompassing all au ho s in ol ed in esea ch
pe aining o po acili ies. The colo , size o he ci cles, and on size
a e used as isual indica o s o ep esen he in ensi y o he link be-
ween he w i e s. .
Co-au ho ship o coun ies
Fig. 5 p esen s a ne wo k isualiza ion map ha depic s he au ho s’
a ilia ions wi h di e en na ions. This in es iga ion encompassed all
na ions ha possessed a minimum o one documen . Ini ially, his
c i e ia yielded a o al o 43 na ions, o which jus 12 coun ies exhibi ed
a subs an ial le el o in e connec edness, o ming wo dis inc clus e s.
The use o he ac ional coun ing app oach e ealed a no able
in ol emen o w i e s a ilia ed wi h he Uni ed S a es in pa ne ship
endea ou s wi h au ho s om o he na ions in he ield o po acili y
esea ch. The esul s indica e ha he ocal poin lies inside he i s and
p ima y clus e , whe e igh collabo a ions ha e been es ablished wi h
w i e s om se e al coun ies, including Canada, Ecuado , Aus alia,
Chile, he Uni ed A ab Emi a es, I aly, and Taiwan. Fu he mo e, w i e s
hailing om G eece, India, he Uni ed Kingdom, and Canada ha e also
de eloped se e al join endea ou s wi h colleagues in di e en na ions.
Canada se es as a pi o al connec ion be ween he wo clus e s, di ec ly
linking he Uni ed S a es and he Uni ed Kingdom along a dis inc axis.
Coun ies co-au ho ship link s eng h
Table 11 explains he Fig. 5 abo e. I e eals he connec ions be-
ween he coun ies, 12 coun ies as isualized abo e had he highes
numbe s o ci a ions and link s eng h as shown wi h he Uni ed S a e as
he leade o he ne wo k. In he 178 pape s, he USA has 36 documen s,
210 ci a ions and o al link s eng h o 9, ollowed by I aly wi h 6 doc-
umen s, 107 ci a ions a link s eng h o 3. And all o he coun ies as
shown in he able. Link s eng h is de e mined by he hickness o he
link line.
Table 8
Majo ins i u ions wi h a leas 2 documen s on po acili y esea ch.
Ins i u ion TP % Coun y NCP TC
Po and Ai po Resea ch Ins i u e 8 4.49% Japan 4 12
Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y 5 2.81% USA 3 7
Uni e si `
a degli S udi di Geno a 3 1.69% I aly 1 11
Uni e si y o Neb aska–Lincoln 3 1.69% USA 1 2
Uni e sidad Pon i icia Boli a iana 3 1.69% Colombia 3 34
B anch FGBU “TSNIIP Russian MoC”
DalNIIS
2 1.12% Russia 0 0
King Abdulaziz Uni e si y 2 1.12% Saudi A. 1 1
Uni e sidade de S˜
ao Paulo 2 1.12% B azil 0 0
Tokai Uni e si y 2 1.12% Japan 0 0
S an o d Uni e si y 2 1.12% USA 1 15
Uni e si y o Flo ida 2 1.12% USA 1 1
A is o le Uni e si y o Thessaloniki 2 1.12% G eece 2 2
Uni e si `
a della Calab ia 2 1.12% I aly 2 16
Uni e si y o Plymou h 2 1.12% UK 1 1
Uni e si ¨
a Hambu g 2 1.12% Ge many 2 5
College o Enginee ing 2 1.12% Unspeci ied 0 0
Zoological Ins . o he Russian
Academy o Sc
2 1.12% Russia 1 3
Admi al Maka o S a e Uni e si y o
Ma i ime and Inland Shipping
2 1.12% Russia 1 6
No e: TP=To al Publica ions, NCP=Numbe o ci ed pape s, TC=To al Ci a ions
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Table 9
Au ho s Coun .
S/N Au ho coun N0. O Documen s Pe cen age Cumula i e %
1 0 7 3.9
2 1 53 29.8 33.7
3 2 42 23.6 57.3
4 3 27 15.2 72.5
5 4 24 13.5 86.0
6 5 8 4.5 90.4
7 6 11 6.2 96.6
8 7 5 2.8 99.4
9 10 1 0.6 100.0
N¼9 178 100
No e: N =To al clus e numbe
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Table 10
Mos P oduc i e au ho s wi h a leas 2 publica ions.
Au ho
Name
A ilia ion/coun y TP % Au ho Name A ilia ion/Coun y TP %
Alim, F. Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y/USA 4 2.25% Elen ably, A. Minis y o Cons uc ion/Russia 2 1.12%
Azmy, Y. Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y/USA 4 2.25% Fukuda, I. Po and Ai po Resea ch Ins i u e/Japan 2 1.12%
B enize , J. Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y/USA 4 2.25% Gu i´
e ez, L.
B.
Uni e sidad Pon i ica/Colombia 2 1.12%
I ano , K. Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y/USA 4 2.25% Hause , I. Uni e si y o Oslo/No way 2 1.12%
Kasugai, Y. Nihon Uni e si y (1)/Japan 3 1.00% Kasai, T. A is o le Uni e si y/G eece 2 1.12%
Sa ikaya, B. Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y/USA 3 1.69% Kindahl, J.K. Zoology Ins i u e_Academy Sc/Russia 2 1.12%
Takahashi, K. Nihon Uni e si y/Japan 3 1.69% Malyuk, V.D. B anch FGBU, Min. o Cons c ion/ Russia 2 1.12%
Ünlü, K. Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y/USA 3 1.69% Malyuk, V.V. B anch FGBU, Min. o Cons c ion/ Russia 2 1.12%
Bi keland, O. No wegian Uni e isi y o Scince and Tech./
No way
2 1.12% Ma hai, T. Geological Su ey o Kolka a/India 2 1.12%
Boo s ein, L. S an o d Uni e si y/USA 2 1.12% Wa abe, Y Po and Ai po Res. Ins i u e/Japan 2 1.12%
Coope , J.S. Po o B isbane Au ho i y/Aus alia 2 1.12% Valencia, R.A Uni e sidad Pon i ica (2) Uni e sidad EAFIT (1)
/Colombia
2 1.12%
Da e, S. Uni e si y o Tokai/Japan 2 1.12% - - -
No e: TP=To al Publica ion
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Ci a ion analysis
Table 12 epo s he ci a ion me ic o he pape s ob ained om he
Scopus da abase. These me ics we e ob ained om He zing’s Publish o
Pe ish so wa e. Acco dingly, he e we e 528 ci a ions epo ed in 48
yea s (1975–2023) o he 178 documen s au ho ed by 68 w i e s. This
shows an a e age ci a ion coun o 11.00 ci a ions pe yea . Ci a ion pe
pape s ood a 2.97, au ho s pe pape a 2.61, ci a ion pe au ho s was
4.78, pape pe au ho a 2.52 wi h h-index and g-index o 12 and 20
espec i ely.
Mos in luen ial documen s
Table 13 summa izes he 9 documen s on Po acili y mos o en
ci ed, based on he numbe o imes each was ci ed. The wo documen s
mos o en ci ed we e “A new isk quan i ica ion app oach in po
acili y secu i y assessmen ” by Yang, Z., e . al, (2014), as well as ‘Wise
po and business ene gy managemen : Po acili ies, elec ical powe
dis ibu ion’ P aise, G., e . al, (2016). These li e a u es ha e ecei ed an
a e age ci a ion pe au ho o 27 and 13 espec i ely and hey a e bo h
a icle pape s. O he ma e ials wi h signi ican a en ion a e also e-
po ed as seen in he able.
Ci a ions o documen s
Fig. 7 p esen s he mapping o ci a ions o documen s wi h a mini-
mum o 1 ci a ions. I illus a es he key au ho s in he ield as shown in
Table 13 abo e as e lec ed in he size o he ci cle in ela ion o Yang,
e al. (2014) and P aise e al. (2016). Fig. 8 u he shows he ci a ion
co e age by coun y wi h Uni ed S a es o Ame ica and Japan opping
he cha as epo ed in Table 10 (Mos P oduc i e Au ho s).
Ci a ion by Coun ies.
Fig. 5. Visualize he co-au ho ship mapping. Sou ce: Au ho s isualiza ion 2023.
Fig. 6. Visualiza ion o Coun ies Co-au ho ship. Sou ce: Au ho s isualiza ion 2023.
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