The evolution of IJHCS and CHI: A quantitative analysis. Issue 131 (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mannocci, Andrea; Osborne, Francesco; Motta, Enrico
• Is Part Of: International journal of human-computer studies. Issue 131(2019)
• Page Start: 23
• Page End: 40
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: Science of science -- Scientometrics -- Spatial scientometrics -- Bibliographic data -- Scholarly data -- Ontology -- Data Mining -- Human-Computer Interaction; Human-machine systems -- Periodicals; Systems engineering -- Periodicals; Human engineering -- Periodicals; Human engineering; Human-machine systems; Systems engineering; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 004.019
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2019.05.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1071-5819

Abstract

Highlights: We present a comprehensive scientometric analysis of IJHCS (1969–2018) and CHI (1982–2018). We performed a geopolitical analysis and found a static landscape dominated by few countries. Several countries show interest in them, but are unable to have a significant publishing presence. We analysed the evolution of research topics over time by adopting the Computer Science Ontology. We detected several research trends emerging in the last ten years. Abstract: In this paper we focus on the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) as a domain of analysis, to gain insights about its evolution in the past 50 years and what this evolution tells us about the research landscape associated with the journal. To this purpose we use techniques from the field of Science of Science and analyse the relevant scholarly data to identify a variety of phenomena, including significant geopolitical patterns, the key trends that emerge from a topic-centric analysis, and the insights that can be drawn from an analysis of citation data. Because the area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has always been a central focus for IJHCS, we also include in the analysis the CHI conference, which is the premiere scientific venue in HCI. Analysing both venues provides more data points to our study and allows us to consider two alternative viewpoints on the evolution of HCI research.