A Scientometric Review of Student Housing Research Trends
A Scientometric Review of Student Housing Research Trends
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2015
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Fredrick, Simpeh
Mariam, Akinlolu
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Earth and Environmental Science
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This paper presents a scientometric review of student housing studies; exploring the
key authors and the collaborations among authors and countries, as well as the research trends
with the aim of identifying gaps in this area of research where more studies is required. The
VOSviewer software (version 1.6.13) was used for a Scientometrics review of 65 student
housing publications from 2000 to 2020. The analysis focused on bibliographic coupling of
countries, co-authorship of authors, citation of documents, and co-occurrence of keywords,
which were further presented as network visualization maps. Scopus database was selected as
the only data source. Therefore, the representation of publications presented in this study are
limited to only one data source. The findings revealed that there is a satisfactory level of
international collaboration in this research area. United Kingdom had the strongest link whilst
Saudi Arabia had the weakest link. Both the keywords and documents citation analysis
revealed three main trend of student housing research, i.e. residential satisfaction, post
occupancy evaluation, and studentification. Gaps identified where more research is required
include sustainable student housing, student housing safety and prioritisation of student’s
requirement. This study provides invaluable information on the research trends in student
housing studies. Thus, helping to identify gaps where more research is required.
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Simpeh, F., & Akinlolu, M. (2021, February). A scientometric review of student housing research trends. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 654, No. 1, p. 012015). IOP Publishing.