Sood Sandeep Kumar, Rawat Keshav Singh
Department of Computer Applications, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, India.
Nat Hazards (Dordr). 2021;106(3):2863-2881. doi: 10.1007/s11069-021-04512-3. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
In recent years, natural and manmade disasters such as floods, earthquakes, wildfires, and tsunamis have occurred with human losses and environmental deterioration. Henceforth, to reduce the damage caused by these catastrophic events, the administration and government need to track victims and perform synchronized relief efforts on time at the disaster sites. The promising technologies of Internet communication technology (ICT), like the Internet of things, cloud computing, and data analytics, can assist various phases of disaster management. Moreover, the role of higher education spans all stages of disaster management: preparedness, response, and recovery. As educational and research contributions, higher educational institutes are essentially involved in all the disaster management stages to contribute to society broadly. Henceforth, the scientific analysis of disaster management literature is required to analyze the overall structure and developments in this domain. This study presents a scientometric analysis that evaluates the ICT-assisted disaster management research over the last 15 years (2005-2020). It presents various empirical ways to analyze the evolution, status, and result of ICT-assisted in disaster management research. This study provides extensive insight into the publication growth, citation analysis, collaboration, and keyword co-occurrence analysis for technological trends of the ICT-assisted disaster management research. It identifies key journals, countries, and organizations that significantly contributed to this research domain. Overall, this study presents various patterns, research trends, and collaborations as the basic structure for future research in this field.
近年来，洪水、地震、野火和海啸等自然和人为灾害时有发生，造成了人员伤亡和环境恶化。从今往后，为了减少这些灾难性事件造成的损害，行政部门和政府需要追踪受灾群众，并在灾难现场及时开展同步救援工作。互联网通信技术（ICT）的一些有前景的技术，如物联网、云计算和数据分析，可以协助灾害管理的各个阶段。此外，高等教育在灾害管理的所有阶段都发挥着作用：预防、应对和恢复。作为教育和研究贡献，高等教育机构基本上参与了灾害管理的所有阶段，以广泛地为社会做出贡献。从今往后，需要对灾害管理文献进行科学分析，以剖析该领域的整体结构和发展情况。本研究进行了一项科学计量分析，评估了过去15年（2005 - 2020年）信息通信技术辅助的灾害管理研究。它提出了各种实证方法来分析信息通信技术辅助灾害管理研究的演变、现状和成果。本研究对信息通信技术辅助灾害管理研究的出版物增长、引文分析、合作以及关键词共现分析等技术趋势提供了广泛的见解。它确定了对该研究领域有重大贡献的关键期刊、国家和组织。总体而言，本研究呈现了各种模式、研究趋势和合作情况，作为该领域未来研究的基本架构。
