Table 4.
Bibliographic coupling analysis factor loadings
| Paper authors | Year | Highest factor loading | Bibliographic coupling factors | Paper authors | Year | Highest factor loading | Bibliographic coupling factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An et al. | 2020 | BC1-0.915 | BC1 | Weerakoon, Gales and McMurray | 2019 | BC1-0.915 | BC1 |
| An et al. | 2018 | BC1-0.912 | BC1 | Wierenga | 2019 | BC1-0.887 | BC1 |
| An et al. | 2018 | BC1-0.912 | BC1 | Witell et al | 2017 | BC1-0.906 | BC1 |
| Bacq et al. | 2015 | BC1-0.901 | BC1 | Wu, Liu and Zhang | 2017 | BC1-0.89 | BC1 |
| Bellavitis et al. | 2017 | BC1-0.585 | BC1,BC3 | Yachin | 2017 | BC1-0.886 | BC1 |
| Bojica, Istanbouli and Fuentes-Fuente | 2014 | BC1-0.694 | BC1,BC4 | Yu et al | 2019 | BC1-0.887 | BC1 |
| Bojica et al | 2017 | BC1-0.829 | BC1 | Yu et al | 2020 | BC1-0.894 | BC1 |
| Brown, Mawson and Rowe | 2019 | BC1-0.916 | BC1 | Zhao et al | 2021 | BC1-0.9 | BC1 |
| Cheung et al. | 2019 | BC1-0.913 | BC1 | Horváth | 2019 | BC2-0.956 | BC2 |
| Davidsson, Baker and Senyard | 2017 | BC1-0.889 | BC1 | Weigand and Schulte | 2020 | BC2-0.95 | BC2 |
| Desa and Basu | 2013 | BC1-0.895 | BC1 | Al Issa | 2021 | BC2-0.916 | BC2 |
| Hooi et al. | 2016 | BC1-0.902 | BC1 | Block, Fisch and Hirschmann | 2021 | BC2-0.769 | BC2 |
| Hota, Mitra and Qureshi | 2019 | BC1-0.908 | BC1 | Waleczek et al | 2018 | BC2-0.751 | BC2,BC1 |
| Jannsen, Fayolle and Wuilaume | 2018 | BC1-0.913 | BC1 | Jayawarna, Jones and Marlow | 2015 | BC3-0.979 | BC3 |
| Korsgaard, Müller and Welter | 2021 | BC1-0.824 | BC1 | Jones and Jayawarna | 2010 | BC3-0.873 | BC3 |
| Ladstaetter, Plank and Hemetsberger | 2018 | BC1-0.912 | BC1 | Jayawarna, Jones and Macpherson | 2014 | BC3-0.852 | BC3 |
| Olive-Tomas and Harmeling | 2020 | BC1-0.9 | BC1 | Vanacker et al | 2011 | BC3-0.687 | BC3, BC5 |
| Salunke, Weerawardena and McColl-Kennedy | 2013 | BC1-0.873 | BC1 | Moghaddam et al | 2017 | BC3-0.568 | BC3 |
| Sarkar | 2018 | BC1-0.918 | BC1 | Hsiao, Ou and Chen | 2014 | BC4-0.87 | BC4 |
| Schulte-Holthaus | 2018 | BC1-0.912 | BC1 | Ritvala, Salmi and Andersson | 2014 | BC4-0.856 | BC4 |
| Servantie and Rispal | 2018 | BC1-0.92 | BC1 | Beckett | 2016 | BC4-0.528 | BC4 |
| Sivathanu and Pillai | 2019 | BC1-0.911 | BC1 | Beckett | 2016 | BC4-0.528 | BC4 |
| Tasavori, Kwong and Pruthi | 2017 | BC1-0.911 | BC1 | Neely and Van Auken | 2010 | BC5-0.8 | BC5 |
| Tindiwensi et al. | 2020 | BC1-0.809 | BC1 | Neely and Van Auken | 2009 | BC5-0.776 | BC5 |
| Tsilika et al. | 2020 | BC1-0.91 | BC1 | Malmström | 2014 | BC5-0.647 | BC5,BC3 |
| Scazziota et al. | 2020 | BC1-0.901 | BC1 | Franquesa and Brandyberry | 2009 | BC5-0.412 | BC5 |
Bibliographic Coupling factors column consists of factors that studies are loaded to (> 0.4 factor loading), the first one depicting the highest factor loading
% of Variance Explained: BC1: 50.7%; BC2: 9.4%; BC3: 9.4%; BC4: 6.3%; BC5: 6.3%; % of Variance Accumulated: 82.3%