Research Trends and Collaboration at the University of Debrecen's Faculty of Informatics: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

This research investigates nearly two decades of publication effort and the emergence of a novel research domain within the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Employing a descriptive bibliometric methodology, the study analyzes annual scientific output, average citation per document, document age, leading journals, and the collaborative networks among authors and institutions associated with the faculty. Additionally, it explores the types of Open Access and identifies key funding sources. The research tracks the frequency of specific terms and analyzes trend topics based on author keywords to identify major faculty research areas and their development over time. The researchers considered all scholarly publications affiliated with the Faculty of Informatics indexed in the Scopus database using the Scopus Affiliation Identifier. All Publications, which span from 2004-2023, were considered. Considering all scholarly publications in the English language, a total of 1006 documents were imported to MS Excel in CSV file format before further analysis. After removing incomplete entries, we conducted a bibliometric analysis using biblioshiny and VOSviewer software. Finally, we examined publication activities, types of open access, primary funding sources, and the collaboration network of the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Debrecen based on research objectives. Then, the result, discussion, and conclusion are drawn based on relevant data sources.