Directions in self consolidating concrete research – mapping using VOS viewer

Abstract

In an earlier study the bibliometric analysis of the growth and development of research in the field of self consolidating concrete or self compacting concrete (SCC), based on the scientific literature available from Web of Science during the period from 1997 to 2013 was presented. Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) or self-compacting concrete, as it’s sometimes known, arrived as a revolution in the field of concrete technology. During the study period a total of 1579 papers were published in this research area. In Part 2, publications in the period 1997 to 2013 related to SCC were identified in the WoS database and visualization maps were generated using correlation matrices of the most frequently occurring descriptors. Data has been extracted using specialized bibliometric software such as Histciteᵀᴹ and Bibexcel. VOSviewer software has been used to generate maps. An in-depth analysis has been done to understand the growth metrics of this research area.