TY - JOUR
T1 - A bibliometric content analysis of do-it-yourself (DIY) science
T2 - where to from here for management research?
AU - Galvin, Peter
AU - Klarin , Anton
AU - Nyuur, Richard
AU - Burton, Nicholas
PY - 2021/10/3
Y1 - 2021/10/3
N2 - Do-it-yourself (DIY) science research is currently in an expansion phase both in terms of its depth (with an increasing number of papers published each year) and its scope (with the core ideas being linked to an increasing number of constructs). To develop a more holistic appreciation of how the field has developed and to identify potential avenues of future research we undertake a bibliometric content analysis of the DIY science literature post 1980. We find four major clusters pertaining to education, culture, the operationalising of DIY science (including commercialisation) and technology-related issues. We review each of these clusters and the main themes contained within the cluster, including highlighting possible research questions that align to these key themes. We find the field to be highly dispersed theoretically on the basis of the bibliometric content analysis. In considering a range of sample papers in each thematic cluster, we identify a range of potential research topics going forward. Identifying the key thematic foci of DIY science research to date provides the researchers within the field the opportunity to clearly locate their work within a highly diverse literature and to build new research trajectories around core concepts.
AB - Do-it-yourself (DIY) science research is currently in an expansion phase both in terms of its depth (with an increasing number of papers published each year) and its scope (with the core ideas being linked to an increasing number of constructs). To develop a more holistic appreciation of how the field has developed and to identify potential avenues of future research we undertake a bibliometric content analysis of the DIY science literature post 1980. We find four major clusters pertaining to education, culture, the operationalising of DIY science (including commercialisation) and technology-related issues. We review each of these clusters and the main themes contained within the cluster, including highlighting possible research questions that align to these key themes. We find the field to be highly dispersed theoretically on the basis of the bibliometric content analysis. In considering a range of sample papers in each thematic cluster, we identify a range of potential research topics going forward. Identifying the key thematic foci of DIY science research to date provides the researchers within the field the opportunity to clearly locate their work within a highly diverse literature and to build new research trajectories around core concepts.
KW - DIY science
KW - bibliometric content analysis
KW - institutional science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111911512&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09537325.2021.1959031
DO - 10.1080/09537325.2021.1959031
M3 - Article
SN - 0953-7325
VL - 33
SP - 1255
EP - 1266
JO - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
JF - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
IS - 10
ER -