Mesta kot kraji in teme raziskav: kartiranje raziskovalnih grozdov po znanstvenih področjih

V znanstvenih clankih se mesta obicajno pojavljajo kot teme (predmeti ali akterji) ali kraji (obmocja, destinacije, lokacije in prostori) raziskav. Proucevanje splosnejsih vzorcev je redkejse, saj se raziskave obicajno osredotocajo na posamezna mesta. Avtorja z znanstvenim kartiranjem, ki temelji na podatkih bibliografske zbirke Scopus in programskem orodju za vizualizacijo Vosviewer, proucujeta objave, povezane z raziskavami mest, v znanstvenih revijah in na razlicnih tematskih podrocjih, da bi ugotovila, kako se razlicne funkcije mest odražajo v znanstvenih revijah. Za modele uporabita primerljiva glavna mesta držav clanic Evropske unije (Berlin, Madrid, Rim in Varsavo). Izsledki kažejo zelo podobne vzorce pri vseh mestih, pri cemer so najpogostejse objave v nacionalnih in regionalnih revijah. Vecina raziskav poteka na treh glavnih znanstvenih podrocjih: 1. v družboslovju in humanistiki, 2. v medicini in 3. v naravoslovju (okoljske vede, vede o Zemlji in drugih planetih ter biotehniske in bioloske vede). Prvotno so prevladovale raziskave s podrocja medicine, v zadnjem casu pa so najpogostejse družboslovne studije. Ceprav ugotovljena razmerja med znanstvenimi podrocji temeljijo na razlicnih revijah, so primerljiva za vsa mesta, na njihovi podlagi pa se lahko presojajo mesta podobne velikosti. Raziskava je bila opravljena tik pred izbruhom pandemije koronavirusne bolezni (covid-19), na podlagi njenih izsledkov pa bi lahko primerjali raziskovalne vzorce pred pandemijo in po njej, saj se bodo lahko raziskave, povezane z mesti, zaradi pandemije v prihodnosti spremenile.Alternate abstract:In research articles, cities usually occur as topics (e.g., subjects or actors) or places of studies (e.g., sites, destinations, locations, or spaces). Investigation of more general patterns is rare because research usually focuses on individual cities. We use science mapping, based on Scopus data and Vosviewer visualization software, to examine city-related research across journals and disciplines (subject areas), and to assess how multiple city functions are reflected in journals. Comparable European Union capital cities (Berlin, Madrid, Rome, and Warsaw) serve as models. The patterns are remarkably similar regardless of the city. National and regional journals are the most common publication venues. Research takes place within three major disciplinary clusters: 1) the social sciences, and arts and humanities, 2) medicine, and 3) natural/technical sciences (environmental, earth and planetary, agricultural, and biological sciences). Medicine shows an early prevalence, and recently the social sciences have been strongly represented in these studies. Although the relationships are based on different journals, they are comparable for all cities and can be used to assess cities of similar size. This study was conducted just before the Covid-19 pandemic, and it can serve as a reference to identify research patterns before and after because the outbreak may bring about changes in future city-related research.