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The scholar’s best friend: research trends in dog cognitive and behavioral studies

Animal cognition, 2021-05, Vol.24 (3), p.541-553 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    The scholar’s best friend: research trends in dog cognitive and behavioral studies
  • Author: Aria, Massimo ; Alterisio, Alessandra ; Scandurra, Anna ; Pinelli, Claudia ; D’Aniello, Biagio
  • Subjects: Behavioral Sciences ; Bibliometrics ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Cognition ; Cognitive ability ; Data analysis ; Dogs ; Life Sciences ; Original Paper ; Psychology Research ; Scientific papers ; Thematic mapping ; Trends ; Zoology
  • Is Part Of: Animal cognition, 2021-05, Vol.24 (3), p.541-553
  • Description: In recent decades, cognitive and behavioral knowledge in dogs seems to have developed considerably, as deduced from the published peer-reviewed articles. However, to date, the worldwide trend of scientific research on dog cognition and behavior has never been explored using a bibliometric approach, while the evaluation of scientific research has increasingly become important in recent years. In this review, we compared the publication trend of the articles in the last 34 years on dogs’ cognitive and behavioral science with those in the general category “Behavioral Science”. We found that, after 2005, there has been a sharp increase in scientific publications on dogs. Therefore, the year 2005 has been used as “starting point” to perform an in-depth bibliometric analysis of the scientific activity in dog cognitive and behavioral studies. The period between 2006 and 2018 is taken as the study period, and a backward analysis was also carried out. The data analysis was performed using “bibliometrix”, a new R-tool used for comprehensive science mapping analysis. We analyzed all information related to sources, countries, affiliations, co-occurrence network, thematic maps, collaboration network, and world map. The results scientifically support the common perception that dogs are attracting the interest of scholars much more now than before and more than the general trend in cognitive and behavioral studies. Both, the changes in research themes and new research themes, contributed to the increase in the scientific production on the cognitive and behavioral aspects of dogs. Our investigation may benefit the researchers interested in the field of cognitive and behavioral science in dogs, thus favoring future research work and promoting interdisciplinary collaborations.
  • Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1435-9448
    EISSN: 1435-9456
    DOI: 10.1007/s10071-020-01448-2
    PMID: 33219880
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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