Bibliometric analysis of published studies in ASCE construction research congress, USA

Abstract

This paper intends to present a bibliometric analysis of the body of knowledge published in the Proceedings of Construction Research Congress (CRC), to highlight the intellectual discourse that has occurred and emerged within the last 14 years. To this end, the citation data for the 1,373 studies published in the Proceedings of CRC, and the 18,032 studies associated with them through citations were examined. Creation, visualization, and analyses of co-occurring terms, co-citations, and co-authorship networks of published studies in CRC provided original insights. Findings reveal that published studies in CRC have devoted serious attention to "project management" as opposed to emerging areas ..