| Keywords |
Living environmental system ; Thermal physiology ; Thermal environment ; Clothing science ; Network analysis |
| Abstract |
This study investigated original articles published in the Journal of the Korean Society of Living Environmental System (JKSLES), Journal of Physiological Anthropology (JPA), and Journal of Human-Environment System (JHES) from 1994 to 2014. Quantitative, qualitative, and historical analyses were conducted through the analysis of authors, affiliations, tables, figures, references, and key words. Based on the data, the main difference among journals was the average number of authors per article mapped over time. It was 2.7±1.5 authors in JKSLES having dominant articles with 2 authors, 2.9±1.6 authors in JHES having dominant articles with 3 authors, and 4.3±2.2 authors in JPA having dominant articles with 4 authors, respectively. 'Thermal comfort' was the main key word in JKSLES throughout the whole year. Periodically, 'skin temperature' (1994~1995), 'thermal comfort' (1996~2000), 'thermal comfort' (2001~2005), 'physical activity' (2006~2010), and 'elderly' (2011~2014) were the most frequently appeared key words in the JKSLES articles. We analysed the network among authors in terms of degree centrality, betweenness centrality, and closeness centrality. The findings showed that JKSLES made noticeable progress in the development of knowledge but interdisciplinary collaborative researches among the following four major areas, 'construction, sports science, health science, and clothing science' were not actively accomplished. |