Class information for:
Level 2: SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE//SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH//SYSTEMS PRACTICE

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
2415 4161 36.2 20%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
676 3       SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW//SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE//SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH 9245
2415 2             SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE//SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH//SYSTEMS PRACTICE 4161
5295 1                   CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING//SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY//SYSTEMS PRACTICE 1644
24206 1                   VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL//KYBERNETES//CREAT COHERENT CHANGE KNOWLEDGE 320
26300 1                   CONVERSATION THEORY//KYBERNETES//CYBERNETICS 258
26841 1                   SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH//INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT//SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 244
26957 1                   GLOBAL LAW//ZEF DEV//ZENTRUM EUROPA RECHTSPOLIT ZERP 241
27079 1                   LIVING SYSTEMS THEORY//BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE//FUZZY CODING 238
28406 1                   RECONSTRUCTABILITY ANALYSIS//FUZZY INDUCTIVE REASONING//INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS 207
29230 1                   SPONTANEOUS SOCIAL SYSTEMS//ACTIVE SERVICE SLOTS//AUTOCATAKINETICS 190
30220 1                   BIOS//RUSSELL PARADOX//ACTIVITY SYSTEMS THEORY OF SOCIETY 172
30235 1                   CONSTRUCTIVIST FOUNDATIONS//EXPERIENTIAL REALITY//JOSEF MITTERER 172
30842 1                   SYSTEMS RESEARCH//INQUIRING SYSTEMS//DESIGN OF INQUIRING SYSTEM 162
30858 1                   DIALECTICAL SYSTEMS THEORY//INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT//STRATEG MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE POLICY 162
31566 1                   PROBABILISTIC ENTROPY//ECON PROD MANAGEMENT//AMSTERDAM COMMUN ASCOR 151

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE journal 846198 8% 37% 313
2 SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH journal 801195 6% 44% 248
3 SYSTEMS PRACTICE journal 514644 3% 62% 113
4 CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING authKW 506663 2% 85% 81
5 SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY authKW 436978 2% 68% 88
6 KYBERNETES journal 371514 8% 16% 324
7 SYSTEMS RESEARCH journal 361125 3% 42% 117
8 CYBERNETICS authKW 342281 6% 18% 258
9 CONSTRUCTIVIST FOUNDATIONS journal 328234 2% 50% 89
10 PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS authKW 312810 1% 84% 51

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Management 116737 36% 1% 1518
2 Computer Science, Cybernetics 47905 10% 2% 420
3 Operations Research & Management Science 36848 22% 1% 896
4 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 19995 12% 1% 483
5 Ergonomics 5968 4% 1% 151
6 Philosophy 1874 4% 0% 148
7 Information Science & Library Science 1310 3% 0% 126
8 Computer Science, Theory & Methods 1004 5% 0% 205
9 Sociology 693 3% 0% 114
10 Business 562 2% 0% 102

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 SYST STUDIES 88938 1% 35% 35
2 CREAT COHERENT CHANGE KNOWLEDGE 44019 0% 100% 6
3 LINCOLN MANAGEMENT 30567 0% 83% 5
4 STRATEG MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE POLICY 29346 0% 100% 4
5 SCARBOROUGH MANAGEMENT 27647 0% 54% 7
6 BUSINESS STRATEGY OPERAT 22010 0% 100% 3
7 IACCM 22010 0% 100% 3
8 INFORMAT METODOS QUANTITAT IMQ 22010 0% 100% 3
9 INVEST SISTEMOL INTERPRETAT 22010 0% 100% 3
10 EDUC DISADVANTAGE 16506 0% 75% 3

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 846198 8% 37% 313
2 SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH 801195 6% 44% 248
3 SYSTEMS PRACTICE 514644 3% 62% 113
4 KYBERNETES 371514 8% 16% 324
5 SYSTEMS RESEARCH 361125 3% 42% 117
6 CONSTRUCTIVIST FOUNDATIONS 328234 2% 50% 89
7 JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY 187359 8% 7% 352
8 INTERFACES 113789 4% 9% 166
9 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS 87679 3% 11% 113
10 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 78484 1% 18% 59

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING 506663 2% 85% 81 Search CRITICAL+SYSTEMS+THINKING Search CRITICAL+SYSTEMS+THINKING
2 SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY 436978 2% 68% 88 Search SOFT+SYSTEMS+METHODOLOGY Search SOFT+SYSTEMS+METHODOLOGY
3 CYBERNETICS 342281 6% 18% 258 Search CYBERNETICS Search CYBERNETICS
4 PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS 312810 1% 84% 51 Search PROBLEM+STRUCTURING+METHODS Search PROBLEM+STRUCTURING+METHODS
5 PHILOSOPHY OF OR 272165 1% 95% 39 Search PHILOSOPHY+OF+OR Search PHILOSOPHY+OF+OR
6 SOFT OR 267978 1% 83% 44 Search SOFT+OR Search SOFT+OR
7 PRACTICE OF OR 192719 1% 44% 60 Search PRACTICE+OF+OR Search PRACTICE+OF+OR
8 PROBLEM STRUCTURING 177506 1% 55% 44 Search PROBLEM+STRUCTURING Search PROBLEM+STRUCTURING
9 VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL 160219 1% 70% 31 Search VIABLE+SYSTEM+MODEL Search VIABLE+SYSTEM+MODEL
10 PROCESS OF OR 155238 1% 92% 23 Search PROCESS+OF+OR Search PROCESS+OF+OR

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 DE WATER, HV , SCHINKEL, M , ROZIER, R , (2007) FIELDS OF APPLICATION OF SSM: A CATEGORIZATION OF PUBLICATIONS.JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY. VOL. 58. ISSUE 3. P. 271-287 82 72% 8
2 MINGERS, J , ROSENHEAD, J , (2004) PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS IN ACTION.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 152. ISSUE 3. P. 530 -554 64 76% 163
3 WHITE, L , (2016) BEHAVIOURAL OPERATIONAL RESEARCH: TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOUR IN OR INTERVENTIONS.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 249. ISSUE 3. P. 827 -841 65 54% 1
4 ORMEROD, RJ , ULRICH, W , (2013) OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AND ETHICS: A LITERATURE REVIEW.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 228. ISSUE 2. P. 291 -307 64 59% 10
5 LOWE, D , MARTINGALE, L , YEARWORTH, M , (2016) GUIDING INTERVENTIONS IN A MULTI-ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT: COMBINING THE VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL AND HIERARCHICAL PROCESS MODELLING FOR USE AS A PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHOD.JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY. VOL. 67. ISSUE 12. P. 1481 -1495 39 87% 0
6 BROCKLESBY, J , (2016) THE WHAT, THE WHY AND THE HOW OF BEHAVIOURAL OPERATIONAL RESEARCH-AN INVITATION TO POTENTIAL SCEPTICS.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 249. ISSUE 3. P. 796 -805 35 73% 4
7 VELEZ-CASTIBLANCO, J , BROCKLESBY, J , MIDGLEY, G , (2016) BOUNDARY GAMES: HOW TEAMS OF OR PRACTITIONERS EXPLORE THE BOUNDARIES OF INTERVENTION.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 249. ISSUE 3. P. 968 -982 35 83% 1
8 CHAMPION, D , WILSON, JM , (2010) THE IMPACT OF CONTINGENCY FACTORS ON VALIDATION OF PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS.JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY. VOL. 61. ISSUE 9. P. 1420 -1431 39 91% 5
9 HENAO, F , FRANCO, LA , (2016) UNPACKING MULTIMETHODOLOGY: IMPACTS OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 253. ISSUE 3. P. 681 -696 35 76% 1
10 MINGERS, J , WHITE, L , (2010) A REVIEW OF THE RECENT CONTRIBUTION OF SYSTEMS THINKING TO OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH. VOL. 207. ISSUE 3. P. 1147 -1161 59 43% 56

Classes with closest relation at Level 2


Rank Class id link
1 3881 ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY//POLITICAL RISK//POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY
2 2590 SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW//IMPLICIT LEARNING//SEQUENCE LEARNING
3 3217 EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS//MODEL MANAGEMENT//STRUCTURED MODELING
4 1515 ORGANIZATION//MANAGEMENT//ORGANIZATION STUDIES
5 4087 KNOWLEDGE EMBEDDED DATABASE SYSTEMS//POLYTETRAHYDROFURAN DIOLS//FUTURES
6 2738 GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS//GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS//BRAINSTORMING
7 2632 DEVS//SIMULATION//DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION
8 2919 FUTURES//FORESIGHT//TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
9 2550 BAYESIAN NETWORKS//FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS//INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS
10 455 INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE//MIS QUARTERLY

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