Scientometric analysis of value priorities: trends and perspectives

Abstract

This article presents a scientometric analysis of the key concepts of “value” and “priorities” in scientific publications of the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The paper aims to identify trends and directions of research related to these terms from 2014 -2024. The choice of this period allows us to establish the state of the studied direction and identify trends in its further development. SciVal internal tools for working with the Scopus database and VOS Viewer software for visualization of keywords in Web of Science database publications were used for the analysis. Based on the analysis, a bibliometric map of keyword presence in different publications was built, and the interdisciplinary connection with the research topic was graphically visualized. The study revealed that the keywords “value” and “priorities” are multidimensional and are used in various scientific disciplines to analyze the significance of ideas, phenomena, resources, and strategies, which makes them important for understanding both individual fields of science and interdisciplinary research. According to research results in the Scopus database, the main related fields are medicine, neuroscience, psychology, social sciences, arts and humanities, business, management, and accounting, and in Web of Science - environmental, technology, business, medicine, and computer science categories.

The value of the conducted research lies in identifying key trends in understanding value priorities based on scientometric data, which contributes to a deeper understanding of the direction of development of modern humanities.

The practical significance of the research results obtained lies in the possibility of applying them to the formation of scientific development strategies, identifying priority areas of research in the field of humanitarian knowledge to monitor the dynamics of scientific interest in the topic of values in various disciplinary contexts.