A Bibliometric Analysis of Human Consciousness Worldwide Over the Year 2000-2022

Abstract

The emergence of new technologies such as AI, machine learning, and so on drives the discussion over human consciousness among researchers from various disciplines, particularly those from philosophy of mind and computer science. This is true since certain academic theories argue that new technology like this is much more efficient at simulating human tasks. This allows the discussion concerning human consciousness to acquire attention among researchers interested in learning more about human consciousness. As a result, this study gives a bibliometric analysis of human consciousness research from 2000 to 2022 to provide researchers and academics worldwide with an overview of the outcomes and trends in human consciousness research. A textual query on two databases; Scopus (1413 articles), and PubMed (258 papers) using the term “human consciousness” was conducted on 16 August 2022 collecting 1671 academic works from 2000 to 2022 relating to human consciousness research for in-depth study. Bibliometric analyses were performed using Rstudio software version 4.2.0 and biblioshiniy for bibliometrix to show and current of human consciousness research. This bibliometric study was examined the yearly scientific publishing growth, the most productive authors, most often term has been utilised, most renowned journal name, and which nations has maximum cooperation with other country. According to the findings of the study, there is significant inconsistency in worldwide patterns in yearly scientific output, with the number of publications growing and declining. Among all nations, United States of America (USA) published the most papers around human consciousness study. According to the research that has shown the most relevant contributors is Jun’ichi Takeno (Scopus), and Brian L Edlow (PubMed). Moreover, the most famous journal in human consciousness research includes Journal of Consciousness Studies (Scopus), and Frontiers In Psychology (PubMed). The significance of this study may aid new researchers in this area by offering information on important publications and authors to reference while undertaking research on this issue. Furthermore, this research helps other researchers understand current trends in this field of study. As an outcome, the objective for conducting this study is to give bibliometric analysis and to fulfil research gaps in bibliometric studies of human consciousness by giving information in the form of an overview, and suggestions.

Keywords: human consciousness; RStudio; bibliometric analysis; philosophy of mind; biblioshiny

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