The Project Management (PM) discipline has remained unchanged over decades, but the practice of this discipline has changed greatly in the last years. Bearing in mind that the PM as become a core activity for organizations and professionals, independently of their area of expertise, it is necessary to develop professional competencies for new project managers. In this way, there are different competency development models, including the ICB 4.0 model of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Taking this into account, the current research conducts an intellectual and bibliometric analysis of the International Journal of Project Management (IJPM) from 1983 to 2018, in order to know the main research themes and see how these are related to the project management competencies. Finally, it provides a framework to support project managers in the development and direction of future researches identifying emerging, transversal, core and declining themes

Gamboa-Rosales, Abubeker

Gamboa-Rosales, Hamurabi

Gamboa-Rosales, Nadia-Karina

López-Robles, José-Ricardo

Otegi-Olaso, José-Ramón

Robles-Berumen, Hermes

English

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VISUALIZING AND MAPPING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 
RESEARCH AREAS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF 
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS FROM 1983 TO 2018
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
February 21-22, 2019 / Bilbao (Spain)
J. R. LÓPEZ-ROBLES*, J. R. OTEGI-OLASOA, N. K. GAMBOA-ROSALES ,                                    
H. GAMBOA-ROSALES , H. ROBLES-BERUMEN , A. GAMBOA-ROSALES
REPM 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
1. INTRODUCTION
CONTEXT
Project Management has evolved from being an emerging topic to a growing 
research area in business, science and education fields. 
The Project Management concept has a multidimensional approach, and it 
can be defined as the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, 
and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific 
success criteria at the specified time.
The professionals involved in this area of knowledge are seeking to uncover 
the conceptual structure of a research area of interest are worth and 
necessary. 
OBJECTIVE
The main aim of this contribution is to develop a bibliometric analysis to 
evaluate the performance and conceptual evolution of the Project 
Management research themes from 1983 to 2018. 
The analysis is developed using SciMAT.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
2. METHODOLOGY
SOFTWARE TOOL
SciMAT was employed to develop a longitudinal conceptual science mapping 
analysis based on co-words bibliographic networks. 
METHODOLOGY STAGES
1. Detection of the research themes. Co-word analysis, followed by a 
clustering of keywords to topics/themes. The similarity between the 
keywords is assessed using the equivalence index.
2. Visualizing research themes and thematic network. Strategic 
diagram and thematic network (centrality and density). Research themes 
mapped in a two-dimensional strategic diagram and classified into four 
groups (Figure 1): i) motor, ii) basic/transversal, iii) highly developed-
isolated, and iv) emerging/declining 
3. Performance analysis. Relative contribution of the research themes to 
the whole research field: number of published documents, number of 
citations, and different types of bibliometric indices (h-index).
2. METHODOLOGY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
3. DATASET
CORPUS AND DATABASE
Project Management research documents published in the Scopus.
QUERY
ISSN (0263-7863) AND (EXCLUDE (PUBYEAR, 2019))
TIME PERIOD 
1983-2018
CORPUS SIZE
 2,408 documents (articles, proceedings, reviews…) and 30,406 keywords.
 Citations count up to 17th January 2019.
DOCUMENTS AND CITATIONS BY YEAR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Strategic diagram 1983-2018
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
We could identify ten themes related to the Project Management research field. In this 
regard, we could highlight six key themes (motor theme and basic and transversal 
themes) of the knowledge field: RISK-ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE-
ASSESSMENT, SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT, 
PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES and PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENT
Themes (Research Areas) Quadrant Documents Citations H-index
RISK-ASSESSMENT
Motor themes (Q1)
496 23,588 79
PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT 486 18,032 70
SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT 478 22,049 79
KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT 347 12,000 58
COST-MANAGEMENT
Highly developed and isolated themes (Q2)
186 7,452 48
PROJECT-INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT 133 5,820 43
PROJECT-SUSTAINABLE-DEVELOPMENT
Emerging or declining themes (Q3)
177 8,077 50
PROJECT-CRITICAL-SUCCESS-FACTORS 76 3,652 35
PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES
Basic and transversal themes (Q4)
372 14,103 63
PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENT 244 10,500 61
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Risk assesment
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Performance Assessment
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Schedule Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Knowledge Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q2: Cost Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q2: Project Information Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q3: Project Sustainable Development
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q3: Project Critical Success Factors
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q4: Project Management Practices
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q4: Project Portfolio Management
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
CONCLUSIONS
MAIN CONCLUSION
 The size of literature related to Project Management within IJPM research 
field showed a noticeable increase in the last years (2007-2018). Given 
the large volume of publications and citations received in this field, it is 
expected that the use of these will be seen as part of other knowledge 
fields.
 The main themes used in the Project Management literature within IJPM 
are: RISK-ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT, 
SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT, PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES 
and KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT.
FUTURE WORKS
 Evaluate the evolution of the research themes across the consecutive 
time periods (year by year).
 Compare the main results with others Project Management Journals
 Study the relationship to other disciplines as: Strategic Intelligence, 
Information Management and Training. 
THANK YOU
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Acknowledgments: The authors acknowledges the support by the CONACYT-Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico)
and DGRI-Dirección General de Relaciones Exteriores (México) to carry out this study.
REPM 2019
REFERENCES
J. Söderlund, “Building theories of project management: past research, questions for the future,” International journal of project
management, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 183-191, 2004.
Bentahar, and R. Cameron, “Design and Implementation of a Mixed Method Research Study in Project Management,” Electronic Journal of
Business Research Methods, vol. 13, no. 1, 2015.
D. J. Bryde, “Project management concepts, methods and application,” International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol.
23, no. 7, pp. 775-793, 2003.
A. T. de Almeida, J. A. de Almeida, A. P. C. S. Costa, and A. T. de Almeida-Filho, “A new method for elicitation of criteria weights in additive
models: Flexible and interactive tradeoff,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 250, no. 1, pp. 179-191, 2016.
A. Dewey, and A. Drahota, "Introduction to Systematic Reviews: Online Learning Module Cochrane Training," 2016.
J. R. López-Robles, J. R. Otegi-Olaso, I. Porto-Gómez, N. K. Gamboa-Rosales, H. Gamboa-Rosales, and H. Robles-Berumen,
"Bibliometric Network Analysis to Identify the Intellectual Structure and Evolution of the Big Data Research Field." pp. 113-120.
Y. R. Wang, Q. J. Wang, X. Z. Wei, J. Shao, J. Zhao, Z. C. Zhang, et al., "Global scientific trends on exosome research during 2007-2016: a
bibliometric analysis," Oncotarget, vol. 8, pp. 48460-48470, Jul 2017.
J. R. López-Robles, J. R. Otegi-Olaso, I. Porto-Gómez, and M. J. Cobo, "30 years of intelligence models in management and business: A
bibliometric review," International Journal of Information Management, vol. 48, pp. 22-38, 2019.
M. J. Cobo, A. G. López‐Herrera, E. Herrera‐Viedma, and F. Herrera, "SciMAT: A new science mapping analysis software tool," Journal of
the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 63, pp. 1609-1630, 2012.
M. A. Martínez, M. Herrera, J. López-Gijón, and E. Herrera-Viedma, "H-Classics: Characterizing the concept of citation classics through H-
index," Scientometrics, vol. 98, pp. 1971-1983, 2014.


Visualizing and mapping the project management research areas within the International Journal of Project Management: A bibliometric analysis from 1983 to 2018

CONTEXT. Project Management has evolved from being an emerging topic to a growing research area in business, science and education fields. The Project Management concept has a multidimensional approach, and it can be defined as the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time. The professionals involved in this area of knowledge are seeking to uncover the conceptual structure of a research area of interest are worth and necessary.  OBJECTIVE. The main aim of this contribution is to develop a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the performance and conceptual evolution of the Project Management research themes from 1983 to 2018. SOFTWARE. The analysis is developed using SciMAT

Otegi-Olaso, Jose-Ramón

E-Lis: Research in Computing and Library and Information Science

VISUALIZING AND MAPPING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 
RESEARCH AREAS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF 
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS FROM 1983 TO 2018
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
February 21-22, 2019 / Bilbao (Spain)
J. R. LÓPEZ-ROBLES*, J. R. OTEGI-OLASOA, N. K. GAMBOA-ROSALES ,                                    
H. GAMBOA-ROSALES , H. ROBLES-BERUMEN , A. GAMBOA-ROSALES
REPM 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
1. INTRODUCTION
CONTEXT
Project Management has evolved from being an emerging topic to a growing 
research area in business, science and education fields. 
The Project Management concept has a multidimensional approach, and it 
can be defined as the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, 
and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific 
success criteria at the specified time.
The professionals involved in this area of knowledge are seeking to uncover 
the conceptual structure of a research area of interest are worth and 
necessary. 
OBJECTIVE
The main aim of this contribution is to develop a bibliometric analysis to 
evaluate the performance and conceptual evolution of the Project 
Management research themes from 1983 to 2018. 
The analysis is developed using SciMAT.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
2. METHODOLOGY
SOFTWARE TOOL
SciMAT was employed to develop a longitudinal conceptual science mapping 
analysis based on co-words bibliographic networks. 
METHODOLOGY STAGES
1. Detection of the research themes. Co-word analysis, followed by a 
clustering of keywords to topics/themes. The similarity between the 
keywords is assessed using the equivalence index.
2. Visualizing research themes and thematic network. Strategic 
diagram and thematic network (centrality and density). Research themes 
mapped in a two-dimensional strategic diagram and classified into four 
groups (Figure 1): i) motor, ii) basic/transversal, iii) highly developed-
isolated, and iv) emerging/declining 
3. Performance analysis. Relative contribution of the research themes to 
the whole research field: number of published documents, number of 
citations, and different types of bibliometric indices (h-index).
2. METHODOLOGY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
3. DATASET
CORPUS AND DATABASE
Project Management research documents published in the Scopus.
QUERY
ISSN (0263-7863) AND (EXCLUDE (PUBYEAR, 2019))
TIME PERIOD 
1983-2018
CORPUS SIZE
 2,408 documents (articles, proceedings, reviews…) and 30,406 keywords.
 Citations count up to 17th January 2019.
DOCUMENTS AND CITATIONS BY YEAR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Strategic diagram 1983-2018
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
We could identify ten themes related to the Project Management research field. In this 
regard, we could highlight six key themes (motor theme and basic and transversal 
themes) of the knowledge field: RISK-ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE-
ASSESSMENT, SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT, 
PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES and PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENT
Themes (Research Areas) Quadrant Documents Citations H-index
RISK-ASSESSMENT
Motor themes (Q1)
496 23,588 79
PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT 486 18,032 70
SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT 478 22,049 79
KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT 347 12,000 58
COST-MANAGEMENT
Highly developed and isolated themes (Q2)
186 7,452 48
PROJECT-INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT 133 5,820 43
PROJECT-SUSTAINABLE-DEVELOPMENT
Emerging or declining themes (Q3)
177 8,077 50
PROJECT-CRITICAL-SUCCESS-FACTORS 76 3,652 35
PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES
Basic and transversal themes (Q4)
372 14,103 63
PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENT 244 10,500 61
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Risk assesment
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Performance Assessment
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Schedule Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q1: Knowledge Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q2: Cost Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q2: Project Information Management
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q3: Project Sustainable Development
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q3: Project Critical Success Factors
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q4: Project Management Practices
4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
Q4: Project Portfolio Management
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Dataset
4. Conceptual Analysis
5. Conclusions
CONCLUSIONS
MAIN CONCLUSION
 The size of literature related to Project Management within IJPM research 
field showed a noticeable increase in the last years (2007-2018). Given 
the large volume of publications and citations received in this field, it is 
expected that the use of these will be seen as part of other knowledge 
fields.
 The main themes used in the Project Management literature within IJPM 
are: RISK-ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT, 
SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT, PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES 
and KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT.
FUTURE WORKS
 Evaluate the evolution of the research themes across the consecutive 
time periods (year by year).
 Compare the main results with others Project Management Journals
 Study the relationship to other disciplines as: Strategic Intelligence, 
Information Management and Training. 
REFERENCES
J. Söderlund, “Building theories of project management: past research, questions for the future,” International journal of project
management, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 183-191, 2004.
Bentahar, and R. Cameron, “Design and Implementation of a Mixed Method Research Study in Project Management,” Electronic Journal of
Business Research Methods, vol. 13, no. 1, 2015.
D. J. Bryde, “Project management concepts, methods and application,” International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol.
23, no. 7, pp. 775-793, 2003.
A. T. de Almeida, J. A. de Almeida, A. P. C. S. Costa, and A. T. de Almeida-Filho, “A new method for elicitation of criteria weights in additive
models: Flexible and interactive tradeoff,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 250, no. 1, pp. 179-191, 2016.
A. Dewey, and A. Drahota, "Introduction to Systematic Reviews: Online Learning Module Cochrane Training," 2016.
J. R. López-Robles, J. R. Otegi-Olaso, I. Porto-Gómez, N. K. Gamboa-Rosales, H. Gamboa-Rosales, and H. Robles-Berumen,
"Bibliometric Network Analysis to Identify the Intellectual Structure and Evolution of the Big Data Research Field." pp. 113-120.
Y. R. Wang, Q. J. Wang, X. Z. Wei, J. Shao, J. Zhao, Z. C. Zhang, et al., "Global scientific trends on exosome research during 2007-2016: a
bibliometric analysis," Oncotarget, vol. 8, pp. 48460-48470, Jul 2017.
J. R. López-Robles, J. R. Otegi-Olaso, I. Porto-Gómez, and M. J. Cobo, "30 years of intelligence models in management and business: A
bibliometric review," International Journal of Information Management, vol. 48, pp. 22-38, 2019.
M. J. Cobo, A. G. López‐Herrera, E. Herrera‐Viedma, and F. Herrera, "SciMAT: A new science mapping analysis software tool," Journal of
the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 63, pp. 1609-1630, 2012.
M. A. Martínez, M. Herrera, J. López-Gijón, and E. Herrera-Viedma, "H-Classics: Characterizing the concept of citation classics through H-
index," Scientometrics, vol. 98, pp. 1971-1983, 2014.
THANK YOU
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Acknowledgments: The authors acknowledges the support by the CONACYT-Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico)
and DGRI-Dirección General de Relaciones Exteriores (México) to carry out this study.
REPM 2019


Visualizing and Mapping the Project Management Research Areas withing the International Journal of Project Management: A bibliometric analysis from 1983 to 2018

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VISUALIZING AND MAPPING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AREAS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENTA BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS FROM 1983 TO 2018RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENTFebruary 21-22, 2019 / Bilbao (Spain)J. R. LÓPEZ-ROBLES*, J. R. OTEGI-OLASOA, N. K. GAMBOA-ROSALES ,                                    H. GAMBOA-ROSALES , H. ROBLES-BERUMEN , A. GAMBOA-ROSALESREPM 2019TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. ConclusionsTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions1. INTRODUCTIONCONTEXTProject Management has evolved from being an emerging topic to a growing research area in business, science and education fields. The Project Management concept has a multidimensional approach, and it can be defined as the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.The professionals involved in this area of knowledge are seeking to uncover the conceptual structure of a research area of interest are worth and necessary. OBJECTIVEThe main aim of this contribution is to develop a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the performance and conceptual evolution of the Project Management research themes from 1983 to 2018. The analysis is developed using SciMAT.TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions2. METHODOLOGYSOFTWARE TOOLSciMAT was employed to develop a longitudinal conceptual science mapping analysis based on co-words bibliographic networks. METHODOLOGY STAGES1. Detection of the research themes. Co-word analysis, followed by a clustering of keywords to topics/themes. The similarity between the keywords is assessed using the equivalence index.2. Visualizing research themes and thematic network. Strategic diagram and thematic network (centrality and density). Research themes mapped in a two-dimensional strategic diagram and classified into four groups (Figure 1): i) motor, ii) basic/transversal, iii) highly developed-isolated, and iv) emerging/declining 3. Performance analysis. Relative contribution of the research themes to the whole research field: number of published documents, number of citations, and different types of bibliometric indices (h-index).2. METHODOLOGYTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions3. DATASETCORPUS AND DATABASEProject Management research documents published in the Scopus.QUERYISSN (0263-7863) AND (EXCLUDE (PUBYEAR, 2019))TIME PERIOD 1983-2018CORPUS SIZE 2,408 documents (articles, proceedings, reviews…) and 30,406 keywords. Citations count up to 17th January 2019.DOCUMENTS AND CITATIONS BY YEARTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISStrategic diagram 1983-20184. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISWe could identify ten themes related to the Project Management research field. In this regard, we could highlight six key themes (motor theme and basic and transversal themes) of the knowledge field: RISK-ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT, SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT, PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES and PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENTThemes (Research Areas) Quadrant Documents Citations H-indexRISK-ASSESSMENTMotor themes (Q1)496 23,588 79PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT 486 18,032 70SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT 478 22,049 79KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT 347 12,000 58COST-MANAGEMENTHighly developed and isolated themes (Q2)186 7,452 48PROJECT-INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT 133 5,820 43PROJECT-SUSTAINABLE-DEVELOPMENTEmerging or declining themes (Q3)177 8,077 50PROJECT-CRITICAL-SUCCESS-FACTORS 76 3,652 35PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICESBasic and transversal themes (Q4)372 14,103 63PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENT 244 10,500 614. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Risk assesment4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Performance Assessment4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Schedule Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Knowledge Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ2: Cost Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ2: Project Information Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ3: Project Sustainable Development4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ3: Project Critical Success Factors4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ4: Project Management Practices4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ4: Project Portfolio ManagementTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. ConclusionsCONCLUSIONSMAIN CONCLUSION The size of literature related to Project Management within IJPM research field showed a noticeable increase in the last years (2007-2018). Given the large volume of publications and citations received in this field, it is expected that the use of these will be seen as part of other knowledge fields. The main themes used in the Project Management literature within IJPM are: RISK-ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT, SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT, PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES and KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT.FUTURE WORKS Evaluate the evolution of the research themes across the consecutive time periods (year by year). Compare the main results with others Project Management Journals Study the relationship to other disciplines as: Strategic Intelligence, Information Management and Training. THANK YOURESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENTAcknowledgments: The authors acknowledges the support by the CONACYT-Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico)and DGRI-Dirección General de Relaciones Exteriores (México) to carry out this study.REPM 2019REFERENCESJ. Söderlund, “Building theories of project management: past research, questions for the future,” International journal of projectmanagement, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 183-191, 2004.Bentahar, and R. Cameron, “Design and Implementation of a Mixed Method Research Study in Project Management,” Electronic Journal ofBusiness Research Methods, vol. 13, no. 1, 2015.D. J. Bryde, “Project management concepts, methods and application,” International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol.23, no. 7, pp. 775-793, 2003.A. T. de Almeida, J. A. de Almeida, A. P. C. S. Costa, and A. T. de Almeida-Filho, “A new method for elicitation of criteria weights in additivemodels: Flexible and interactive tradeoff,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 250, no. 1, pp. 179-191, 2016.A. Dewey, and A. Drahota, "Introduction to Systematic Reviews: Online Learning Module Cochrane Training," 2016.J. R. López-Robles, J. R. Otegi-Olaso, I. Porto-Gómez, N. K. Gamboa-Rosales, H. Gamboa-Rosales, and H. Robles-Berumen,"Bibliometric Network Analysis to Identify the Intellectual Structure and Evolution of the Big Data Research Field." pp. 113-120.Y. R. Wang, Q. J. Wang, X. Z. Wei, J. Shao, J. Zhao, Z. C. Zhang, et al., "Global scientific trends on exosome research during 2007-2016: abibliometric analysis," Oncotarget, vol. 8, pp. 48460-48470, Jul 2017.J. R. López-Robles, J. R. Otegi-Olaso, I. Porto-Gómez, and M. J. Cobo, "30 years of intelligence models in management and business: Abibliometric review," International Journal of Information Management, vol. 48, pp. 22-38, 2019.M. J. Cobo, A. G. López‐Herrera, E. Herrera‐Viedma, and F. Herrera, "SciMAT: A new science mapping analysis software tool," Journal ofthe American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 63, pp. 1609-1630, 2012.M. A. Martínez, M. Herrera, J. López-Gijón, and E. Herrera-Viedma, "H-Classics: Characterizing the concept of citation classics through H-index," Scientometrics, vol. 98, pp. 1971-1983, 2014.

VISUALIZING AND MAPPING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AREAS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENTA BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS FROM 1983 TO 2018RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENTFebruary 21-22, 2019 / Bilbao (Spain)J. R. LÓPEZ-ROBLES*, J. R. OTEGI-OLASOA, N. K. GAMBOA-ROSALES ,                                    H. GAMBOA-ROSALES , H. ROBLES-BERUMEN , A. GAMBOA-ROSALESREPM 2019TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. ConclusionsTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions1. INTRODUCTIONCONTEXTProject Management has evolved from being an emerging topic to a growing research area in business, science and education fields. The Project Management concept has a multidimensional approach, and it can be defined as the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.The professionals involved in this area of knowledge are seeking to uncover the conceptual structure of a research area of interest are worth and necessary. OBJECTIVEThe main aim of this contribution is to develop a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the performance and conceptual evolution of the Project Management research themes from 1983 to 2018. The analysis is developed using SciMAT.TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions2. METHODOLOGYSOFTWARE TOOLSciMAT was employed to develop a longitudinal conceptual science mapping analysis based on co-words bibliographic networks. METHODOLOGY STAGES1. Detection of the research themes. Co-word analysis, followed by a clustering of keywords to topics/themes. The similarity between the keywords is assessed using the equivalence index.2. Visualizing research themes and thematic network. Strategic diagram and thematic network (centrality and density). Research themes mapped in a two-dimensional strategic diagram and classified into four groups (Figure 1): i) motor, ii) basic/transversal, iii) highly developed-isolated, and iv) emerging/declining 3. Performance analysis. Relative contribution of the research themes to the whole research field: number of published documents, number of citations, and different types of bibliometric indices (h-index).2. METHODOLOGYTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions3. DATASETCORPUS AND DATABASEProject Management research documents published in the Scopus.QUERYISSN (0263-7863) AND (EXCLUDE (PUBYEAR, 2019))TIME PERIOD 1983-2018CORPUS SIZE 2,408 documents (articles, proceedings, reviews…) and 30,406 keywords. Citations count up to 17th January 2019.DOCUMENTS AND CITATIONS BY YEARTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. Conclusions4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISStrategic diagram 1983-20184. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISWe could identify ten themes related to the Project Management research field. In this regard, we could highlight six key themes (motor theme and basic and transversal themes) of the knowledge field: RISK-ASSESSMENT, PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT, SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT, KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT, PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES and PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENTThemes (Research Areas) Quadrant Documents Citations H-indexRISK-ASSESSMENTMotor themes (Q1)496 23,588 79PERFORMANCE-ASSESSMENT 486 18,032 70SCHEDULE-MANAGEMENT 478 22,049 79KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT 347 12,000 58COST-MANAGEMENTHighly developed and isolated themes (Q2)186 7,452 48PROJECT-INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT 133 5,820 43PROJECT-SUSTAINABLE-DEVELOPMENTEmerging or declining themes (Q3)177 8,077 50PROJECT-CRITICAL-SUCCESS-FACTORS 76 3,652 35PROJECT-MANAGEMENT-PRACTICESBasic and transversal themes (Q4)372 14,103 63PROJECT-PORTFOLIO-MANAGEMENT 244 10,500 614. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Risk assesment4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Performance Assessment4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Schedule Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ1: Knowledge Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ2: Cost Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ2: Project Information Management4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ3: Project Sustainable Development4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ3: Project Critical Success Factors4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ4: Project Management Practices4. CONCEPTUAL ANALYSISQ4: Project Portfolio ManagementTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Methodology3. Dataset4. Conceptual Analysis5. ConclusionsCONCLUSIONSMAIN CONCLUSION The size of literature related to Project Management within IJPM research field showed a noticeable increase in the last years (2007-2018). 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