Unveiling patterns and trends in research on cumulative damage models for statistical and reliability analyses: Bibliometric and thematic explorations with data analytics

Víctor Leiva et al.

Chilean Journal of Statistics2024https://doi.org/10.32372/chjs.15-01-05article
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This study comprehensively explores the research landscape within statistical and reliability studies, focusing on the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution, Gaussian inverse dis tribution, cumulative damage models, and fatigue life prediction. Using a combination of bibliometric analysis, network visualization, thematic mapping, and latent Dirichlet allocation, we analyze 465 articles from the ISI Web of Science database. These articles were selected for their relevance based on a targeted search strategy. Our analysis identifies key trends, collaboration networks, and emerging research themes. Notable growth in scholarly activity was observed from 2015 to 2021, with a peak around 2021, followed by a decline in the number of publications. Relevant contributions were noted from countries such as Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Iran, Japan, and the United States. The thematic analysis of keywords reveals influential motor themes like the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution and expectation-maximization algorithm; specialized niche areas such as producer risk; emerging or declining themes like the generalized Birnbaum-Saunders distribution; and foundational themes including cumulative damage and fatigue life distributions. A cluster analysis states key focus areas, such as material durability and advanced statistical methods. Integrating latent Dirichlet allocation, six main topics are derived, capturing broad thematic structures. However, some niche areas do not align directly due to their specialized nature and limited cross-field impact. These findings map the current research on this thematic and suggest future research directions, including deeper exploration of niche themes, integration of advanced statistical methods in practical applications, and increased collaboration across diverse research areas to enhance the robustness and applicability of reliability models.

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@article{víctor2024,
  title        = {{Unveiling patterns and trends in research on cumulative damage models for statistical and reliability analyses: Bibliometric and thematic explorations with data analytics}},
  author       = {Víctor Leiva et al.},
  journal      = {Chilean Journal of Statistics},
  year         = {2024},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.32372/chjs.15-01-05},
}

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Evidence weight

0.35

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.13 × 0.4 = 0.05
M · momentum0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

† Text relevance is estimated at 0.50 on the detail page — for your query’s actual relevance score, open this paper from a search result.