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Trends in Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) Research through Co-word Analysis

  • Park, Heebok (National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Lim, Anya (National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Choi, Taeyoung (National Institute of Ecology) ;
  • Han, Changwook (Department of Forest Environment System Graduate School, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Park, Yungchul (Department of Forest Environment System Graduate School, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2018.02.06
  • Accepted : 2018.02.13
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

This study aims to explore the knowledge structure of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) research during the period of 1952-2017. Data was collected from Google Scholar and Research Information Service System (RISS), and a total of 482 author keywords from 125 papers from peer-reviewed scholarly journals were retrieved. Co-word analysis was applied to examine patterns and trends in the leopard cat research by measuring the association strengths of the author keywords along with the descriptive analysis of the keywords. The result shows that the most commonly used keywords in leopard cat research were Felidae, Iriomte cat, and camera trap except for its English and scientific name, and camera traps became a frequent keyword since 2005. Co-word analysis also reveals that leopard cat research has been actively conducted in Southeast Asia in conjugation with studying other carnivores using the camera traps. Through the understanding of the patterns and trends, the finding of this study could provide an opportunity for the exploration of neglected areas in the leopard cat research and conservation.

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