The topic of this research is about BIM and GIS based solution to be employed in the management of the built environment (with emphasis on renovation?). A first search on the Scopus database is led using the following principal keywords, limiting the results to the subject area “Engineering” and “English” as language”:
(#1) TS = ”BIM”: 5˙177
(#2) TS = “digitalization”: 2˙083
(#3) TS = “construction”: 361˙901
(#4) TS = “management”: 569˙718
Considering that “BIM” is the acronym for “building information modelling”, it is interesting to include in the search terms this extended version of (#1), but it also might be useful to include sources about “building information model/models”; therefore, we added to the previous keywords:
(#5) TS = “building information modelling”: 3˙188
(#6) TS = “building information model*”: 3˙771
In order not to miss some results, it is necessary to include in the research for the “BIM” topic both acronym and its extended definition:
(#7) [(TS = “bim”) OR (TS = “building information model*”)]: 5˙450
The same principles might be applied to (#2) and (#3), as we might get interested in “digital” tools/models/solutions/etc… or topics related to many “constructions”:
(#8) TS = “digital*”: 451˙842
(#9) TS = “construction*”: 364˙533
The keywords (#4), (#8) and (#9) display an enormous set of results, so we start to combine the previous terms:
(#10) [(TS = ”bim”) OR (TS = “building information model*”) AND (TS = ”management”)]: 2˙161
(#11) [(TS = ”bim”) OR (TS = “building information model*”) AND (TS = ”management”) AND NOT “business”]: 2˙007
(#12) [(TS = ”bim”) OR (TS = “building information model*”) AND (TS = ”construction*”) AND (TS = “digital*”)]: 464
(#13) [(TS = ”bim”) OR (TS = “building information model*”) AND (TS = ”construction*”) AND (TS = ”management”)]: 1˙606
(#14) [(TS = ”bim”) OR (TS = “building information model*”) AND (TS = ”construction*”) AND (TS = ”management”) AND (TS = “digital*”)]: 233
Conclusions:
From our search we have found some papers, we now build a database in Mendeley, including the results from:
- (#16) from Daniele' search: 346 papers that are basically related to combination of: BIM,GIS, management, cultural heritage, built environment
-(#13) from Marco's search: 1,066 papers including: BIM, construction, management
we can now download the two lists in mendeley and putting topgheter the two results, or maybe we can try in combining them (#16)AND(#13) / (#16)OR(#13) ???
[questa conclusione è una deduzione fatta guardando i due lavori, ho messo assieme il mio numero 16 perchè aveva meno paper rispetto al tuo numero 13 (ho tenuto il 13 perchè mi sembra che fosse quello che suggerivi di usare alla fine del tuo discorso), in modo che la combinazione finale rimane comunque alta, altrimenti potremmo combinare il mio numero 7, che si aggira sul mille. Non so come fare, tu cosa suggerisci?]