Class information for:
Level 1: CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING//PHILOSOPHY OF OR//SOFT OR

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
6981 1344 37.8 23%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
2094 4744 SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW//SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE//CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING Author keyword 129 82% 6% 76
2 PHILOSOPHY OF OR Author keyword 70 86% 3% 36
3 SOFT OR Author keyword 59 78% 3% 39
4 SYSTEMS PRACTICE Journal 56 47% 7% 88
5 PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS Author keyword 54 71% 3% 44
6 TOTAL SYSTEMS INTERVENTION Author keyword 53 95% 1% 18
7 PROCESS OF OR Author keyword 51 91% 2% 21
8 SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH Journal 51 29% 11% 150
9 COMMUNITY OR Author keyword 38 84% 2% 21
10 SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY Author keyword 38 43% 5% 67

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING 129 82% 6% 76 Search CRITICAL+SYSTEMS+THINKING Search CRITICAL+SYSTEMS+THINKING
2 PHILOSOPHY OF OR 70 86% 3% 36 Search PHILOSOPHY+OF+OR Search PHILOSOPHY+OF+OR
3 SOFT OR 59 78% 3% 39 Search SOFT+OR Search SOFT+OR
4 PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS 54 71% 3% 44 Search PROBLEM+STRUCTURING+METHODS Search PROBLEM+STRUCTURING+METHODS
5 TOTAL SYSTEMS INTERVENTION 53 95% 1% 18 Search TOTAL+SYSTEMS+INTERVENTION Search TOTAL+SYSTEMS+INTERVENTION
6 PROCESS OF OR 51 91% 2% 21 Search PROCESS+OF+OR Search PROCESS+OF+OR
7 COMMUNITY OR 38 84% 2% 21 Search COMMUNITY+OR Search COMMUNITY+OR
8 SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY 38 43% 5% 67 Search SOFT+SYSTEMS+METHODOLOGY Search SOFT+SYSTEMS+METHODOLOGY
9 PRACTICE OF OR 31 43% 4% 55 Search PRACTICE+OF+OR Search PRACTICE+OF+OR
10 BOUNDARY CRITIQUE 25 73% 1% 19 Search BOUNDARY+CRITIQUE Search BOUNDARY+CRITIQUE

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 OPERATIONAL RESEARCH 78 53% 8% 104
2 PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS 46 64% 3% 45
3 CRITICAL SYSTEMS THINKING 41 90% 1% 18
4 PUTTING SOFT 27 74% 1% 20
5 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 26 43% 3% 46
6 SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY 15 51% 2% 21
7 SYSTEMS STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT 13 69% 1% 11
8 DEARNE VALLEY 11 100% 0% 6
9 BOUNDARY CRITIQUE 10 73% 1% 8
10 MIXING METHODOLOGIES 6 80% 0% 4

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SYSTEMS PRACTICE 56 47% 7% 88
2 SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH 51 29% 11% 150
3 SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 20 15% 9% 120

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
Problem structuring methods in action 2004 141 84 70%
Multimethodology: Towards a framework for mixing methodologies 1997 104 32 56%
Operational research and ethics: A literature review 2013 6 108 58%
Mixing OR methods in practice: Past, present and future directions 2011 15 19 74%
COGNITIVE MAPPING 1988 204 4 75%
Facilitated modelling in operational research 2010 25 52 52%
Soft OR comes of age-but not everywhere! 2011 20 57 51%
A review of the recent contribution of systems thinking to operational research and management science 2010 33 136 32%
The contribution of critical realism as an underpinning philosophy for OR/MS and systems 2000 43 39 59%
Success and survival of operational research groups - A review 1997 43 40 58%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SYST STUDIES 15 36% 2.5% 34
2 BUSINESS STRATEGY OPERAT 3 100% 0.2% 3
3 INTERPRET SYSTEMOL 3 100% 0.2% 3
4 INVEST SISTEMOL INTERPRETAT 3 100% 0.2% 3
5 SISTEMOL INTERPRETAT 3 100% 0.2% 3
6 FINANCE SYST OPERAT 2 67% 0.1% 2
7 INFORMAT OPERAT MANAGEMENT GRP 2 67% 0.1% 2
8 INTERDIPARTIMENTALE SCI PACE 2 67% 0.1% 2
9 SISTEMOL INTERPERTAT 2 67% 0.1% 2
10 ADULT EDUC YOUTH DEV 2 50% 0.2% 3

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000195641 INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT//SOCIAL SYSTEM DESIGN//EVOLUTIONARY LEARNING COMMUNITY
2 0.0000191780 CREAT COHERENT CHANGE KNOWLEDGE//VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL//ORGANIZATIONAL CYBERNETICS
3 0.0000171121 PROFESSIONAL OR MS EDUCATION//OR MS EDUCATION//MS OR EDUCATION
4 0.0000161581 SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW//SYST DYNAM GRP//GROUP MODEL BUILDING
5 0.0000148962 OR IN GREECE//OR APPLICATIONS//OR METHODOLOGY
6 0.0000147732 INDIVIDUAL INNOVATIVENESS//ADOPTER GROUPS//OPERATIONAL RESEARCH EDUCATION
7 0.0000145177 INQUIRING SYSTEMS//SYSTEMS RESEARCH//INQUIRING ORGANIZATIONS
8 0.0000136569 SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENT//AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT//CUTHERBERTSON S
9 0.0000108075 SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH//ACTION RESEARCH//ACT PROFESS PRACTICE
10 0.0000107517 ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT//CONTRACT COSTING//CYCLIC CELLULAR AUTOMATON