Interactivity and Game Creation. 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Aalborg, Denmark, December 10–11, 2020, Proceedings

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The World Is Your Playground: A Bibliometric and Text Mining Analysis of Location-Based Game Research

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_9,
        author={Chien Lu and Elina Koskinen and Dale Leorke and Timo Nummenmaa and Jaakko Peltonen},
        title={The World Is Your Playground: A Bibliometric and Text Mining Analysis of Location-Based Game Research},
        proceedings={Interactivity and Game Creation. 9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Aalborg, Denmark, December 10--11, 2020, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={ARTSIT},
        year={2021},
        month={7},
        keywords={Location-based games Bibliometric analysis Text mining Topic Modeling},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_9}
    }
    
  • Chien Lu
    Elina Koskinen
    Dale Leorke
    Timo Nummenmaa
    Jaakko Peltonen
    Year: 2021
    The World Is Your Playground: A Bibliometric and Text Mining Analysis of Location-Based Game Research
    ARTSIT
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73426-8_9
Chien Lu1, Elina Koskinen1, Dale Leorke1, Timo Nummenmaa1, Jaakko Peltonen1
  • 1: Tampere University

Abstract

Location-based games have become mainstream and have been increasingly emphasized in the academic community. However, so far, to our knowledge, no bibliometric analysis of location-based games research literature has been undertaken. We carry out an analysis of 606 publications using bibliometric analysis and text mining. The results reveal prominent researchers, institutions, and countries, as well as the most common research topics and their prevalence over time. The results are useful both to understand the current state of location-based research and for designing future research.