MDSS: Methodology for the Development of Scientometric Studies

The problem of scientific research was the lack of a methodology that guides the development of scientometric studies, which would limit the development of this type of study. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to elaborate a methodology for the development of scientometric studies for various sciences. The study methodology was developed through a qualitative and narrative topical research design and was applied to the development of scientometric studies of environmental engineering. As a result of the application of the methodology, two scientometric studies have been published in Scopus and Web of Science journals (Q2 and Q1 [17th place in the Soil Science category]) and an article is under evaluation in an indexed journal. The MDSS methodology contains the details for the following processes: (a) to propose the idea of the scientometric study, (b) to generate the information search strings and their results, (c) to check the quality of the information search results, (d) to structure the information through bibliometric applications, and (e) to complete the sections of the article. The application of the methodology developed in this study to other sciences is recommended.