Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Construction Engineering, Management & Innovation (Online), cilt.8, sa.2, ss.146-162, 2025 (TRDizin)
The primary purpose of resource-constrained project scheduling (RCPS) is to adjust activity ordering to minimize project durations. Various scientometric literature reviews are conducted. However, no essential research has been found in the literature that provides a bibliometric analysis, including a literature review, on the RCPS literature. It is claimed that this is the first study to provide a scientometric analysis of the RCPS literature, utilizing various software packages. Firstly, a bibliometric data file comprises 128 articles retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The top-cited authors and most frequently used keywords are listed based on the data file. In addition to scientometric studies in literature, keyword frequencies and word clouds for different periods are provided to display word usage frequencies and offer insights into the most popular topics during various periods. From that perspective, the popularity of the topic “Resource Leveling” has been diminishing over the last few decades. On the other hand, different techniques such as BIM and particle swarm optimization are emerging topics in the RCPS field. Besides, the publications on RCPS are clustered based on their citation statistics. The labels of the clusters are named after the titles of publications within the cluster, including trends in RCPS problems related to construction project management. Each cluster’s citation activities are given in a single plot based on the citation statistics. Future aspects of RCPS methodology are provided in the conclusion section.