The Landscape of Risk Perception Research: A Scientometric Analysis

Risk perception is important in organizational and societal governance contexts. This article presents a high-level analysis of risk perception research using Web of Science core collection databases, scientometrics methods and visualization tools. The focus is on trends in outputs, geographical and temporal trends, and patterns in the...

The landscape of risk communication research: A scientometric analysis

Risk communication is a significant research domain with practical importance in supporting societal risk governance and informed private decision making. In this article, a high-level analysis of the risk communication research domain is performed using scientometrics methods and visualization tools. Output trends and geographical patterns...

Validity and validation of safety-related quantitative risk analysis: A review

Quantitative risk analysis (QRA) is widely applied in several industries as a tool to improve safety, as part of design, licensing or operational processes. Nevertheless, there is much less academic research on the validity and validation of QRA, despite their importance both for the science of risk analysis and with respect to its practical...

Towards a risk model for the Northern Baltic maritime winter navigation system

The implementation of the Finnish-Swedish winter navigation system has managed to increase the safe passage of merchant vessels in the Baltic Sea. However, there will always be risk associated with Baltic Sea winter navigation. Based upon IMO’s Formal Safety Assessment; steps zero through two, this report will aim to provide a system description...