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Research on the hysteresis effect of topic related evolution for emerging trends prediction

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  • 1School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210024, China;
    2Business School, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China;
    3School of Medical Information Engineering, Jining Medical University, Rizhao 276826, China
†Haiyun Xu (Email: xuhaiyunnemo@gmail.com).

Received date: 2024-10-30

  Revised date: 2025-01-29

  Accepted date: 2025-03-13

  Online published: 2025-03-24

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 72104110 No.72274113), Basic Science (Natural Science) Research Projects in Higher Education Institutions in Jiangsu Province (No. 22KJB630011), General Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research in Jiangsu Universities (No. 2022SJYB0253), Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong province of China (tsqn202103069), and Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No.ZR202111130115).

Abstract

Purpose: The study examines the synergy and hysteresis in the evolution of funding and its supported literature, depicts their temporal correlation mechanism, which aids in improving trend predictions.
Design/methodology/approach: The study uses the LDA model to identify topics in funding texts and supported papers. A cosine similarity algorithm was employed to estimate the nexus between topics and construct the topic evolution time series. Similarly, the hysteresis effect in topic evolution is analyzed based on topic popularity and content, leading to insights into their temporal correlation mechanism.
Findings: The study finds that fund and sponsored paper topics exhibit strong collaboration with a noticeable lag in evolution. The fund topics significantly influence sponsored paper topics after a two-year lag. Moreover, the lag effect is inversely proportional to the topic’s similarity.
Research limitations: We use the LDA model to determine the hysteresis effect in topic evolution despite its limitations in handling long-tail words and domain-specific vocabulary. Furthermore, the timing of the emergence of the focal topic in funds is undermined, affecting the findings.
Practical implications: These findings enhance the accuracy and scientific validity of trend prediction. Estimating and identifying patterns can help technology managers anticipate future research hotspots, supporting informed decision-making and technology management.
Originality/value: This study introduces a research framework to quantitatively and visually analyze the hysteresis effect, revealing the correlation and evolutionary patterns between fund research topics and their funded papers.

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Ziqiang Liu, Haiyun Xu, Lixin Yue, Zenghui Yue . Research on the hysteresis effect of topic related evolution for emerging trends prediction[J]. Journal of Data and Information Science, 0 : 20250021 -20250021 . DOI: 10.2478/jdis-2025-0021

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