The world of analytics: interdisciplinary, inclusive, insightful, and influential

As we searched for ways to deliver our first editorial, we decided to learn from our experiences as researchers. After all, we seek to discover new ideas and create new pathways from which to enhance the journal, so why not begin with a qualitative exploration? We chose to combine the purpose of the journal itself with the idea of stepping back to explore the term ‘‘analytics’’; from this, we decided to utilize semantic analysis.