A bibliometric study of earthquake research: 1900–2010

Abstract

We evaluated earthquake research performance based on a bibliometric analysis of 84,051 documents published in journals and other outlets contained in the Scientific Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) bibliographic databases for the period of 1900-2010. We summarized significant publication indicators in earthquake research, evaluated national and institutional research performance, and presented earthquake research development from a supplementary perspective. Research output descriptors suggested a solid development in earthquake research, in terms of increasing scientific production and research collaboration. We identified leading authors, institutions, and nations in earthquake research, and there was an uneven distribution of publications at authorial, institutional, and national levels. The most commonly used keywords appeared in the articles were

GLOFs in the WOS: bibliometrics, geographies and global trends of research on glacial lake outburst floods (Web of Science, 1979–2016)

“…Firstly, the amount of research on GLOFs had an exponentially increasing trend in the WOS database between 1979 and 2016. From the field of natural hazard science, a similar trend is observed in research on tsunamis (Chiu and Ho, 2007), a more remarkable trend is observed in research on landslides (Xu et al, 2015) and a less remarkable trend is observed in research on earthquakes (Liu et al, 2012). This trend is similar de- Table 4.…”

“…and Ho, 2007;Liu et al, 2012;Wu et al, 2015). While the amount of research on GLOFs has gradually increased over the past few decades (see Emmer et al, 2016), detailed insight into the GLOF research community, its global bibliometrics and geographies of research is missing.…”

“…The Islandic term jökulhlaup is also frequently used to refer to GLOFs originating in ice-dammed lakes and often (but not necessarily) induced by volcanic activity (Björnsson and Pálsson, 2008). In Spanish-speaking countries, the term aluvión is often used to described flowtype processes of various origins, including GLOFs (Lliboutry et al, 1977). The occurrence of GLOFs is commonly tied to periods of glacier ice loss (Clague and Evans, 2000), and GLOFs are considered among the most significant geomorphological as well as the most hazardous consequences of retreating glaciers (Clague et al, 2012).…”

Social Media Research, Human Behavior, and Sustainable Society

“…The emerging bibliometric network analysis often analyzes the relationships among keywords, country, research institute, and author. The common network analysis includes co-word analysis [33][34][35], co-citation analysis [36,37], co-authorship analysis [38][39][40], and co-publication analysis [41]. Many disciplines have used bibliometric methods to explore the impact of research themes, such as natural science, engineering, business, social sciences, and humanities [42][43][44][45][46].…”

GLOFs in the WOS: bibliometrics, geographies and global trends of research of glacial lake outburst floods (Web of Science, 1979–2016)

“…Numerous studies exist that focus on a scientometric / bibliometric analysis of various research fields and their geographies (e.g., Small and Garfield, 1985), including those in geomorphology (e.g., Dorn, 2002), river research (e.g., Vugteveen et al, 2014), and natural hazard science (e.g., Chiu and Ho, 2007;Liu et al, 2012;Wu et al, 2015). While the amount of research of GLOFs has gradually increased over the past few decades (see Emmer et al, 2016), detailed insight into 10 the GLOF research community, its global bibliometrics and geographies of research is missing.…”