A bibliometric study of the world’s research activity in sustainable development and its sub-areas using scientific literature

Hassan, Saeed‐Ul; Haddawy, Peter; Zhu, Jia

doi:10.1007/s11192-013-1193-3

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“…Although the United States led the index, with 6 institutes, there was one institution, respectively, from Argentina, China, Egypt, and Brazil. It is noteworthy that in line with the current findings, previous studies have demonstrated that the USDA is among the bodies with the largest number of works on ecosystem research in several previous studies [92][93][94][95][96].…”

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Global scientific trends on aflatoxin research during 1998–2017: a bibliometric and visualized study

Zyoud

2019

J Occup Med Toxicol

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BackgroundAflatoxins are fungal metabolites associated with contaminated food products. Intake of aflatoxin-contaminated food results in serious health hazards and even death. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the global scientific output of research of aflatoxin by using bibliometric techniques.MethodsThis bibliometric study was conducted using Scopus database and classified the retrieved publications were classified from different aspects, including the countries/region of focus, journals, authors, institutes, citations, and content analysis to discover any hot and emerging topics. In addition, the bibliometric analysis of the international collaborative network and hot research topics were generated by VOSviewer© software version 1.6.10. The publication period was restricted in the search for two decades (1998–2017).ResultsThe search engine of the Scopus database found 9845 documents published in the field of aflatoxin. The USA is the top publishing source in the world (22.85%), followed by China (11.85%), India (9.32%), and Italy (5.25%). In earlier years, researchers focused on terms related to the topics of “sources and biosynthesis of aflatoxin”, “health effects by aflatoxin”, and “detoxification and treatment of aflatoxin”. However, in recent years, researchers pay more attention to the topic of detection and quantification of aflatoxin.ConclusionsThe quantity of research in global aflatoxin has substantially increased over the past two decades. The evaluation of the historical status and development trend in aflatoxin scientific research can guide future research, and ultimately provide the basis for improving management procedures for governmental decisions, healthcare, industries, and educational institutions.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 90%

Global scientific trends on aflatoxin research during 1998–2017: a bibliometric and visualized study

Zyoud

2019

J Occup Med Toxicol

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“…Bibliometric analysis evaluates topics of interest by tracking the number and keywords changes in time (Hassan et al, 2014;van Raan, 2005). The Web of Science Core Collection database has been commonly used in the bibliometric analysis (Wang et al, 2010).…”

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Research Development on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure From 1991 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis to Inform Future Innovations

Liu

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Earth's Future

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Studies of sustainable urban infrastructure are expanding since the United Nations proposed the concept of sustainability in 1982. The need for more sustainable urban infrastructures led to many research efforts on innovative technologies and development strategies. We analyzed research progress on sustainable urban infrastructure from 1991 to 2017 using bibliometric, keyword co-occurrence and document cocitation network analysis. An increasing publication number suggests a rapid development of the sustainable urban infrastructure research area, but the development is still in an emerging stage. With respect to the analysis of research themes, we analyzed keyword co-occurrence networks in the three stages of . We observed substantial expansions and intensive interconnections of research theme clusters on sustainable urban infrastructure. The themes from 2009 to 2017 include "critical infrastructure," "urban planning and design," "development need," "technology innovation," and "cyber-physical system." The United States produced 28.93% of the publications and played a core role in the international collaboration network. We further compared national interests among top productive countries, which highlights different priorities of investing more sustainable urban infrastructures. Finally, we presented an in-depth analysis of four emerging technology innovations, namely, renewable energy, smart grid, green infrastructure, and cloud computing regarding research directions and challenges. Our results not only provide a valuable reference for researchers who are interested in sustainable urban infrastructures but also put forward the emphasis and orientations of future studies.Plain Language Summary More than a half of world population are currently living in urban areas for decent work and high-quality services. How we develop cities and infrastructures affects resource needs, quality of life, and the impact of natural environment. Considering the increasing pressure from resource depletion, ecosystem degradation, and climate change, it is critical and urgent to foresee what future cities and infrastructures should be and the gaps we should overcome. Our study provided an overview for a broad audience to recognize the current research progress of sustainable urban infrastructure. Our study shows that this topic is still in an emerging stage with a steady growth of publications. The research themes have expanded dramatically to cover critical infrastructure, development need, technological innovation, urban planning design, and cyber-physical system. United States is currently leading this research area, but countries have their own interests in sustainable urban infrastructure depending on economic development. In the end, we provided an in-depth analysis about renewable energy, smart grid, green infrastructures, and cloud computing in terms of research themes and challenges. The testing and validation of these technologies will be required that can fulfill the complex needs of urban citizens in a sustainable and rel...

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“…This study suggested that research trend analysis can help understand how to effectively work together and find various niche strengths [14].…”

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A Mapping of Marine Biodiversity Research Trends and Collaboration in the East Asia Region from 1996–2015

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Many countries define policies to manage oceans and coastal areas in order to utilize marine ecosystems strategically. When we reviewed the strategies and policies of various countries in relation to ocean sustainability, we found that biodiversity preservation is a key issue for policies related to sustainable marine development. We investigated the research trends and collaboration status of China, Japan and South Korea regarding marine biodiversity through the analysis of scientific articles using bibliometric analysis. The results showed that Japan collaborated the most with other countries compared to China and South Korea. All three countries collaborated with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries frequently. South Korea showed the strongest inter-collaboration amongst China, Japan and South Korea. Microorganism research is a common research topic in China, Japan and South Korea. Each country demonstrated its own prominent research area, such as local region research in China, deep-sea research in Japan and aquaculture research in South Korea.

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A bibliometric study of the world’s research activity in sustainable development and its sub-areas using scientific literature

Cited by 108 publications

References 15 publications

Global scientific trends on aflatoxin research during 1998–2017: a bibliometric and visualized study

Global scientific trends on aflatoxin research during 1998–2017: a bibliometric and visualized study

Research Development on Sustainable Urban Infrastructure From 1991 to 2017: A Bibliometric Analysis to Inform Future Innovations

A Mapping of Marine Biodiversity Research Trends and Collaboration in the East Asia Region from 1996–2015

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