Review on Eco-Environment Research in the Yellow River Basin: A Bibliometric Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data Collection and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of Articles
3.1.1. Time-Series Characteristics
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
3.1.2. The National Research Contribution
3.1.3. Institutional Distribution Characteristics
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
3.1.4. Discipline Structure Characteristics
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
3.1.5. Journal Distribution Characteristics
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
3.2. Research Hotspot Analysis
3.2.1. Analysis of Highly Cited Papers
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
3.2.2. Keyword Cluster Analysis
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
3.2.3. Theme Evolution Analysis
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
3.2.4. Research Frontier Analysis
- First bullet; English articles
- Second bullet; Chinese articles
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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WoS | Institutions | Country | Number | Ratio (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 2161 | 16.2 |
2 | Northwest A&F University | China | 1086 | 8.1 |
3 | Ministry Water Resources | China | 563 | 4.2 |
4 | Beijing Normal University | China | 482 | 3.6 |
5 | Lanzhou University | China | 359 | 2.7 |
6 | Xian University of Technology | China | 155 | 1.2 |
7 | Ocean University of China | China | 153 | 1.2 |
8 | Shaanxi Normal University | China | 131 | 1.0 |
9 | Beijing Forestry University | China | 128 | 1.0 |
10 | China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research | China | 121 | 0.9 |
CNKI | Institutions | Province | Number | Ratio (%) |
1 | Northwest A&F University | Shaanxi | 1643 | 5.3 |
2 | Ministry Water Resources | Shaanxi | 1088 | 3.5 |
3 | Institute of Geographic Sciences Natural Resources Research CAS | Beijing | 497 | 1.6 |
4 | Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Yellow River Conservancy Commission | Henan | 448 | 1.4 |
5 | Beijing Normal University | Beijing | 413 | 1.3 |
6 | University of Chinese Academy of Science CAS | Beijing | 404 | 1.3 |
7 | Lanzhou University | Gansu | 397 | 1.3 |
8 | Shaanxi Normal University | Shaanxi | 309 | 1.0 |
9 | Beijing Forestry University | Beijing | 254 | 0.8 |
10 | Ocean University of China | Shandong | 231 | 0.7 |
WoS | Journals | Number | Ratio (%) | 2021 IF | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Catena | 238 | 4.47 | 6.367 | Germany |
2 | Science of The Total Environment | 208 | 3.91 | 10.753 | Netherlands |
3 | Water | 124 | 2.33 | 3.530 | Switzerland |
4 | Journal of Hydrology | 113 | 2.12 | 6.708 | Netherlands |
5 | Environmental Earth Sciences | 92 | 1.73 | 3.119 | Germany |
6 | Agricultural Water Management | 89 | 1.67 | 6.611 | Netherlands |
7 | Land Degradation & Development | 85 | 1.60 | 4.377 | England |
8 | Hydrological Processes | 84 | 1.58 | 3.784 | England |
9 | Sustainability | 82 | 1.54 | 3.889 | Switzerland |
10 | PLoS One | 79 | 1.48 | 3.752 | USA |
CNKI | Journals | Number | Ratio (%) | 2021 IF | Province |
1 | Yellow River | 1593 | 13.2 | 1.067 | Henan |
2 | Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation | 448 | 3.71 | 1.894 | Shaanxi |
3 | Acta Ecologica Sinica | 444 | 3.68 | 4.733 | Beijing |
4 | Research of Soil and Water Conservation | 387 | 3.21 | 2.987 | Shaanxi |
5 | Journal of Soil and Water Conservation | 359 | 2.98 | 3.198 | Shaanxi |
6 | Science of Soil and Water Conservation | 233 | 1.93 | 1.922 | Beijing |
7 | Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas | 229 | 1.90 | 1.706 | Shaanxi |
8 | Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology | 208 | 1.72 | 3.893 | Liaoning |
9 | Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment | 193 | 1.60 | 3.187 | Inner Mongolia |
10 | Journal of Natural Resources | 191 | 1.58 | 6.098 | Beijing |
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Liu, L.; Zeng, J.; Wu, X.; Qu, J.; Li, X.; Zhang, J.; Han, J. Review on Eco-Environment Research in the Yellow River Basin: A Bibliometric Perspective. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911986
Liu L, Zeng J, Wu X, Qu J, Li X, Zhang J, Han J. Review on Eco-Environment Research in the Yellow River Basin: A Bibliometric Perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):11986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911986
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Lina, Jingjing Zeng, Xinnian Wu, Jiansheng Qu, Xuemei Li, Jing Zhang, and Jinyu Han. 2022. "Review on Eco-Environment Research in the Yellow River Basin: A Bibliometric Perspective" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 11986. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911986