Research trends and areas of focus on the Chinese Loess Plateau: A bibliometric analysis during 1991-2018

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2020.104798

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	Research trends and areas of focus on the Chinese Loess Plateau: A bibliometric analysis during 1991-2018
	Zhang, Yi1,2 ; Chen, Yiping 1
通讯作者	Zhang, Yi(zhangyi.zy@msn.com)
	2020-11-01
发表期刊	CATENA
ISSN	0341-8162
卷号	194 页码:10
摘要	To understand the research trends and areas of focus on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), a bibliometric study based on the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) was performed. This study presented a comprehensive overview of the field based on the annual outputs, research areas, temporal trends in keywords, marked journals, institutions, and authors. In the SCI-E database, only 17 outputs occurred before 1991. Thus, we chose the study period between 1991 and 2018. The results revealed that the annual number of publications increased, with an especially rapid increase after 2006. Geology, environmental sciences and ecology, agriculture, water resources, and physical geography were the most popular Web of Science research areas. A keyword analysis indicated that "climate" was the most popular study area. After 2006, the research areas changed to "impact", "dynamics", and "land use change" topics in mechanisms and regulation. Since 2011, coupled effects among the environmental factors have been incorporated in research on the CLP. The areas of focus range from classical geology to agriculture research, ecological construction research, and research on the efficient use of resources. Catena and Palaeogeography Palaeochtnatology Palaeoecology were the most popular journals for researchers to publish their research results, and these two journals also had greater influence in the field with larger numbers of citations than other journals. The institution with the greatest research output and most citations was the Chinese Academy of Sciences. An Z. S., Fu B. J., Liu T. S., Ding Z. L., Shao M. A., and Lu H. Y. were the most competitive authors based on their large numbers of papers and citations. This paper presents an attempt to better understand the progress in research on the CLP.
关键词	Bibliometric analysis Outputs Citations Temporal evolution Loess Plateau HistCite
DOI	10.1016/j.catena.2020.104798
关键词[WOS]	LAND-USE ; SOIL-EROSION ; CATCHMENT ; CONSERVATION ; PATTERNS ; RECORDS ; MA
收录类别	SCI ; SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Agriculture ; Water Resources
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Soil Science ; Water Resources
WOS记录号	WOS:000566699000084
出版者	ELSEVIER
引用统计	被引频次：35[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/15269
专题	生态环境研究室
通讯作者	Zhang, Yi
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710061, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 2.Northwest Normal Univ, Coll Geog & Environm Sci, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Yi,Chen, Yiping. Research trends and areas of focus on the Chinese Loess Plateau: A bibliometric analysis during 1991-2018[J]. CATENA,2020,194:10.
APA	Zhang, Yi,&Chen, Yiping.(2020).Research trends and areas of focus on the Chinese Loess Plateau: A bibliometric analysis during 1991-2018.CATENA,194,10.
MLA	Zhang, Yi,et al."Research trends and areas of focus on the Chinese Loess Plateau: A bibliometric analysis during 1991-2018".CATENA 194(2020):10.