Bibliometric Analysis of Status Quo of Wetland Science in China

作者：Li Xin Wang, Jian Wei Li, Hua Min Liu, Wang Wei, Cun Zhu Liang, Jie Yang · 发表于：Advanced materials research · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.5984 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Environmental Conservation and Management、Land Use and Ecosystem Services、Wetland Management and Conservation

Currently, research on wetlands is a rapidly developing field. To understand the state of wetland science in China, we used the term “wetland” ,“marsh”, “swamp”, “bog” and “mire” as the keywords to search in the ISI Web of Knowledge and the Chinese Journals Full-Text Database and collect Chinese and English literature on wetland written by Chinese researchers. These publications were analyzed with bibliometric methods by the distribution of the publication year, the author and organization distribution, the journal distribution, the research funds, the research regions and the subjects. The results indicate that core research groups working in the field of wetland science in China have already been formed, although the distribution of research groups was scattered across many institutions and universities. Dispersion and concentration coexisted in the journal distribution of Chinese and English publications—the majority of publications were clumped in a small number of journals, while a minority was scattered in a large number of journals. In China, there are two professional journals publishing papers on wetlands, Wetland Science and Wetland Science & Management. However, it is reasonable to launch an English language wetland journal in the country to enhance communication and cooperation. Research funds for wetland science have a wide array of sources. An important portion of the papers in Chinese was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and pro...