Bibliometric analysis of climate change and extreme weather adaptation based on Scopus

Sai Leung Ng ()
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Sai Leung Ng: Chinese Culture University

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2025, vol. 15, issue 4, No 14, 942-961

Abstract: Abstract To determine the status, themes, and intellectual structure of the research on climate change and extreme weather adaptation, this study used bibliometric methods to analyze 994 relevant documents retrieved from the Scopus database. The results indicate that the research field has expanded rapidly in the past two decades. There were five main research themes, namely “global impacts and policy,” “agricultural adaptation,” “extreme weather and prediction,” “risk management,” and “heat waves and human health.” The most productive author, journal, and country were Ebi, K. I.; Climatic Change; and the United States, respectively. The most cited document, author, journal, and country were Lindner et al. (2010); Ford, J. D.; Global Environmental Change; and the United Kingdom, respectively. Consistency between productivity and citations existed at the levels of author, journal, and country. There were three clusters of journals, namely “environmental change and disaster,” “climate,” and “mega-journals,” respectively. In addition, six clusters of international collaboration were identified. They were the “Asia–Pacific group,” the “central and southern European group,” the “northern European group,” “low-latitude countries,” “small countries,” and “African countries.” Highly productive or highly cited authors, journals, and countries formed nuclei of intellectual networks. In conclusion, this study may serve as an explorative guide for readers to acquaint themselves with the diversity of knowledge in this research field.

Keywords: Adaptation; Bibliometric analysis; Climate change; Extreme weather; Scopus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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