Global trends of solid waste research from 1997 to 2011 by using bibliometric analysis

Lie Yang, Zhulei Chen (), Ting Liu, Zhe Gong, Yingjian Yu and Jia Wang
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Lie Yang: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zhulei Chen: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Ting Liu: Huangshi Institute of Technology
Zhe Gong: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yingjian Yu: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jia Wang: Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Scientometrics, 2013, vol. 96, issue 1, No 9, 133-146

Abstract: Abstract This study explores a bibliometric approach to quantitatively assessing current research trends on solid waste, by using the related literature published between 1997 and 2011 in journals of all the subject categories of the Science Citation Index. The articles acquired from such literature were concentrated on the general analysis by publication type and language, characteristics of articles outputs, country, subject categories and journals, and the frequency of title-words and keywords used. Over the past 15 years, there had been a notable growth trend in publication outputs, along with more participation of countries/territories. The seven major industrialized countries (G7) published the majority of the world articles, while their article share was being replacing by other countries represented by BRIC countries. An analysis of the title-words, author keywords and keywords plus showed that municipal solid waste and sludge were the major research types of solid wastes and “anaerobic digestion”, “wastewater” and “heavy metals” were recent major topics of solid waste research. Meanwhile, the analysis indicated the analysis technologies, represented by solid-phase extraction and tandem mass-spectrometry, were more and more widely used for solid waste research. Besides, life cycle assessment and health risk assessment were the most two frequently environmental assessment tools used for solid waste research in the 15-year research period.

Keywords: Solid waste; Bibliometric; SCI; Engineering; MSW (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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