A bibliometric analysis of scientific trends in phytoplankton research

Annales de Limnologie: International journal of limnology

Xinhui Li¹  Zini Lai²  Chao Wang³  Sovan Lek³  Yang Liu⁴  Michèle Tackx⁵ 

[1] Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, CNRS – Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France;Experimental Station for Scientific Observation on Fishery Resources and Environment in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Pearl River, 526100, Ministry of Agriculture, the People's Republic of China;Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, 1, Xingyu Road, Liwan District, 510380 Guangzhou, China;Université Toulouse, Lab Évolution &Université Toulouse, Laboratoire d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, UMR 5245, CNRS – Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France

关键词: Phytoplankton;    bibliometric analysis;    research trend;   

DOI  :  10.1051/limn/2015019

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: EDP Sciences

【 摘 要 】

We summarize the scientific trends in phytoplankton studies between 1991 and 2013 based on bibliometric analysis. The annual publication output on phytoplankton demonstrated a rapid linear increasing tendency during the past two decades, and its contribution to total scientific articles remained below 10%. Under the context of fast scientific research development, the yearly numbers of dependent publications (in terms of multi-aquatic ecosystems and international collaborations) indicate a linear increasing trend. The variations of keywords associated with research regions are mainly contributed by geographic adjacent countries, which are also generally the top contributors. Various trends of all the keywords relating to research methods, research contents and environmental factors indicate that phytoplankton studies carried out on large scale and long term are showing a significantly ascending trend, while traditional and local scale studies are showing a descending trend.

【 授权许可】

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