Visualization and Bibliometric Analysis of Carbon Neutrality Research for Global Health

Frontiers in Public Health

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Linghao Mao¹  Yiling Zhu²  Chunhua Ju¹  Fuguang Bao¹  Chonghuan Xu⁴ 

[1] School of Management Engineering and E-Business, Zhejiang Gongshang University;School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Gongshang University;Contemporary Business and Trade Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University;Academy of Zhejiang Culture Industry Innovation and Development, Zhejiang Gongshang University;School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University

关键词: carbon neutrality;    knowledge map;    research hotspots;    CiteSpace;    human health;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.896161

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The visual analysis of carbon neutrality research can help better understand the development of the research field and explore the difficulties and hot spots in the research, thus making contributions to “carbon emission reduction,” environmental protection and human health. This paper makes a visual quantitative analysis of 2,819 research papers published in top international journals from 2008 to 2021 in the WOS core database. It is found that China, the United States, Britain, and Germany are leading the way in carbon neutrality research. The research hotspots are mainly divided into three dimensions: (1) biomass energy and the negative effects it might bring; (2) ways and methods of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide; (3) catalysts and catalytic environment. The research mainly went through the conceptual period of 1997–2007, the exploration period of bioenergy from 2008 to 2021, the criticized period of bioenergy sources from 2011 to 2013, and the carbon dioxide electroreduction period from 2013 to the present. In the future, the research direction of biomass energy is to find one kind of biomass energy source which can be stored in a low-carbon way, produced in large quantities at a low cost, and will not occupy forestland. The electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen and the synthesis of fuel with CO 2 are two major research directions at present, whose aims are to find the suitable catalyst and environment for the reaction. Besides, more research can be done on “carbon neutrality” policies so as to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the source, develop a low-carbon economy and protect human health.

【 授权许可】

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