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A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Acid Rain

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  • Ziqiang Liu

    (Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China)

  • Jiayue Yang

    (Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China)

  • Jiaen Zhang

    (Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China)

  • Huimin Xiang

    (Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China)

  • Hui Wei

    (Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
    Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China)

Abstract

With the continuation of industrialization and urbanization, acid rain (AR) has aroused extensive concern because of its potential negative effects on ecosystems. However, analysis of the current status and development trends in AR research area has seldom been systematically studied. Therefore, we motivated to conduct a bibliometric analysis of AR publications (1900–2018) using HistCite and CiteSpace software programs. Compared to traditional reviews by experts, this study offers an alternative method to quantitatively analyze and visualize the development of AR field at a large time scale. The results indicated that the overall concern of AR research studies had increased from 1900 to 2018. The most productive country was the United States, while the institution with the most publications was Chinese Academy of Sciences. “Environmental Sciences” was the most popular subject category, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution was the dominant journal, and C.T. Driscoll was the most prominent author in AR field. There were three hotspots in the field of AR, including analyzing AR status and its control policies in Europe, the United States, and China in the past few decades, investigating the ecological consequences of AR on plant histological, physiological, and biochemical traits, as well as surface water and soil properties, and the model application for quantitatively assessing AR and its effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at regional scale. Further, “behavior”, “phosphorus”, “fractionation”, “soil acidification”, “corrosion”, “performance”, “recovery”, “rainwater”, “trace element”, and “surface water” have been emerging active topics in recent years. This study can help new researchers to find out the most relevant subject categories, countries, institutions, journals, authors, and articles, and identify research trends and frontiers in the field of AR.

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  • Ziqiang Liu & Jiayue Yang & Jiaen Zhang & Huimin Xiang & Hui Wei, 2019. "A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Acid Rain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-24, May.
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