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Nanomaterials in the Environment: Research Hotspots and Trends

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  • Chen Li

    (Sino-Canada Resources and Environmental Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Guohe Huang

    (Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China)

  • Guanhui Cheng

    (Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada)

  • Maosheng Zheng

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Nan Zhou

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

Abstract

Research on the field of nanomaterials in environment has continued to be a major area of interest in recent years. To present the up-to-date progress in this field, a bibliometric study is conducted to analyze 7087 related publications in the Science Citation Index (SCI) core collection of Web of Science based on the expanded SCI. These publications are identified through using representative keywords in the research directions environment of the Web of Science. This study finds that China and the United States dominate the field; one difference between them is that China issued more independent publications and the United States issued more cooperative publications. In addition, the number of the related publications in Asian countries has exceeded that of European and American ones. A Chinese institution, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has an absolute dominance in this field. Traditional high-impact environmental journals have ruled this field. The number of publications in the Energy and Environmental Science field has gradually decreased. In addition, a co-citation analysis shows that previous studies in this field can be divided into four major branches, and that graphene oxide and nano-inorganic particles are increasingly becoming research hotspots.

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  • Chen Li & Guohe Huang & Guanhui Cheng & Maosheng Zheng & Nan Zhou, 2019. "Nanomaterials in the Environment: Research Hotspots and Trends," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-17, December.
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