Global Research on Riparian Zones in the XXI Century: A Bibliometric Analysis 2021

Riparian zones (RZs) are transitional environments at the interface between land and freshwater ecosystems, which are important in terms of socioecological services. In this work, we report a bibliometric-based analysis to unveil the knowledge structure and actors of scientific production on riparian zones for the first 20 years of the 21(st) century. We performed a literature search, querying for riparian zones publications for the period 2001-2020. The selected 1171 bibliographic records were analyzed by extracting several bibliometric indices of reporting tendencies, location, collaboration dynamics, and top topics. Results show that RZs publications increased considerably from 2001 to 2020, and top journals publishing on the subject are from the water, environmental management, and ecology areas. The US, China, Brazil, and Canada were the most productive countries, while the institutions with higher productivity were the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Oregon University. In terms of impact, the US, Canada, and Australia led in citation number, while the country collaboration network showed that the strongest links occur between China and the US. Our results also show that few studies were produced in low-middle income countries, which suggests a need to funnel international funding to study riparian environments in these geographical contexts. According to analysis of frequency, top topics are related to water quality and focused on lotic environments. We here present the main knowledge structure of RZs studies globally for the first 20 years of the XXI century.

Autores	Pedraza, S; Clerici, N; Gaviria, JDZ; Sanchez, A
Título	Global Research on Riparian Zones in the XXI Century: A Bibliometric Analysis
Afiliaciones	Universidad del Rosario
Año	2021
DOI	10.3390/w13131836
Tipo de acceso abierto	gold
Referencia	WOS:000670920300001
Artículo obtenido de:	WOS

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