Current trends in scientific research on global warming: a bibliometric analysis Online publication date: Wed, 20-Feb-2019
by José Luis Aleixandre-Tudó; Máxima Bolaños-Pizarro; José Luis Aleixandre; Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent
International Journal of Global Warming (IJGW), Vol. 17, No. 2, 2019
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the scientific knowledge in global warming, as well as to investigate the evolution of the research knowledge through the published papers included in Web of Science database. A bibliometric and social network analyses was performed to obtain indicators of scientific productivity, impact and collaboration between researchers, institutions and countries. A subject analysis was also carried out taking into account the key words assigned to papers and subject areas of journals. A number of 1,672 articles were analysed since 2005 until 2014. The most productive journals were Journal of Climate (n = 95) and the most frequent keyword have been climate change (n = 722). The network of collaboration between countries shows the central position of the USA. Papers on the topic are published in a vast amount of journals from several subject categories.
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