Zyoud Shaher H, Al-Rawajfeh Aiman E, Shaheen Hafez Q, Fuchs-Hanusch Daniela
Institute of Urban Water Management and Landscape Water Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 10/I, A-8010, Graz, Austria.
Chemical Engineering Department, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 May;23(10):10288-300. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6434-6. Epub 2016 Mar 21.
Rapid population growth, worsening of the climate, and severity of freshwater scarcity are global challenges. In Arab world countries, where water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, the recycling of industrial wastewater could improve the efficiency of freshwater use. The benchmarking of scientific output of industrial wastewater research in the Arab world is an initiative that could support in shaping up and improving future research activities. This study assesses the scientific output of industrial wastewater research in the Arab world. A total of 2032 documents related to industrial wastewater were retrieved from 152 journals indexed in the Scopus databases; this represents 3.6 % of the global research output. The h-index of the retrieved documents was 70. The total number of citations, at the time of data analysis, was 34,296 with an average citation of 16.88 per document. Egypt, with a total publications of 655 (32.2 %), was ranked the first among the Arab countries followed by Saudi Arabia 300 (14.7 %) and Tunisia 297 (14.6 %). Egypt also had the highest h-index, assumed with Saudi Arabia, the first place in collaboration with other countries. Seven hundred fifteen (35.2 %) documents with 66 countries in Arab/non-Arab country collaborations were identified. Arab researchers collaborated mostly with researchers from France 239 (11.7 %), followed by the USA 127 (6.2 %). The top active journal was Desalination 126 (6.2 %), and the most productive institution was the National Research Center, Egypt 169 (8.3 %), followed by the King Abdul-Aziz University, Saudi Arabia 75 (3.7 %). Environmental Science was the most prevalent field of interest 930 (45.8 %). Despite the promising indicators, there is a need to close the gap in research between the Arab world and the other nations. Optimizing the investments and developing regional experiences are key factors to promote the scientific research.
人口快速增长、气候恶化以及淡水短缺的严峻性是全球性挑战。在水资源日益稀缺的阿拉伯世界国家，工业废水的循环利用可以提高淡水使用效率。对阿拉伯世界工业废水研究的科学产出进行基准评估是一项有助于规划和改进未来研究活动的举措。本研究评估了阿拉伯世界工业废水研究的科学产出。从Scopus数据库收录的152种期刊中检索到了2032篇与工业废水相关的文献；这占全球研究产出的3.6%。检索到的文献的h指数为70。在数据分析时，总被引次数为34296次，平均每篇文献被引16.88次。埃及以655篇（32.2%）的总发文量在阿拉伯国家中排名第一，其次是沙特阿拉伯300篇（14.7%）和突尼斯297篇（14.6%）。埃及的h指数也最高，与沙特阿拉伯并列在与其他国家合作方面排名第一。确定了715篇（35.2%）涉及阿拉伯/非阿拉伯国家66个国家合作的文献。阿拉伯研究人员大多与法国的研究人员合作，有239次（11.7%），其次是美国127次（6.2%）。最活跃的期刊是《脱盐》，有126篇（6.2%），产出最多的机构是埃及国家研究中心，有169篇（8.3%），其次是沙特阿拉伯的阿卜杜勒 - 阿齐兹国王大学，有75篇（3.7%）。环境科学是最普遍感兴趣的领域，有930篇（45.8%）。尽管有这些可观的指标，但仍有必要缩小阿拉伯世界与其他国家在研究方面的差距。优化投资和发展区域经验是促进科学研究的关键因素。
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