Center for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Department of Biology and Ecology in Hungarian and Center for Systems Biology, Biodiversity, and Bioresources, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
PLoS One. 2019 May 28;14(5):e0217638. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217638. eCollection 2019.
European farmlands are vital arenas for socio-ecological sustainability because of their significant land coverage and potential for integrating food production with biodiversity conservation. The knowledge produced by scientific research is a critical ingredient in developing and implementing socio-economically and ecologically sustainable management strategies for farming landscapes. The grasslands of Europe have been managed for millennia. They have exceptional socio-cultural and economic value and are among the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. The quality of scientific knowledge on them and its potential to address grasslands as complex socio-ecological systems is strongly dependent not only on the creativity and scientific ambition of the researcher, but also on the network around the researcher (including both academic and non-academic sectors). The goal of this study is to map the research network around Romania's grasslands using bibliometrics analysis, a well-developed scientific domain that utilizes network theory to analyze relationships between affiliations networks, co-authorship networks, and co-word analysis. The number of studies targeting grasslands in Romania is increasing, owing mostly to international involvement. However, management of the grasslands is still deficient and the contribution of science to the process is virtually absent. The current research is mainly related to the biological and ecological characteristics of grasslands, with topics related to their management notably absent from internationally visible research, especially in the context of EU Common Agricultural Policies. To increase scientific inquiry and better inform the EU and local policies on grasslands management, Romanian researchers should capitalize on international collaborations and local academic leaders. Our findings can be used to identify research gaps and to improve collaboration and knowledge exchange between practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and stakeholders.
欧洲农田是社会生态可持续性的重要领域，因为它们具有重要的土地覆盖面积和将粮食生产与生物多样性保护相结合的潜力。科学研究产生的知识是制定和实施社会经济和生态可持续的农业景观管理战略的关键因素。欧洲的草原已经管理了几千年。它们具有特殊的社会文化和经济价值，是世界上生物多样性最丰富的生态系统之一。关于它们的科学知识的质量及其作为复杂社会生态系统的潜力，不仅强烈依赖于研究人员的创造力和科学抱负，还依赖于研究人员周围的网络（包括学术和非学术部门）。本研究的目的是使用文献计量分析来绘制罗马尼亚草原的研究网络图谱，这是一个发达的科学领域，利用网络理论分析隶属网络、合著网络和共词分析之间的关系。针对罗马尼亚草原的研究数量在增加，这主要是由于国际参与。然而，草原的管理仍然存在不足，科学对这一过程的贡献几乎不存在。当前的研究主要与草原的生物和生态特征有关，其管理主题明显缺席国际可见的研究，尤其是在欧盟共同农业政策的背景下。为了增加科学研究并更好地为欧盟和地方的草原管理政策提供信息，罗马尼亚研究人员应该利用国际合作和当地学术领袖。我们的研究结果可用于确定研究差距，并改善从业者、研究人员、政策制定者和利益相关者之间的合作和知识交流。
