PEIE Research Chair for the Development of Industrial Estates and Free Zones, Center for Environmental Studies and Research, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, 123, Muscat, Oman.
Trend Research Centre, Asia University, No. 500, Lioufeng Road, Wufeng, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Apr;28(14):16913-16924. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-13098-z. Epub 2021 Feb 24.
The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health emergency. Thousands of articles have been published to tackle this crisis. Here, a bibliometric study of the publications in environmental studies has been conducted to identify the emerging research trends in this field in the era of COVID-19. Bibliometric analysis serves as a useful tool to evaluate research productivity and scholarly trends in a field. For this, publications were searched in nine environment-related subject categories indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) database of the Web of Science Core Collection. A bibliometric evaluation of 495 relevant documents was performed to identify various essential research indicators, including the type of the publication, the most prominent journals, subject categories, authors, institutions, and the countries, that contributed significantly to this theme. Major focus of this bibliometric study is to illustrate the potential research hotspots emerged during this pandemic. It has been found that significant amount of research has been conducted for the assessment of environmental quality and its contribution in environmental transmission of COVID-19. In addition to its positive impacts on environment, COVID-19 has contributed indirectly in worsening many environmental threats such as increased exposure to disinfectants and antimicrobials, poor solid waste management, and food insecurity. Researchers have also been focusing on the strategies for the planning of post-COVID-19 cities and buildings and to protect the ecology. This bibliometric study allowed the visualization of research agenda in the field of environmental studies during this pandemic.
正在持续的 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行是一场全球卫生紧急事件。已经发表了数千篇文章来应对这场危机。在这里，我们对环境研究领域的出版物进行了文献计量学研究，以确定在 COVID-19 时代该领域新兴的研究趋势。文献计量学分析是评估一个领域研究生产力和学术趋势的有用工具。为此，我们在 Web of Science 核心合集的科学引文索引扩展版（SCI-EXPANDED）数据库中搜索了九个与环境相关的主题类别中的出版物。对 495 篇相关文献进行了文献计量评估，以确定各种重要的研究指标，包括出版物类型、最突出的期刊、主题类别、作者、机构和国家，这些指标对这一主题做出了重要贡献。本文献计量研究的主要重点是说明在这场大流行期间出现的潜在研究热点。研究发现，已经进行了大量研究来评估环境质量及其在 COVID-19 环境传播中的作用。除了对环境的积极影响外，COVID-19 还间接地加剧了许多环境威胁，例如增加接触消毒剂和抗菌剂、固体废物管理不善以及粮食不安全。研究人员还专注于为后 COVID-19 城市和建筑物规划以及保护生态系统制定策略。本文献计量学研究使我们能够在这场大流行期间可视化环境研究领域的研究议程。
