Business School, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Apr;28(14):16982-16999. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-13110-6. Epub 2021 Feb 27.
This study aims to provide a detailed overview of environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis using bibliometric analysis for the Web of Science (WOS) database. Our analysis provides an overview of research trends, journals and most influential authors. China has contributed the most scientific publications; followed by the USA, Turkey, and Pakistan. Muhammad Shahbaz, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Environmental Science and Pollution Research are the most productive author, research institute, and research journal in EKC publications. Trend analysis of researchers, academic and country-level, reveal that publications in the environmental Kuznets curve have upward trend; also, cocitation analysis indicates that EKC publications are closely related. "Economic growth and income inequality" (1955) by Simon Kuznets is considered to be the basic literature, and "environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis: A Survey" by Dinda (2004) is the most cited research article in the literature. Keywords and abstracts analysis further reveals that carbon emissions, renewable energy, energy consumption, economic growth, and sustainable development are the hot topics in current literature. We propose that joint research projects between industrial and emerging economies will promote research activities.
本研究旨在利用文献计量分析方法，对 Web of Science（WOS）数据库中的环境库兹涅茨曲线假说进行详细概述。我们的分析提供了研究趋势、期刊和最有影响力的作者的概述。中国贡献了最多的科学出版物；其次是美国、土耳其和巴基斯坦。在环境库兹涅茨曲线出版物中，Muhammad Shahbaz（北京理工大学）和 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 是最有生产力的作者、研究所和研究期刊。对研究人员、学术和国家层面的趋势分析表明，环境库兹涅茨曲线的出版物呈上升趋势；此外，共被引分析表明，EKC 出版物密切相关。Simon Kuznets 于 1955 年发表的“经济增长与收入不平等”被认为是基础文献，而 Dinda（2004 年）的“环境库兹涅茨曲线假说：综述”是文献中被引用最多的研究文章。关键词和摘要分析进一步表明，当前文献的热门主题是碳排放、可再生能源、能源消耗、经济增长和可持续发展。我们建议，工业和新兴经济体之间的联合研究项目将促进研究活动。
