School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, People's Republic of China.
Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Aug;28(30):41296-41316. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-13591-5. Epub 2021 Mar 29.
Meeting the huge impact of COVID-19 on the environment requires better research on pandemic and pollution. What is the research capacity of the COVID-19 and environment in developing countries? Can this research capacity support developing countries to deal with the environmental challenges induced by the pandemic? This work is addressed to comprehensively assess the research capacity of the COVID-19 and environment in developing countries using bibliometric analysis techniques and content analysis approach to mining the Web of Science database. The results of data mining were unexpected: the global leader of the COVID-19 and environmental research was not these developed countries, but these developing countries so far, the end of 2020. Developing countries have published more papers on the pandemic and environment than developed countries, and developing countries also dominate pandemic and environmental research in terms of research institutions and authors. The results showed that (i) the impact of COVID-19 and the environment was bidirectional; (ii) energy consumption has posed great impact on environment; (iii) application of big data and artificial intelligence played an important role in improving environmental quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, policy recommendations such as formulating relevant policies and environmental standards, strengthening international exchanges and cooperation, and adjusting and improving energy consumption structure that were put forward for developing countries to meet the environmental challenges induced by the pandemic were offered. Graphical abstract.
应对 COVID-19 对环境造成的巨大影响，需要加强对大流行和污染的研究。发展中国家在 COVID-19 和环境方面的研究能力如何？这种研究能力能否支持发展中国家应对大流行带来的环境挑战？本工作旨在使用文献计量分析技术和内容分析方法，从 Web of Science 数据库中挖掘信息，全面评估发展中国家在 COVID-19 和环境方面的研究能力。数据挖掘的结果出人意料：到 2020 年底，在 COVID-19 和环境研究方面，全球领先的并非这些发达国家，而是这些发展中国家。发展中国家在大流行和环境方面发表的论文多于发达国家，在研究机构和作者方面也主导着大流行和环境研究。结果表明：(i) COVID-19 和环境的影响是双向的；(ii) 能源消耗对环境造成了巨大影响；(iii) 在 COVID-19 大流行期间，大数据和人工智能的应用在改善环境质量方面发挥了重要作用。最后，为发展中国家应对大流行带来的环境挑战提出了制定相关政策和环境标准、加强国际交流与合作、调整和优化能源消费结构等政策建议。
