Department of Civil Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, 76062, Pakistan.
Department of Engineering Management, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, 11586, Saudi Arabia.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Nov;28(44):63227-63236. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15291-6. Epub 2021 Jul 5.
The increasing issue of global warming has received tremendous attention from researchers around the world as researchers are actively publishing their findings related to environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, carbon footprint, and air quality. In this bibliometric review, Scopus database was accessed to retrieve publications from 1971 to 2021, related to carbon footprint of buildings which is significantly associated with global warming and air quality. The results suggested that 41% of publications were published in close access journals requiring nominal subscription fee and/or institutional permissions for access to articles. Only 1% of publications were in press for publication, while 99% of them were online available. The trend of publications on carbon footprint has increased after 2002 and is also increasing in recent years as the topic is widely studied in many fields such as environmental sciences, engineering, materials sciences, earth and planetary sciences, chemical engineering, and energy. Approximately 97% publications were peer-reviewed journal articles. The authors, i.e., Aresta, M., Lin, T.P., and Persily, A.K., published highest number of publications among all on topic of carbon footprint. However, other authors, i.e., Cai, W., Chen, Z., Ma, M. Paik, I., and Pomponi, F., have published two publications each on carbon footprint of buildings. The funding for research on carbon footprint of buildings is mainly received from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Tianjin University. However, the National Taiwan University, George Mason University, and Universita degi Studi di Bari hold 3% share in total number of publications on carbon footprint of buildings. As China and the USA are countries with highest share in global carbon footprint, both countries also have highest contribution in research on carbon footprint, followed by South Korea, the UK, Japan, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, etc. The study also concluded that, due to its wider readability and understanding, most of the publications were in the English language.
全球变暖问题日益严重，引起了世界各地研究人员的高度关注，研究人员积极发表与温室气体排放、碳足迹和空气质量等环境问题相关的研究成果。在这项文献计量学研究中，我们访问了 Scopus 数据库，以获取 1971 年至 2021 年间与建筑物碳足迹相关的出版物，因为建筑物碳足迹与全球变暖以及空气质量密切相关。研究结果表明，41%的出版物发表在需要少量订阅费和/或机构访问权限的开放获取期刊上。仅有 1%的出版物即将发表，而 99%的出版物已经在线提供。自 2002 年以来，关于碳足迹的出版物数量呈上升趋势，并且近年来也在增加，因为这个主题在环境科学、工程、材料科学、地球和行星科学、化学工程和能源等许多领域都得到了广泛研究。大约 97%的出版物是经过同行评审的期刊文章。在碳足迹相关主题的出版物方面，Aresta、M.、Lin、T.P.和 Persily、A.K.是发表文章最多的作者。然而，其他作者，如 Cai、W.、Chen、Z.、Ma、M.、Paik、I.和 Pomponi、F.，也分别发表了两篇关于建筑物碳足迹的文章。建筑物碳足迹研究的资金主要来自美国国家标准与技术研究院、劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室和天津大学。然而，台湾大学、乔治梅森大学和巴里大学在建筑物碳足迹的总出版物中占有 3%的份额。由于中国和美国是全球碳足迹最大的国家，这两个国家在碳足迹研究方面的贡献也最大，其次是韩国、英国、日本、意大利、德国、中国台湾等。该研究还得出结论，由于其更广泛的可读性和理解性，大多数出版物都是用英语发表的。
