Santos Rafael M, Bakhshoodeh Reza
School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia.
Heliyon. 2021 Oct 19;7(11):e08219. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08219. eCollection 2021 Nov.
This article presents and discusses the scientific publication record from 1910 to 2020 on two topics: "climate" (CL) and "climate change/global warming/climate emergency" (CC/GW/CE). The goal is to comparatively visualize how these two distinct publication records have evolved over time, from different classification perspectives, using publication ratios as the key indicator. It is found that research output related to the Earth's contemporary changing climate overtook that of general climate research in 2010, and the publication ratio (CC/GW/CE)/(CL) has been expanding in the last decade. There are significant differences in the publication countries and sources between the two topics. Differentiation factors that affect the level of research output and engagement on the climate challenge include island versus landlocked nations, specialized versus general scientific journals, academic versus institutional organizations. The future of the publication records is discussed, such as the emergence of new terms to refer to the climate challenge, such as "climate emergency".
本文展示并讨论了1910年至2020年关于两个主题的科学出版物记录：“气候”（CL）和“气候变化/全球变暖/气候紧急情况”（CC/GW/CE）。目标是从不同分类角度，以出版物比率为关键指标，比较直观地呈现这两个不同的出版物记录如何随时间演变。研究发现，与地球当代气候变化相关的研究产出在2010年超过了一般气候研究，且在过去十年中出版物比率（CC/GW/CE）/（CL）一直在扩大。这两个主题在出版国家和来源方面存在显著差异。影响气候挑战研究产出水平和参与度的分化因素包括岛国与内陆国家、专业科学期刊与综合科学期刊、学术组织与机构组织。文中还讨论了出版物记录的未来，例如出现了新的术语来指代气候挑战，如“气候紧急情况”。
