School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China; Institute of Carbon Neutrality Economics and Energy Management, School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, People's Republic of China; Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China.
School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China; Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2022 Oct;183:114046. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114046. Epub 2022 Aug 15.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought enormous challenges to the global marine environment. Various responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased marine pollution. Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected marine pollution research? This work comprehensively reviewed marine pollution publications in the Web of Science database before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show that the COVID-19 outbreak has influenced the marine pollution research by: (i) increasing the number of publications; (ii) reshaping different countries' roles in marine pollution research; (iii) altering the hotspots of marine pollution research. The ranking of countries with high productivity in the marine pollution research field changed, and developed economies are the dominant players both before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in this field. Other high-productivity countries, with the exception of China, have higher international cooperation rates in marine pollution research than those before the pandemic. Microplastic pollution has been the biggest challenge of marine pollution and has been aexplored in greater depth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the mining results of marine pollution publications show the mitigation of plastic pollution in the marine environment remains the main content requires future research. Finally, this paper puts forward corresponding suggestions for the reference of researchers and practitioners to improve the global ability to respond to the challenges posed by the pandemic to the marine environment.
新冠疫情大流行给全球海洋环境带来了巨大挑战。应对新冠疫情的各种措施导致海洋污染加剧。新冠疫情是否影响了海洋污染研究？本研究综合分析了新冠疫情前后在 Web of Science 数据库中发表的海洋污染文献。结果表明，新冠疫情通过以下方式影响了海洋污染研究：（i）增加了出版物数量；（ii）重塑了不同国家在海洋污染研究中的作用；（iii）改变了海洋污染研究的热点。海洋污染研究领域高生产力国家的排名发生了变化，在新冠疫情爆发前后，发达经济体都是该领域的主导力量。除中国外，其他高生产力国家在海洋污染研究方面的国际合作率高于疫情前。微塑料污染是海洋污染的最大挑战，在新冠疫情期间得到了更深入的探讨。此外，海洋污染文献的挖掘结果表明，减轻海洋环境中的塑料污染仍然是未来研究的主要内容。最后，本文为研究人员和从业人员提出了相应建议，以提高全球应对疫情对海洋环境带来的挑战的能力。
