Egan Louise, Mohammadpour Javad, Salehi Fatemeh
School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
Australian Maritime College, College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7248, Australia.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 May;30(21):60254-60267. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-26723-w. Epub 2023 Apr 5.
The maritime sector plays a key role in transportation in the world, and over 90% of world trade is carried by ocean shipping. However, ships are large contributors to global emissions. Hence, a vast majority of research publications have focused on different emission monitoring techniques, which are essential to establishing required policies and regulations that reduce maritime transport emissions. Various documents have been published on monitoring maritime transport emissions affecting air quality since 1977. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis to explore evolution trends, gaps, challenges, and productive countries, as well as the most cited publications with high scholarly impacts. The annual growth of 9.64% in publications demonstrates an increasing interest in reducing maritime vessel emissions. Journal articles constitute 69% of publications, followed by conference papers (25%). China and the USA play a leading role in this field of research. Regarding active resources, the "Atmospheric Environment" journal accounts for the highest relevant publications, H-index, and total citations. Eventually, the temporal evolution of keywords shows the increasing trend towards sustainable maritime transport.
海运业在全球运输中发挥着关键作用，世界贸易的90%以上通过海洋运输完成。然而，船舶是全球排放的主要来源。因此，绝大多数研究文献都集中在不同的排放监测技术上，这些技术对于制定减少海运排放的必要政策和法规至关重要。自1977年以来，已经发表了各种关于监测影响空气质量的海运排放的文件。本文进行文献计量分析，以探讨演变趋势、差距、挑战和高产国家，以及具有高学术影响力的被引用最多的出版物。出版物9.64%的年增长率表明人们对减少海运船舶排放的兴趣日益浓厚。期刊文章占出版物的69%，其次是会议论文（25%）。中国和美国在这一研究领域发挥着主导作用。在活跃资源方面，《大气环境》期刊的相关出版物、H指数和总被引次数最高。最后，关键词的时间演变显示了可持续海运的增长趋势。
