Climate Change Adaptation Laboratory, Institute of Marine Biotechnology (IMB), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Climate Change Adaptation Laboratory, Institute of Marine Biotechnology (IMB), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Research Center for Marine and Land Bioindustry, Earth Sciences and Maritime Organization, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Pemenang, West Nusa Tenggara, 83352, Indonesia.
Mar Environ Res. 2023 Jul;189:106015. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106015. Epub 2023 May 24.
Microbes, or microorganisms, have been the foundation of the biosphere for over 3 billion years and have played an essential role in shaping our planet. The available knowledge on the topic of microbes associated with climate change has the potential to reshape upcoming research trends globally. As climate change impacts the ocean or marine ecosystem, the responses of these "unseen life" will heavily influence the achievement of a sustainable evolutionary environment. The present study aims to identify microbial-related research under changing climate within the marine environment through the mapping of visualized graphs of the available literature. We used scientometric methods to retrieve documents from the Web of Science platform in the Core Collection (WOSCC) database, analyzing a total of 2767 documents based on scientometric indicators. Our findings show that this research area is growing exponentially, with the most influential keywords being "microbial diversity," "bacteria," and "ocean acidification," and the most cited being "microorganism" and "diversity." The identification of influential clusters in the field of marine science provides insight into the hot spots and frontiers of research in this area. Prominent clusters include "coral microbiome," "hypoxic zone," "novel Thermoplasmatota clade," "marine dinoflagellate bloom," and "human health." Analyzing emerging trends and transformative changes in this field can inform the creation of special issues or research topics in selected journals, thus increasing visibility and engagement among the scientific community.
微生物或微生物已经存在于生物圈中超过 30 亿年，对地球的形成起到了至关重要的作用。关于与气候变化相关的微生物的现有知识有可能重塑全球即将到来的研究趋势。随着气候变化对海洋或海洋生态系统的影响，这些“看不见的生命”的反应将极大地影响可持续进化环境的实现。本研究旨在通过可视化现有文献图谱，确定海洋环境中与气候变化相关的微生物相关研究。我们使用科学计量学方法从 Web of Science 平台的核心合集（WOSCC）数据库中检索文献，根据科学计量指标对总共 2767 篇文献进行了分析。我们的研究结果表明，这个研究领域正在呈指数级增长，最具影响力的关键词是“微生物多样性”、“细菌”和“海洋酸化”，引用最多的是“微生物”和“多样性”。对海洋科学领域中具有影响力的聚类的识别为该领域的研究热点和前沿提供了深入的了解。突出的聚类包括“珊瑚微生物组”、“缺氧区”、“新型 Thermoplasmatota 分支”、“海洋甲藻大量繁殖”和“人类健康”。分析该领域的新兴趋势和变革性变化可以为选定期刊中的特刊或研究主题的创建提供信息，从而提高科学界的知名度和参与度。
