Scientometrics

, Volume 105, Issue 2, pp 863–882 | Cite as

A bibliometric analysis of industrial wastewater research: current trends and future prospects

  • Tianlong Zheng
  • Juan Wang
  • Qunhui Wang
  • Chunhong Nie
  • Nicholas Smale
  • Zhining Shi
  • Xiaona Wang
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Abstract

Global industrialization is accelerated under the driving force of developing countries’ rapid economic development. Water pollution is inevitably worsened due to lagging investment in basic treatment infrastructure. Wastewater treatment cannot rely on just one treatment technique, so research in this field has attracted much attention to satisfy stringent recovery and emissions standards increasingly imposed on industrial wastewater. This case study is a bibliometric analysis conducted to evaluate industrial wastewater treatment research from 1991 to 2014, based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) database. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology is the leading journal in this field, publishing 3.8 % of articles over this period, followed by Journal of Hazardous Materials and Water Research, the latter of which has the highest impact factor and h-index of all journals in this field. India and the Chinese Academy of Sciences were the most productive country and institution, respectively, while the USA, was the most internationally collaborative and had the highest h-index (82) of all countries. A new method named “word cluster analysis” was successfully applied to trace the research hotspots. Innovation in treatment methods is thought to relate to the growth in volume and increase in complexity of industrial wastewater, as well as to policy decisions in developing countries that encourage effective industrial wastewater treatment.

Keywords

Bibliometric analysis Case study Industrial wastewater Research trends Scientometrics Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) 
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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (2012ZX07201002-6).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Tianlong Zheng
    • 1
  • Juan Wang
    • 1
  • Qunhui Wang
    • 1
    • 2
  • Chunhong Nie
    • 3
  • Nicholas Smale
    • 4
  • Zhining Shi
    • 5
  • Xiaona Wang
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
  2. 2.Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-Oriented Treatment of Industrial PollutantsUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijingChina
  3. 3.Investment & Development DepartmentJiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co., LtdNanchangChina
  4. 4.The Bionics InstituteMelbourneAustralia
  5. 5.School of Earth and Environmental SciencesThe University of AdelaideAdelaideAustralia

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