Abstract
This research focuses on a bibliometric analysis of research on aerosols’ impact on the glaciers in the Himalayan glacier region published in journals from all subject categories based on the Science Citation Index Expanded, collected from the Web of Science and Scopus database between January 2002 and April 2022. The indexing phrases like “aerosol,” “glacier,” and “snow” are commonly used terms and have been utilized to collect the related publications for this investigation. The document selections were based on years of publication, authorship, the scientific output of authors, distribution of publication by country, categories of the subjects, and names of journals in which scholarly papers were published. The number of articles on aerosols accelerating the melting of glaciers shows a notable increase in recent years, along with more glacier melting results from countries involved in climate science research. People’s Republic of China (382) was the country with the highest publication output on aerosols impacting the melting of glaciers. The USA (367) was the most cited country, with about 17,500 total citations and 80.40 average citations per year from January 2002 to April 2022. The results reveal that research trends in the glaciers on aerosols’ impact on the glaciers have been attractive in recent years, and the number of articles in this field keeps increasing fast. This study offers opportunities to track research trends, identify collaboration prospects, and inform climate policy. Integrating data sources and engaging the public will further enhance the impact and relevance of this critical research field.
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We thank Web of Science and Scopus for providing open access to research data that served as an effective tool to focus on the research gap to be addressed in the Himalayan glacier region. The result analysis work has been carried out in the DST FIST-supported research laboratory of the Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Rajasthan, and the authors express their gratitude.
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Pippal, P.S., Kumar, R., Singh, A. et al. A bibliometric and visualization analysis of the aerosol research on the Himalayan glaciers. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 104998–105011 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29710-3
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