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Research on Aluminum Electrolysis from 1970 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis

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The purpose of this work is to analyze the development direction and prospects in the field of aluminum electrolysis and to provide reference information for related research and industry personnel. The scientific papers on aluminum electrolysis published in Scopus database from 1970 to 2023 were collected. Bibliometric methods and knowledge mapping visualization software were used to analyze the papers. Both quantitative statistics and qualitative comparative analysis of global scientific papers on aluminum electrolysis were done in terms of annual paper trends, papers by major countries, authors, institutions, journals and research topics, respectively. The results showed that the number of published papers has had an increasing trend in recent years. The top three productive countries are China, Russia and the US, respectively. The top three productive institutions are Northeastern University, Central South University and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, respectively. TMS Light Metals is the publication with the most papers on aluminum electrolysis. The distribution of research results in the field of aluminum electrolysis was analyzed using a visual analysis chart so that scholars can determine the research trends and hot spots in the field of aluminum electrolysis.

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The authors would like to acknowledge support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52341402, 51804070), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (N2325017) and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories Funds (SKLAR202007).

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  1. Key Laboratory for Ecological Metallurgy of Multimetallic Mineral (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Xin Li, Jingkai Lin, Chang Liu, Aimin Liu, Zhongning Shi, Zhaowen Wang & Fengguo Liu

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    Shaoyan Jiang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories, Luoyang, 471039, China

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Li, X., Lin, J., Liu, C. et al. Research on Aluminum Electrolysis from 1970 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis. JOM (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-024-06596-1

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