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We conducted a quantitative and qualitative bibliometric analysis based on 8740 research articles from the Web of Science Core Collection published in the last 20 years (2000–2020) for a better understanding of the research progress and development trend of arsenic pollution in freshwater (FAP). The results showed a significant increase in the number of publications from 2007 to 2020, especially after 2015. Four of the top 10 productive authors are from China. Two of the top three research institutions are from China, and the publications of Chinese Academy of Sciences accounted for 5.40% of the total. China is also the center of the national cooperation network, indicating a greater influence of China in this scientific research field. The top three journals included Science of the Total Environmental, Environmental Science Technology, and Journal of Hazardous Materials. Besides arsenic, the high-frequency keywords in this field included adsorption, contamination, groundwater, removal, detection, and geochemistry. The researchers mainly focused on the groundwater environment, as well as the pollution hazards of arsenic in water bodies, remediation techniques, detection, migration, and transformation. Studies should pay more attention to the application and development of phytoremediation technology in the field of FAP in the future.
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This research was financially supported by the “Special Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Literature and Information Capacity Building” (Y9KZ411003) and the “Talent Support Project of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences” (Y8ZG041003). Special thanks to the colleagues for providing adequate guides for the technical support.
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Yuan, J., Li, Q. & Zhao, Y. The research trend on arsenic pollution in freshwater: a bibliometric review. Environ Monit Assess 194, 602 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10188-4
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