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A Bibliometric Analysis of GPS/GNSS Contributions to GIS

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of nearly 3,000 GPS/GNSS-GIS publications from 1988 to 2025, finding roughly 12% annual growth in publication volume, heavy concentration of output among U.S.-affiliated authors, and a recent surge in AI-driven techniques including machine learning and deep learning.

2026 Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis
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Status, challenges and opportunities of landslide susceptibility assessment in China: the perspective from national bibliometric analysis and global comparison for hazard mitigation

This paper is not about microplastics; it is a bibliometric analysis of landslide susceptibility assessment research in China, examining modeling approaches, study regions, and knowledge gaps in geohazard risk management.

2023 Research Square (Research Square)
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Unveiling the research landscape of planetscope data in addressing earth-environmental issues: a bibliometric analysis

This bibliometric analysis examined scientific publications using PlanetScope satellite imagery from 2017 to 2023, analyzing 582 documents to map research trends and application areas. The study found growing use of high-resolution PlanetScope data for land use classification, agriculture, and environmental monitoring, with machine learning increasingly applied to enhance analysis.

2024 Earth Science Informatics 5 citations
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Bibliometric Analysis of Landfill Mining: worldwide research evolution

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of global research on landfill mining (LFM) and enhanced landfill mining (ELFM), mapping the chronological and geographic distribution of publications and describing the conceptual evolution of the field. The analysis identifies dominant research themes, productive countries, and emerging directions in recovering materials and energy from excavated municipal solid waste.

2024 Detritus
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The importance of geographical information systems in urban and landscape planning: A bibliometric analysis

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 2,354 articles on GIS applications in urban, spatial, and landscape planning published between 1990 and 2022 in the Web of Science database, mapping research trends, collaborative networks, and highly cited authors and journals to trace the field's growth from computerised cartography to integrated spatial planning tools.

2023 MEGARON / Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Architecture E-Journal 4 citations
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Progress of Ecological Restoration Research Based on Bibliometric Analysis

This bibliometric analysis of over 23,000 publications from 1990 to 2022 mapped global ecological restoration research trends, identified key hotspots around topics like soil and vegetation recovery, and projected future directions for the field.

2022 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21 citations
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The Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization Mapping of Research on Maritime Accidents

This bibliometric analysis of maritime accident research from 2000 to 2022 used VOSviewer to map publication trends, citation networks, and research themes, finding increasing output and identifying collision, grounding, and human error as the dominant research topics in the maritime safety literature.

2023 Marine Science and Technology Bulletin 5 citations
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A bibliometric analysis of climate change risk perception: Hot spots, trends and improvements

A bibliometric analysis of 4,429 articles on climate change risk perception identified major research themes, leading authors, institutions, and trending topics from 1990 to the present. The analysis showed rapid growth in this field after 2015 and identified gaps in research from lower-income countries and on social media-mediated risk communication.

2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science 12 citations
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Mapping Global Research Trends in Groundwater Quality (2010–2025): a Bibliometric Perspective

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of groundwater quality research published in Scopus between 2010 and 2025, identifying key publication trends, influential authors, and emerging themes including microplastic pollution, extreme event-driven contamination, and AI-based monitoring techniques, while mapping the evolution of interdisciplinary approaches integrating climate science, environmental engineering, and public health.

2026 Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering
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Scientometric study of treatment technologies of soil pollution: Present and future challenges

Researchers conducted a scientometric analysis of Scopus and Web of Science publications from 2010 to 2021 to map global trends in soil contamination treatment technologies, identifying continuous publication growth in environmental science, characterizing leading countries and institutions, and revealing emerging combinatorial remediation approaches as the field's frontier.

2022 Applied Soil Ecology 14 citations
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Un análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica acerca del agrupamiento de trayectorias GPS

This bibliometric analysis examined 559 Scopus articles on GPS trajectory clustering algorithms, characterizing the evolution of traditional and novel clustering methods and mapping current research trends to provide a state-of-the-art reference for researchers working on spatial data analysis.

2024 arXiv (Cornell University) 1 citations
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Utilisation of Deep Learning (DL) and Neural Networks (NN) Algorithms for Energy Power Generation: A Social Network and Bibliometric Analysis (2004-2022)

This bibliometric study reviewed the research landscape of deep learning and neural network applications in energy and power generation from 2004 to 2022. The analysis found that publications in this field grew by 3,000% over the study period, indicating rapidly increasing interest in using advanced computational tools for energy systems.

2024 International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy 30 citations
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A Bibliometric perspective on the evolution of research in sludge management: Opportunities and challenges

A bibliometric analysis traced the evolution of research on a specific topic related to microplastics, mapping publication trends, leading authors, and emerging themes over time. Bibliometric studies help identify where the field is growing and where knowledge gaps remain to be filled.

2025 International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies 1 citations
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Bibliometric Analysis of the Blockchain Scientific Evolution: 2014–2020

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of blockchain research publications from 2014 to 2020, mapping the scientific evolution of the field, identifying dominant research themes, and tracing how research focus has shifted across this period of rapid technological and scholarly development.

2021 IEEE Access 31 citations
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Bibliometric and visual analysis of heavy metal health risk assessment: development, hotspots and trends

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of heavy metal health risk assessment literature from 2000 to 2022, identifying development trends and research hotspots. The study reveals growing global attention to environmental heavy metal contamination, which often co-occurs with microplastic pollution in soil and water systems.

2024 Archives of Environmental Protection 2 citations
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A Bibliometric and Visualized Overview for the Evolution of Process Safety and Environmental Protection

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of publications in the journal Process Safety and Environmental Protection from 1990 to 2020 using Web of Science data and VOSviewer mapping. Researchers identified evolving research clusters including waste treatment, microplastics, and environmental risk assessment as increasingly dominant themes.

2021 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 32 citations
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Bibliometric analysis of the current status and trends on medical hyperspectral imaging

The study provides a bibliometric analysis of medical hyperspectral imaging research, reviewing over 2,274 articles from 73 countries using visualization tools like VOSviewer and CiteSpace. Researchers identified key research trends, influential institutions, and emerging topics in this field, which applies imaging technology to support medical diagnostics and clinical applications.

2023 Frontiers in Medicine 12 citations
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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Studies on Self-Healing Concrete Published between 1974 and 2021

This bibliometric analysis of self-healing concrete research from 1974-2021 identified key research trends, productive authors, and collaboration patterns, highlighting gaps in the literature and future directions for the field.

2022 Sustainability 34 citations
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Soil Organic Carbon Estimation via Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Techniques: Global Topic Modeling and Research Trend Exploration

Researchers used advanced topic modeling and bibliometric analysis to map global research trends in estimating soil organic carbon using remote sensing and machine learning. They identified key research clusters including satellite imagery analysis, deep learning methods, and regional carbon mapping efforts. The study provides a roadmap for future research priorities in monitoring soil carbon stocks, which is critical for understanding climate change.

2024 Remote Sensing 22 citations
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Ocean Plastic Pollution Research: Trends and Future Directions

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of ocean plastic pollution research using Scopus data from 2000 to 2024, applying VOSviewer to map co-authorship networks, keyword co-occurrences, and thematic clusters to identify influential contributors and emerging research directions. The analysis revealed rapid growth in publication volume and identified microplastics, marine debris, and policy-related themes as dominant research foci.

2025 West Science Interdisciplinary Studies
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A bibliometric analysis on the current situation and hot trends of the impact of microplastics on soil based on CiteSpace

This bibliometric analysis used CiteSpace and VOSviewer to map soil microplastics research published from 2013–2024 in the Web of Science, identifying key research clusters, institutional contributors, and emerging themes including microplastic-antibiotic resistance interactions and soil food web effects.

2025 ArXiv.org
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Research Progress and Hotspots on Disposalof Landfill Leachate: A Bibliometric AnalysisUsing Knowledge Mapping Method

Not relevant to microplastics — this is a bibliometric analysis of landfill leachate treatment research from 1996–2022, tracking publication trends and identifying dominant themes such as membrane bioreactors and advanced oxidation.

2024 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 2 citations
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Examining Current Research Trends in Ozone Formation Sensitivity: A Bibliometric Analysis

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of ozone formation sensitivity research published from 1965 to 2022, finding a constant expansion of publications since 2008 with the USA contributing 42.7% of papers, followed by China (13.5%) and the UK (9.1%). Citation burst and keyword analysis revealed that 'volatile organic compounds' and 'ozone precursors' have emerged as increasingly frequent research themes in recent years.

2023 Processes 3 citations
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Soil Health and Fertility in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Mapping of Global Knowledge and Practices

This bibliometric analysis of global soil science research used VOSviewer to map keyword co-occurrence, author networks, and international collaborations, identifying soil fertility, microbiology, and nutrient dynamics as the core research focuses alongside emerging interests in microplastics and sustainable agriculture.

2025 West Science Interdisciplinary Studies