Papers

20 results
|
Article Tier 2

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
Article Tier 2

Bibliometric Mapping of Soil Chemicalization and Fertilizer Research: Environmental and Computational Insights

This bibliometric analysis mapped 50 years of soil chemicalization and fertilizer research, finding a shift from early focus on heavy metals and pesticides toward emerging concerns including microplastics, biochar, and oxidative stress in soils.

2025 Algorithms
Article Tier 2

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
Article Tier 2

A Bibliometric Analysis and a Citation Mapping Process for the Role of Soil Recycled Organic Matter and Microbe Interaction due to Climate Change Using Scopus Database

This bibliometric analysis mapped research literature on climate change, soil organic matter recycling, and microbial interactions using the Scopus database, identifying key research themes, leading countries, and knowledge gaps to guide future studies at the intersection of climate science and soil microbiology.

2023 AgriEngineering 20 citations
Article Tier 2

Global trends and hotspots evolution in soil microplastic pollution research: A bibliometric analysis based on the Web of Science

Researchers analyzed global trends in soil microplastic research using bibliometric tools and found the field is still developing compared to water-based studies, with hotspots growing rapidly since 2018. China, the US, the Netherlands, and Australia lead publications, and the field needs to shift focus from measuring toxicity to understanding how microplastics affect entire soil ecosystems.

2024 Ecological Indicators 20 citations
Article Tier 2

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
Article Tier 2

A Bibliometric Analysis of Soil Pollution due to Microplastics

This bibliometric analysis reviewed the scientific literature on soil microplastic pollution to map research trends, key contributors, and knowledge gaps. The study found growing global research interest in this area and highlighted that microplastics entering the food chain through contaminated soil represents an underappreciated pathway to human exposure.

2020 Insecta mundi 2 citations
Article Tier 2

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
Article Tier 2

The Bibliometric Analysis of Microplastics in Soil Environments: Hotspots of Research and Trends of Development

This bibliometric analysis used CiteSpace to map research trends in soil microplastic contamination, identifying hotspots including microplastic effects on soil properties, organism interactions, and pollutant transport as key areas of growing scientific interest.

2023 Sustainability 10 citations
Article Tier 2

Descriptive Mappings of Global‐Related Research Studies on Invertebrates in the Context of Agriculture

A bibliometric analysis using the Web of Science database examined research publications on invertebrates and agriculture from 1991 to 2022, identifying trends, key research topics, and gaps in the literature. The study provided a descriptive mapping of how invertebrate-agriculture research has evolved and expanded over three decades.

2024 The Scientific World JOURNAL 1 citations
Article Tier 2

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
Article Tier 2

Trends in Soil Science over the Past Three Decades (1992–2022) Based on the Scientometric Analysis of 39 Soil Science Journals

A scientometric analysis of 39 soil science journals covering 112,911 publications from 1992 to 2022 found that the field has experienced substantial growth in output and impact, with increasing focus on ecological sustainability, microplastics, and soil-environment interactions.

2024 Agriculture 7 citations
Review Tier 2

Research progress and hotspot analysis of soil microplastics: a bibliometrics-based review

This bibliometric review analyzes research trends and hotspots in the study of soil microplastics, mapping the field's growth and key focus areas over recent years. Researchers found that topics like microplastic transport, ecological effects on soil organisms, and interactions with other pollutants have become increasingly prominent research themes.

2023 Frontiers in Environmental Science 13 citations
Article Tier 2

Visual analysis of Chinese and international green manure research based on bibliometrics

This paper is not about microplastics; it uses bibliometric analysis to map three decades of global research trends in green manure cultivation and its effects on soil and crops.

2023 Ciência Rural 1 citations
Article Tier 2

Review and future trends of soil microplastics research: visual analysis based on Citespace

A bibliometric analysis of soil microplastic research revealed that the field is still in early development compared to aquatic microplastic science, with growing focus on agricultural soil contamination, food security risks, and the role of sewage sludge and plastic mulch films as primary soil inputs. The authors identify key knowledge gaps and predict future research directions.

2022 Environmental Sciences Europe 18 citations
Article Tier 2

Research Trends and Hotspots in Food Bank: A Visualization Analysis Using CiteSpace

Researchers used CiteSpace bibliometric software to analyze 1,000 food bank publications from 2012 to 2022, finding consistent annual growth in research output and identifying key clusters around food scarcity, food safety, sustainable development, and performance evaluation. The analysis revealed that while a distinct core author group exists, collaborations remain largely localized with a low overall degree of cooperation.

2024 Sustainability 1 citations
Article Tier 2

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
Article Tier 2

Microplastics in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Scientometric Analysis

A scientometric analysis of global microplastic literature in terrestrial ecosystems (Web of Science, 1986–2020) used co-occurrence visualization and citation mapping to characterize the rapid growth of terrestrial MP research and identify emerging focus areas such as soil health, agricultural plastics, and food safety.

2020 Sustainability 77 citations
Article Tier 2

A bibliometric analysis of global research hotspots and progress on microplastics in soil‒plant systems

This bibliometric analysis reviews the rapidly growing field of research on microplastics in soil and plant systems. Researchers identified key research hotspots including how microplastics affect agricultural productivity and enter the food chain through crops. The study provides a roadmap of current knowledge and points to critical gaps in understanding the long-term effects of microplastic contamination on agricultural ecosystems.

2023 Environmental Pollution 17 citations
Meta Analysis Tier 1

Science Mapping of Meta-Analysis in Agricultural Science

This bibliometric analysis mapped 30 years of meta-analysis research in agricultural science, identifying key trends, influential authors, and research hotspots using the Web of Science database. While not directly about microplastics, the study reveals that soil science, crop management, and environmental contamination are dominant research themes in agricultural meta-analyses.

2023 Information 6 citations