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Fu, H.Z.,Ho, Y.S., Sui, Y.M. and Li, Z.S. (2008),A bibliometric analysis of solid waste research during the period 1993-2008.Waste Management, 30 (12), 2410-2417.

Document type: Review / Language: English / Cited references: 19 / Times cited: 32 / Times self cited: 11

Abstract: This study is a bibliometric analysis of solid waste research to evaluate the current trends, using the literature in the Science Citation Index (SCI) database from 1993 to 2008. Analyzed aspects included document type, language, and publication output as well as distribution of journals, subject category, countries, institutes, title-words, author keywords, and ‘Keywords Plus’. An evaluating indicator, h-index, was applied to characterize the solid waste publications. The trend of publication outputs during 1993-2008 coincided with a power and an exponential model. Based on the exponential model during 2001-2008, the number of articles on solid waste in 2013 is predicted to be twice that in 2008. The most common subject category is environmental science and the most productive journal is Waste Management. The USA with most publications and China with the highest growth rate were compared. Finally, author keywords, words in title, and ‘Keywords Plus’ were analyzed to provide research emphasis. The results showed that mainstream research was centered on the following methods: recycling, landfilling, composting and waste-to-energy. Heavy metals, fly ash and sewage sludge were considered recent research hotspots. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords Plus: Citation; Diskette; Index; Plus

Reprint Address: Li, ZS (reprint author), Peking Univ, Dept Environm Engn, Key Lab Water & Sediment Sci, Minist Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

Addresses:

1. Peking Univ, Dept Environm Engn, Key Lab Water & Sediment Sci, Minist Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

2. Asia Univ, Trend Res Ctr, Taichung 41354, Taiwan

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