A bibliometric analysis of climate engineering research
A bibliometric analysis of climate engineering research
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DOI：
10.1002/wcc.229
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
影响因子：
9.2
通讯作者：
Seidel, Dian J.
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作者：
Belter, Christopher W.;Seidel, Dian J.
在过去五年中，关于气候工程或地球工程的媒体和科学出版物数量急剧增加，一些科学家越来越多地呼吁对气候工程进行更多的研究，作为气候变化减缓和适应战略的可能补充。在此背景下，了解气候工程研究的现状有助于为政策讨论提供信息，并指导未来的研究方向。文献计量分析对出版物的定量分析特别适用于那些文献量大、难以用传统综述方法概括的领域。关于气候工程的已发表文献的多学科性质使其成为文献计量分析的理想候选者。气候工程的出版物相对较新（1988-2011年期间超过一半的文章是在2008年之后出版的），包括高于平均水平的非研究文章比例（30%，而相关科学学科的文章比例为8-15%），并且主要由位于北方半球并讲英语的国家出版。这些文献的大部分集中在陆地固碳方法，海洋铁施肥，太阳辐射管理，并与研究小组之间的合作很少。这项研究提供了一个关于气候工程的现有出版物的摘要，对气候工程全球对话的科学基础的观点，并定量监测气候工程研究的发展在未来的基线。(C)2013年约翰威利父子有限公司
The past five years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of media and scientific publications on the topic of climate engineering, or geoengineering, and some scientists are increasingly calling for more research on climate engineering as a possible supplement to climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. In this context, understanding the current state of climate engineering research can help inform policy discussions and guide future research directions. Bibliometric analysisthe quantitative analysis of publicationsis particularly applicable to fields with large bodies of literature that are difficult to summarize by traditional review methods. The multidisciplinary nature of the published literature on climate engineering makes it an ideal candidate for bibliometric analysis. Publications on climate engineering are found to be relatively recent (more than half of all articles during 1988-2011 were published since 2008), include a higher than average percentage of nonresearch articles (30% compared with 8-15% in related scientific disciplines), and be predominately produced by countries located in the Northern Hemisphere and speaking English. The majority of this literature focuses on land-based methods of carbon sequestration, ocean iron fertilization, and solar radiation management and is produced with little collaboration among research groups. This study provides a summary of existing publications on climate engineering, a perspective on the scientific underpinnings of the global dialogue on climate engineering, and a baseline for quantitatively monitoring the development of climate engineering research in the future. (C) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.