GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL INPUT–OUTPUT RESEARCH TRENDS DURING 1900–2013: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

摘要

This article applied a bibliometric analysis on the input–output analysis of environmental issues in the SCIE and the SSCI databases during 1900–2013. The results showed that the number of articles increased annually, reaching a total of 3,532. Environmental Science & Ecology and Energy Policy were the most productive Web of Science category and scientific journal, respectively. The USA, the UK, and China were ranked as the three most active countries in this field and served as the center of three geographical research aggregation areas: North America, Western Europe, and East Asia. Other researchers in this field were mostly from developed countries located in these areas. Developed European countries played an important role in international cooperation, which could significantly raise the impact factor of articles published by authors in developing countries. Keyword analysis indicated that the hot spots in this field were climate change, international trade, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions. China became a hot study region of environmental input–output in the last 5 years. A co-word analysis revealed that the transfer of energy and environmental pressure in the process of international trade have attracted increasing attention.