Empowering impact assessments knowledge and international research collaboration - A bibliometric analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment Review journal |
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| Institution: | 1. AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Analysis, Cartography and Economic Geology Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30 059 Krakow, Poland;2. Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Vysokoškolská 4, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia;3. Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Landscape Management, Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic;1. Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment, P.O. Box 2345, 3500 GH Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Environmental Studies and Policy, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands;4. Innovation and Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands;1. School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, # 235, University W. Road, Saihan District, Huhhot, Inner Mongolia 010021, China;2. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, #38, Tongyan Road, Haihe Education Park, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300071, China;3. Yunnan Provincial Appraisal Center for Environmental Engineering, #1002, Guangfu Road, Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan 650032, China |
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| Abstract: | Innovation, knowledge exchange and collaboration are fundamental in environmental studies. Impact assessments represent a key tool in identifying and predicting the environmental consequences of a project. The journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review started promoting research discussing different issues or methods in the field of impact assessments and environmental management since 1980. By analyzing 1664 articles published within the journal between 1980 and 2018 by 2935 authors, affiliated to institutions from 75 countries, this study aims to provide a better understanding of the environmental assessment research trends. Bibliometric indicators such as keywords or country of affiliation were analyzed through a network methodological approach, including co-occurrence analysis, centrality metrics and multiple correspondence analysis. The international collaboration and productivity maps bring a novel overview to this type of analysis and reveal new perspectives for thrived cooperation on environmental assessments research. The results illustrate the most common research topics through a conceptual structure map and a keywords co-occurrence graph with a temporal overlay, which allows observing their evolution over the years. Furthermore, this work tries to explain the political, economic, social and technological factors that influence the tendencies in environmental assessments research and scientific cooperation, providing future insights for environmental scientific priorities. |
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