​SCI​,《PLoS  ONE》(IF=2.766)https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210707.  2. 2019

Bibliometric  analysis of highly cited articles on ecosystem services

Xinmin  Zhang1,*, Ronald C. Estoque2, Hualin Xie3, Yuji  Murayama4, Manjula Ranagalage5

 

  1. Graduate  School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba,  Japan

  2. Center  for Social and Environmental Systems Research, National Institute for  Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

  3. Institute  of Ecological Civilization, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics,  Nanchang, China

  4. Faculty  of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan,  

  5. Faculty  of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale,  Sri Lanka

 

Abstract: This  paper presents global research trends involving highly cited articles on  ecosystem services from 1981to 2017 based on a bibliometric analysis of such  articles from the SCI-E and SSCI databases of the Web of Science. The analysis  revealed that there were132 highly cited articles, most of which were published  between 2005 and 2014. Based on author key-words, the term ecosystem services  was strongly linked to biodiversity. The top three journals in terms of total  number of highly cited articles published were Ecological Economics, PNAS, and  Ecological Indicators. Despite ranking sixth overall, Science ranked first in  both impact factor and total citations per article. The US, UK, Netherlands,  Spain, and Sweden were the top five most productive and cooperative countries in  the world based on total number of highly cited articles and co-authorship  network, respectively. The US was highly connected to Canada, the Netherlands,  China and the UK. Stockholm University and Stanford University were the most  productive institutions in Europe and North America, respectively. Stanford  University is associated with many scholars in the field of ecosystem services  research because of the In VEST model. Robert Costanza was the most prolific and  highly cited author, the latter being largely due to the first valuation of the  world’s ecosystem service and natural capital, he and his co-authors published  in 1997 in Nature . Terrestrial, urban, and forest ecosystems were the top types  of ecosystem msassessed. Regulating and provisioning services were the major  ecosystem services studied. Quantitative and qualitative assessments were the  main research focus. Most of these highly cited studies on ecosystem services  are done on areas geographically located in North America and Europe.