Knowledge mapping of research on forest carbon sinks
doi: 10.11833/j.issn.2095-0756.2013.04.017
- Received Date: 2012-09-07
- Rev Recd Date: 2012-12-04
- Publish Date: 2013-08-20
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Key words:
- orest carbon sink /
- knowledge mapping /
- information visualization /
- CiteSpaceⅡ /
- research focus
Abstract: Taking the 4 619 and 403 literatures regarding research on forest carbon sink from Web of Science database and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database respectively as the objects,the paper analyzes and processes relevant cited data and topic key words with CiteSpaceⅡ,and combs significant academic institutions both home and abroad,academic literatures and figures as well as research focuses concerning study on forest carbon sink by means of knowledge mapping. The results show that: (1) America,Canada, China and Germany etc. are principle nations researching forest carbon sink in the international arena, and America is holding the dominating position;(2) Major scholars conduct research on carbon cycling of forest ecosystem, the mechanism of carbon sequestration in soils,the ability of carbon sequestration for various sorts of forests and trees etc. from the angle of environmental science,ecology and forestry,and there are some scholars who perform conducive exploration from the angles of forest management and carbon sink trading;(3) Research focuses emerge in endlessly,and research area becomes increasingly mature with each passing day;(4)Research on forest carbon sink enjoys a late start domestically,and the number of issued documents demonstrates a trend of increasing. Institutions centering on Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University etc. take an internationally leading position in studying forest carbon sink,and the research focus is acting on the international convention. Chinas international status in research field of forest carbon sink needs to be improved;(5)Low-carbon economy and carbon sink market etc. mark the research focus of forest carbon sink study in domestic management discipline. [Ch,4 fig. 8 tab. 12 ref.]
Citation: | ZHANG Zhe, SHEN Yueqin, LONG Fei, ZHU Zhen, HE Xiangrong. Knowledge mapping of research on forest carbon sinks[J]. Journal of Zhejiang A&F University, 2013, 30(4): 567-577. doi: 10.11833/j.issn.2095-0756.2013.04.017 |