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A bibliometric investigation of research trends on sulfate removal

Zhengfang YeThe Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Department of Environmental Engineering, Peking University, Beijing100871, China, Tel. +86 10 62755862, Fax: +86 10 62755862Correspondence[email protected]
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Baogang ZhangKey Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Evolution, Ministry of Education, School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China, Tel. +86 10 82322281, Fax: +86 10 82321081Correspondence[email protected]
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Ye LiuKey Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Evolution, Ministry of Education, School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China, Tel. +86 10 82322281, Fax: +86 10 82321081
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Jing ZhangKey Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Evolution, Ministry of Education, School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China, Tel. +86 10 82322281, Fax: +86 10 82321081
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Zhongyou WangThe Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Department of Environmental Engineering, Peking University, Beijing100871, China, Tel. +86 10 62755862, Fax: +86 10 62755862
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Haitao BiThe Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Department of Environmental Engineering, Peking University, Beijing100871, China, Tel. +86 10 62755862, Fax: +86 10 62755862
Pages 6040-6049 | Received 27 Jan 2013, Accepted 31 May 2013, Published online: 01 Jul 2013
 
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Abstract

Sulfate contamination has become a global problem, which attracts wide concern of researchers in this field. In this study, a bibliometric analysis was employed to analyze the scientific outputs on sulfate removal, in terms of source countries, institutes, distribution of words in titles, author keywords, KeyWords Plus. Three categories including removal field, removal methods, and products have further contributed to revealing the research trends in the past 20 years, based on the online version of Science Citation Index Expanded, Web of Science from 1991 to 2010. It is concluded that researchers have paid most attention to desulfuration in water. This would probably continue as the main developing research trend, thus helping researchers establish future research directions in this area.

Acknowledgements

Financial support is gratefully acknowledged from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2011YYL109) and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20120022120005).

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