2009-2015年国际青藏高原研究文献计量分析——基于SCIE和ESI数据

青藏高原及其周边地区以独特的自然地理环境和复杂的地质构造,及其对全球环境和气候变化不可忽视的影响,长期以来一直受到国际科学家的关注。本文以SCIE和ESI数据库为数据源,检索2009-2015年间上述数据库报道的青藏高原及其周边地区研究文献及其引用情况,通过文献计量方法,采用多种分析工具,从多个角度对青藏高原及其周边地区研究现状与进展情况进行分析,在此基础上总结近年来国际青藏高原领域的研究态势,主要结论为：整体上近年来国际青藏高原领域研究规模和学术影响力呈现良好发展态势;研究实力上,中国、印度、美国仍稳居国家论文产出前三位,但青藏高原周边国家如巴基斯坦、尼泊尔发展较快,在机构层面上中国机构的整体优势逐渐扩大。中国的青藏高原研究呈现出量、质齐升的发展态势;青藏高原的发文期刊仍以地学、环境类期刊为主,高被引论文主要发表在高质量的综合类期刊上。青藏高原的研究学科持续完备,研究内容地域特色明显,研究主题包括青藏高原的隆升机制、高原各个圈层对全球气候变化的影响、高寒生态系统的生物多样性及对全球变暖的响应等。今后,中国青藏高原研究应着力聚焦前沿科学问题,促进多学科交叉融合,提升协同化集成化自主科研创新能力,产出具有国际影响力的重大科学成果,为“一带一路”战略实施和区域生态环境管理提供科技支撑。

A bibliometric analysis of international research on Tibetan Plateau: Based on the databases of SCIE and ESI

The Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas have a unique natural environment and complex geological structure, as well as significant influences on the global environment and climate change. For these reasons, this region has received extensive attention from the international scientific community for a long time. This study analyzed published articles retrieved from the SCIE and ESI databases on Tibetan Plateau research during the period 2009-2015. Using the bibliometric method and multiple analysis tools, this study conducted a rigorous analysis of the current status and progress of Tibetan Plateau research and summarized the situation of the international Tibetan Plateau research in recent years. The main conclusions are as follows: The scale and academic influence of recent international research on the Tibetan Plateau have shown a good momentum of development. According to the research outputs, China, India,and the United States ranked as the top three countries,and countries neighboring the Tibetan Plateau, such as Pakistan and Nepal, have shown rapid developments. The overall advantage of Chinese Tibetan Plateau research institutions has gradually expanded, with increasingly higher quantity and quality of publications. Major journals publishing Tibetan Plateau research articles are in geosciences and environmental science, and highly cited articles were mainly published in major high-quality comprehensive science journals. The subjects of Tibetan Plateau research continued to become more complete and the research content showed clear regional characteristics. The research topics include the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, the influences of the various spheres of the plateau on global climate change, and alpine ecosystem biodiversity and responses to global warming. In the future, Tibetan Plateau research in China should focus on cutting-edge scientific issues, promote the cross fertilization and integration of multiple disciplines, promote collaborative integrated and independent innovation capability of scientific research, produce major scientific achievements with international influence, and provide scientific and technological supports for the "Belt and Road" initiative implementation and the healthy development of regional ecological environment.