Publication trends of Acta Sedimentologica Sinica in 3 decades: Results and Enlightenment based on Bibliometric Analysis
doi: 10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2015.01.001
- Received Date: 2014-07-24
- Rev Recd Date: 2014-12-17
- Publish Date: 2015-02-10
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Key words:
- Acta Sedimentologica Sinica /
- bibliometric analysis /
- publication tendency
Abstract: The innovative achievements in basic scientific research and applied basic research are mainly published as articles in related specialized periodicals. The "Acta Sedimentologica Sinica" has been published for 31 a, which is concentrated on sedimentology, sedimentary minerals and geochemistry. This article uses the detailed bibliographic data obtained from the database to analyze the publication tendency in 31 a. Through quantificational analysis on articles' number, discipline classification, study area, core-authors group, research hot spots, annual variation of these indices have been illustrated, so do as the research content and direction, research institutes, researchers' distribution change and main funding resources. The result indicated that in recent 31 a, the number of articles published in the "Acta Sedimentologica Sinica" assumes the fluctuant growth tendency; the related research institutes has the obvious subject relevance, they are mainly concentrated on geology, mineral and oil; research hotspots include depositional environment and depositional systems, carbonate rocks, diagenesis, sequence stratigraphy, main sedimentary basin analysis and simulation, sedimentation, oil and gas reservoir sedimentology, sedimentary deposit, organic geochemistry and isotope geochemistry of the elements. The results of bibliometric analysis on citing literatures show that the citing frequency by CSCD and SCIE and impact factor enhances progressively, which further explains the attention of academia to sedimentology and the related questions strengthens unceasingly. 40 percents funding is National Natural Science Foundation. However, the core author group of "Acta Sedimentologica Sinica" has not really formed because of the new researchers' joining and the outstanding ones starting to enhance the international influence by submitting their articles to other related international journals, suggesting the new opportunity and the challenge to the future development of the journal.
Citation: | NING BaoYing, CHEN GuoJun, XUE LianHua, MA SuPing, DONG YuXiao. Publication trends of Acta Sedimentologica Sinica in 3 decades: Results and Enlightenment based on Bibliometric Analysis[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 2015, 33(1): 1-9. doi: 10.14027/j.cnki.cjxb.2015.01.001 |