Scientific knowledge on marine beach litter: A bibliometric analysis.
Bibliometric analysis
Marine beach litter
Social network analysis
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
07
07
2021
revised:
21
10
2021
accepted:
22
10
2021
pubmed:
7
11
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
entrez:
6
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Litter reduction in the coastal and marine environment represents a major challenge but must be prioritized to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as the goods and services that humans derive from seas and oceans. This paper reviews the available global scientific literature focusing on marine beach litter and tracks its evolution and trends by combining social network analysis and bibliometrics. The relationships and co-occurrences among authors, countries and keywords retrieved from the Scopus abstract and citation database are presented. A total of 1765 publications are analysed: the majority being journal articles. Results reveal the notable worldwide increase in scientific interest in beach litter in the last decade, as well as its multidisciplinary perspectives. This information could be beneficial for the processes that support the improvement of international efforts for beach litter monitoring, removal, and management activities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34741927
pii: S0025-326X(21)01136-X
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113102
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113102Informations de copyright
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