Analysis of Natural Hazards Research from 2011-2020: A Scientometric Perspective
Author(s): Dr. S. Baskaran
Abstract – This paper examines the scientometric analysis of 13282 global publications trends on natural hazards using web of science database during the period 2011-2020. The average number of publications published per year was 1328.2. The highest number of publications (2124) was published in the year 2020. The relative growth rates (RGR) has decreased from 2012 (0.79) to 2020 (0.17) in the span of 10 years. The doubling time (DT) has gradually increased from 0.88 in 2012 to 4.08 in 2020. The exponential growth of publications was observed during the study period. Majority of publications were found in English language. Authors from USA have contributed maximum number of publications compared to the other countries and India stood 6th rank in terms of productivity in this period. A total of 7652 different institutions were involved in publication of articles. University of California System, USA contributed highest number of 342 articles. The scientific literature on natural hazards is spread over 136 different subjects. Environmental sciences ecology has highest number of articles with 3320 (25.00%) followed by Geology contributing 3089 (23.26%) articles.
Keywords - Natural hazards, Scientometrics, Relative growth rate and Doubling time.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.7.4.2021.1463
Cite This Article As: Baskaran, S. (2021). Analysis of Natural Hazards Research from 2011-2020: A Scientometric Perspective. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 7(4) 169-178. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1463 Page: 169-178 Publication Date: 25 November 2021