自然资本研究的文献计量学与可视化分析

Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of Natural Capital Studies

自然资本是生态服务系统的重要组成部分, 是人类生存发展的必要条件, 是经济-社会-环境持续健康发展的重要支撑。本文基于Web of Science (WOS) 数据库的核心合集数据库, 应用CiteSpace和VOSviewer软件对自然资本2001—2022年学科发展态势和热点研究进行可视化分析。结果表明: (1) 自然资本的主要发文国家分别是美国、中国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大, 美国位居首位中国紧随其后, 中美两国在自然资本研究领域远领先于世界其他国家; (2) 在自然资本文章发表机构中, 中国科学院、澳大利亚国立大学、牛津大学、斯坦福大学、昆士兰大学、北京师范大学位列前六, 中国机构在自然资本研究机构文章发表中位居前列, 中科院发文量领先于其他发文机构; (3) 近20年间自然资本研究文章发表量一直呈现指数型增长, 在2013—2022间呈现爆发式增长; (4) 研究热点涵盖了资源管理、可持续发展、气候变化、生态服务、环境保护和生物多样性等, 说明自然资本领域的研究需要多学科领域科学技术支撑, 该领域研究的深入推动了其他学科领域发展。

Natural capital is an important part of the ecological service systems, a necessary condition for human survival and development, and an important support for the sustainable and healthy development of the three dimensions of society, economy and environment. Based on the core ensemble database of Web of science (WOS) database, this paper uses CiteSpace and VOSviewer software to visualise and analyze the subject development trend and hot research of natural capital from 2001 to 2022. The results show that: 1. The major publishing countries in natural capital are the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, with the United States in first place followed by China, and China and the United States are far ahead of the rest of the world in natural capital research. 2. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Australian National University, the University of Oxford, Stanford University, the University of Queensland and Beijing Normal University are the top six publishers in natural capital research institutions, with the Chinese Academy of Sciences leading the way in terms of the number of articles published. 3. In the past 20 years, the number of articles published on natural capital research has been growing exponentially, with an explosive growth during 2013-2022. 4. Research hotspots cover resource management, sustainable development, climate change, ecological services, environmental protection and biodiversity, etc. , indicating that natural capital needs scientific and technological support from multi-disciplinary fields, and in-depth research in this field also promotes the development of other disciplines.