The Method of Literature Retrieval via Biliometric Analysis:Taking Soil Ammonia Volatilization as an Example

doi:10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2020-0202

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the Web of Science core collection database, the study used the R-bibliometrix package for literature biliometric analysis such as keyword co-occurrence analysis, co-word analysis and high cited publications analysis taking soil ammonia volatilization as an example, and explored a practical method of literature retrieval by using literature biliometric analysis so as to quickly find key literatures that are closely related to research topics in a huge literature database. The results showed the number of retrieved literatures was 3573 (a large number) and the majority of the Top 10 highly cited publications had little to do with soil ammonia volatilization after first literature retrieval via entering a few easy-to-think keywords like soil ammonia volatilization. Then the first retrieved literature data was biliometric analyzed to get keyword co-occurrence network map, keywords conceptual structure map and Top 10 highly cited publications. According to the above-mentioned results, we screened and eliminated the inconsequential keywords, and then refined search for the second literature retrieval. After performing the process twice, the number of retrieved literatures had dropped to 160, among which the Top 10 highly cited publications were closely related to the research topic. And then we hypothesized that the key literatures about the relationships between soil NH₃ volatilization and water, temperature, management needed to be accurately retrieved. The results by using the above-mentioned method demonstrated that only 26, 20, and 28 related literatures were retrieved, respectively. Therefore, the feasibility of the method was verified. Consequently, the method of literature retrieval by using literature biliometric analysis is feasible to accurately retrieve key literatures. Furthermore, the method of literature retrieval by using R-biliometrix tool based on big data could help researchers retrieve key literatures, find scientific gaps, determine scientific problems, and obtain scientific research ideas and solutions.

Key words: biliometric analysis, co-occurrence analysis, co-word analysis, literature retrieval, method, soil ammonia volatilization, R programming language

CLC Number:

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S153

Wu Hanqing, Zhang Baogui, Wang Xuexia, Cao Bing, Chen Lijuan, Liu Jie, Chen Yanhua. The Method of Literature Retrieval via Biliometric Analysis:Taking Soil Ammonia Volatilization as an Example[J]. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin, 2021, 37(1): 147-157.

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文献检索频次	剔除的关键词
第二次	animal slurry; pig slurry; cattle slurry; nitrification inhibitor; dicyandiamide (DCD); oxidation; archaea; nitrifier denitrification; ammonia oxidizing bacteria; ammonia oxidizing archaea; diversity; abundance; methane emissions; carbon dioxide; greenhouse gas emissions; nitrous oxide emissions; N₂O emissions
第三次	compensation point; vegetation; fluxes; exchange; nitrogen deposition; dry deposition; atmospheric ammonia; atmosphere; leaves; NH₃; forest; United States; deposition; model; acidification; transport; plant; emissions; chemical amendments; runoff; broiler litter; poultry litter; manure; availability; amendments; sulfate; phosphate

文献检索频次	剔除的关键词
第二次	animal slurry; pig slurry; cattle slurry; nitrification inhibitor; dicyandiamide (DCD); oxidation; archaea; nitrifier denitrification; ammonia oxidizing bacteria; ammonia oxidizing archaea; diversity; abundance; methane emissions; carbon dioxide; greenhouse gas emissions; nitrous oxide emissions; N₂O emissions
第三次	compensation point; vegetation; fluxes; exchange; nitrogen deposition; dry deposition; atmospheric ammonia; atmosphere; leaves; NH₃; forest; United States; deposition; model; acidification; transport; plant; emissions; chemical amendments; runoff; broiler litter; poultry litter; manure; availability; amendments; sulfate; phosphate

排序	第一作者	年份	期刊	标题	总被引频次	年均被引频次
1	Haynes	1993	Advances in Agronomy	Nutrient cycling and soil fertility in the grazed pasture ecosystem	770	29.6
2	Bouwman	1997	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	A global high-resolution emission inventory for ammonia	641	29.1
3	Jones	2012	Soil Biology and Biochemistry	Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial	391	55.9
4	Cassman	1998	Field Crops Research	Opportunities for increased nitrogen-use efficiency from improved resource management in irrigated rice systems	301	14.3
5	Howarth	2002	Estuaries	Sources of nutrient pollution to coastal waters in the United States: Implications for achieving coastal water quality goals	285	16.8
6	Wassenaar	1995	Applied Geochemistry	Evaluation of the origin and fate of nitrate in the Abbotsford Aquifer using the isotopes of ¹⁵N and ¹⁸O in NO₃^-	284	11.8
7	Holland	1999	Biogeochemistry	Contemporary and pre-industrial global reactive nitrogen budgets	270	13.5
8	Aerts	1999	Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment	Polyphenols and agriculture: beneficial effects of proanthocyanidins in forages	261	13.1
9	Howarth	2002	Ambio	Nitrogen use in the United States from 1961-2000 and potential future trends	228	13.4
10	Sims	1994	Advances in Agronomy	Poultry waste management: Agricultural and environmental issues	224	9.0

排序	第一作者	年份	期刊	标题	总被引频次	年均被引频次
1	Haynes	1993	Advances in Agronomy	Nutrient cycling and soil fertility in the grazed pasture ecosystem	770	29.6
2	Bouwman	1997	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	A global high-resolution emission inventory for ammonia	641	29.1
3	Jones	2012	Soil Biology and Biochemistry	Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial	391	55.9
4	Cassman	1998	Field Crops Research	Opportunities for increased nitrogen-use efficiency from improved resource management in irrigated rice systems	301	14.3
5	Howarth	2002	Estuaries	Sources of nutrient pollution to coastal waters in the United States: Implications for achieving coastal water quality goals	285	16.8
6	Wassenaar	1995	Applied Geochemistry	Evaluation of the origin and fate of nitrate in the Abbotsford Aquifer using the isotopes of ¹⁵N and ¹⁸O in NO₃^-	284	11.8
7	Holland	1999	Biogeochemistry	Contemporary and pre-industrial global reactive nitrogen budgets	270	13.5
8	Aerts	1999	Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment	Polyphenols and agriculture: beneficial effects of proanthocyanidins in forages	261	13.1
9	Howarth	2002	Ambio	Nitrogen use in the United States from 1961-2000 and potential future trends	228	13.4
10	Sims	1994	Advances in Agronomy	Poultry waste management: Agricultural and environmental issues	224	9.0

排序	第一作者	年份	期刊	标题	总被引频次	年均被引频次
1	Haynes	1993	Advances in Agronomy	Nutrient cycling and soil fertility in the grazed pasture ecosystem	770	29.6
2	Ledgard	1999	Journal of Agricultural Science	Nitrogen inputs and losses from clover/grass pastures grazed by dairy cows, as affected by nitrogen fertilizer application	195	9.8
3	Mikkelsen	1978	Soil Science Society of America Journal	Ammonia volatilization losses from flooded rice soils	144	3.5
4	Bristow	1992	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	Nitrogenous constituents in the urine of cattle, sheep and goats	140	5.2
5	Bouwmester	1985	Soil Science Society of America Journal	Effect of environmental factors on ammonia volatilization from a urea fertilized soil	138	4.1
6	Vlek	1979	Soil Science Society of America Journal	Effect of nitrogen source and management on ammonia volatilization losses from flooded rice- soil systems	98	2.5
7	Witter	1988	Biological Wastes	Nitrogen losses during the composting of sewagesludge, and the effectiveness of clay soil, zeolite, and compost in adsorbing the volatilized ammonia	95	3.1
8	Scheerell	2005	Phytopathology	Suppression of seedling damping-off caused by Pythium ultimum, P. irregulare, and Rhizoctonia solani in container media amended with a diverse range of Pacific northwest compost sources	89	6.4
9	Black	1987	Journal of Soil Science	Effect of timing of simulated rainfall on ammonia volatilization from urea, applied to soil of varying moisture content	88	2.8
10	Hungria	2006	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	Nitrogen nutrition of soybean in Brazil: Contributions of biological N₂fixation and N fertilizer to grain yield	86	6.6