A bibliometric analysis on the research trends of climate change effects on economic vulnerability

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 29; no. 39; pp. 59300 - 59315
• Main Authors: Islam, Md Mahfuzul, Chowdhury, Mohammad Abdul Matin, Begum, Rawshan Ara, Amir, Ahmad Aldrie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bibliometrics; Climate change; Climate effects; Coastal zone; Drought; Earth and Environmental Science; Economic analysis; Economics; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Literature reviews; Research Article; Trends; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Climate change; Socioeconomic vulnerability; Bibliometric analysis; Economic vulnerability
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20028-0

The climate change effect has received a crucial concern from global policymakers as well as academic researchers. The climate change effect is a real-world issue threatening the existence of species and human beings, thus causing the economic vulnerability. Apart from policymakers, academic researchers are showing their concern on the effect of climate change on economic and socioeconomic vulnerability through publishing research articles in the recent decade. In light of the revolution of research articles, this study applied a bibliometric analysis on the academic research articles to explore the publication trends, themes, impacts, and potential scopes for further studies. Both the Scopus and the Web of Science online databases were used to search for journal articles linked to climate change effects and economic vulnerability. The final data of 229 journal articles were analyzed using bibliometric and visualization tools “Biblioshiny” and “VOSViewer.” The findings unveiled an uprising trend in publications and posited several themes, mainly exposure, sensitivity, drought, and flood by means of climate change effects that affect economic vulnerability. Based on the findings and review of literature, several research gaps were identified and offered opportunities for further studies. The policymakers can attribute attention to encouraging more research in several areas in addition to agriculture and coastal regions.