Scientific Coverage in Water Governance: Systematic Analysis

In this article, the results of the bibliometric analysis applied to research on “Water Governance” are presented in order to observe behavior patterns in the key areas of this field of knowledge (progression, most productive authors, etc.). This research is complemented with a co-citation analysis....

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Published inWater (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 177
Main Authors Durán-Sánchez, Amador, del Río-Rama, María, Álvarez-García, José, Castellano-Álvarez, Francisco
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2019
Subjects
Analysis
author co-citation analysis (ACA)
Author productivity
bibliometric
Bibliometrics
Citation analysis
Comparative studies
Design
Indexing services
Natural resources
Politics
Scopus
Sustainability
Tourism
Water governance
Water policy
WoS
Canada
Bolivia
United States > US
Spain
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Summary:In this article, the results of the bibliometric analysis applied to research on “Water Governance” are presented in order to observe behavior patterns in the key areas of this field of knowledge (progression, most productive authors, etc.). This research is complemented with a co-citation analysis. When considering two databases, a comparative study is carried out between both databases through coverage, overlap, dispersion, or concentration indicators. The results indicate that this area of knowledge has evolved rapidly and has gained popularity and importance among researchers, especially since 2009, when the real boom of the discipline took place, with about two-thirds of the papers being published in the last five years. The main authors, the most relevant articles based on the citation criterion, the institutions, and countries with the highest number of investigations and the journals where this topic is published are also identified. Scopus is the database that performs better coverage by collecting a higher number of articles and obtaining a greater number of citations.
ISSN:2073-4441
2073-4441
DOI:10.3390/w11010177