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Mapping of emerging contaminants in coastal waters research: a bibliometric analysis of research output during 1986–2022

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Veiga del Baño, José Manuel ; Cámara, Miguel Ángel ; Oliva, José ; Hernández Cegarra, Antonio Tomás ; Andreo Martíneza, Pedro ; Motas, Miguel
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Elsevier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115366
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©2023 Elsevier. “Once the embargo has passed this document Will be available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This document is the Accepted version of a published work that appeared in final form in Marine Pollution Bulletin. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115366
Abstract
This bibliometric analysis provides the first overview of the literature on emerging contaminants in coastal waters. Bibexcel, Microsoft Excel, VOSviewer and the bibliometix R package software were used for bibliometric analysis and science mapping. 556 publications, published between 1986 and 2022, were retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The results showed that this field of research follows Price's law of exponential growth and has exploded since 2001. Authors, journals and institutions followed Lotka's law, and Price's index (43.4 %) showed that the field is far from being obsolete. The most influential institution is the Chinese Academy of Sciences, while authors from China, USA, Japan and Singapore have the most publications and international co-authorships. The leading journal is Marine Pollution Bulletin, with a focus on Environmental Science WoS category. Hot research areas focus on risk assessment of PCBs, organochlorine compounds and personal care products in surface water and wastewater.
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Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 194, Part A, September 2023, 115366
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2025-09-30
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