Examining the evolution and convergence of wood modification and environmental impact assessment in research

doi:10.3832/ifor2390-010

We performed a bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed publications on wood modification and environmental impact assessment of wood retrieved from the Scopus^® database. We used data mining and network analysis tools to investigate the development of the field over time. We explore both wood modification and environmental impact assessment separately, and investigate where the publication record overlaps. Our research revealed that in recent years both topics have produced sharp increases in the number of publications, and have diversified greatly in recent years. Additionally, there were differences in the author collaboration patterns between each field. Fewer authors have contributed over a longer period of time in the wood modification publication record, whereas more authors have contributed over a shorter period of time to the environmental impact assessment of wood record, but they tend to collaborate less frequently. These methods allow researchers and industry members to quickly explore trends in research topics, the number of publications, where research is being conducted, and the growing network of researchers publishing together.

Keywords

Bibliometrics, Data Mining, Network Analysis, Wood Modification, Environmental Impact Assessment, COST Action FP1407, Wood

Authors’ address

(1)

University of Primorska, Andrej Marušič Institute, Muzejski trg 2, 6000-Koper (Slovenia)

(2)

Renewable Materials and Healthy Environments Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence (InnoRenew CoE), Livade 6, 6310-Izola (Slovenia)

(3)

Abelium, d.o.o., research and development, Kajuhova ulica 90, 1000-Ljubljana (Slovenia)

(4)

University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technology, Glagoljaška 8, 6000-Koper (Slovenia)

(5)

Edo Kegel Consultancy & Advice, Veerpoortwal 20, 6981BS Doesburg (The Netherlands)

Corresponding author

Michael Burnard
michael.burnard@iam.upr.si

Citation

Burnard M, Posavčević M, Kegel E (2017). Examining the evolution and convergence of wood modification and environmental impact assessment in research. iForest 10: 879-885. - doi: 10.3832/ifor2390-010

Academic Editor

Giacomo Goli

Paper history

Received: Feb 03, 2017
Accepted: Aug 05, 2017

First online: Nov 06, 2017
Publication Date: Dec 31, 2017
Publication Time: 3.10 months

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