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Knowledge Mapping on Nepal's Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer
| Title: | Knowledge Mapping on Nepal's Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer |
| Authors: | Chang, Liang Browse this author | | Watanabe, Teiji Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Xu, Hanlin Browse this author | | Han, Jiho Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | knowledge mapping | | bibliometrics | | VOSviewer | | CiteSpace | | protected areas | | Nepal |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2022 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Journal Title: | Land |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Start Page: | 1109 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.3390/land11071109 |
| Abstract: | Protected areas (PAs) play a vital role in environmental conservation, particularly in Asian countries. Numerous studies were conducted on PAs in Nepal. We analyzed 864 papers from the Web of Science database using two visualization tools: VOSviewer and CiteSpace. This study identified the most influential journals, institutions, countries, and regions. In addition, we investigated the changing trend of research hotspots on PAs in Nepal. Keyword mapping was conducted for each type of PA and their differences were compared. We found that the research hotspots are changing with the shifting of conservation policies in Nepal. We suggest conducting more predictive studies on the future development of PAs. Currently, PA research is mainly conducted in traditional disciplines, but with the impact of climate change and the consequent increase in its negative impacts, academic contributions from other disciplines are expected to increase much more. We found that there was a shift in research power in countries and regions. We also detected an imbalanced distribution in which protected areas and national parks have been studied the most. Only 12 publications were about the hunting reserve, despite its importance to snow leopard conservation and economic significance to the buffer zone communities. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/86713 |
| Appears in Collections: | 環境科学院・地球環境科学研究院 (Graduate School of Environmental Science / Faculty of Environmental Earth Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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