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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2019, Vol. 39 Issue (3): 201-214    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2018.123
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Analysis of Global Research Status and Development Trends in the Field of Corrosion and Protection: Based on Bibliometrics and Information Visualization Analysis
Zhengquan WANG1,2,3,Yantao LI1,3,4(),Weichen XU1,3,Lihui YANG1,3,Congtao SUN1,3
1. CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3. Open Studio for Marine Corrosion and Protection, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
4. Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Abstract  

Based on bibliometrics and information visualization analysis, the global research status and development trends in the field of corrosion and protection were analyzed. By searching the SCI-E database from 1997 to 2017, 106127 related publications in the field of corrosion and protection were obtained. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the search was conducted in six aspects: basic growth trends and publication language analysis, publication country analysis, document type and journal contribution analysis, institutions analysis, subject categories analysis, keywords analysis. Through journals analysis, the total output of publications in this field shows a sustained and rapid growth trend. In the field, China is the most productive country, meanwhile, it has the fastest growth rate of publications output. United States has the highest h-index and citations per paper. The Chinese Academy of Sciences is the most productive institution. Corrosion Science and Electrochimica Acta are the most influential journals. English is the most common language. In recent years, research directions in this field have focused on materials science, metallurgy/metallurgical engineering, engineering, chemistry, physics, and electrochemistry. And there are three hot topics in this field: studying the corrosion behavior of aluminum alloy, stainless steel, pipeline steel, nickel-chromium alloy, reinforced concrete and other materials; improving the performance of coatings through some special treatment methods (surface modification, heat treatment, micro-arc oxidation, electrodeposition, plasma electrolysis oxidation, etc.) and constantly discoveing some new materials; investigating film preparation and performance optimization.

Key words:  bibliometrics      information visualization analysis      corrosion and protection     
Received:  31 August 2018     
ZTFLH:  TG172  
Corresponding Authors:  Yantao LI     E-mail:  ytli@qdio.ac.cn

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Zhengquan WANG,Yantao LI,Weichen XU,Lihui YANG,Congtao SUN. Analysis of Global Research Status and Development Trends in the Field of Corrosion and Protection: Based on Bibliometrics and Information Visualization Analysis. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2019, 39(3): 201-214.

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Fig.1  Annual growth trend of total output of SCI-E public-ations in the field of corrosion and protection from 1997 to 2017
LanguageOutput of SCI-E publicationsProportion
English10134695.53%
Chinese18591.75%
German7600.72%
Japanese5490.52%
Spanish3830.36%
French1990.19%
Portuguese1900.18%
Korean1480.14%
Romanian1310.12%
Russian1220.12%
Polish1170.11%
Italian940.09%
Hungarian730.07%
Ukrainian310.03%
Czech280.03%
Croatian160.02%
Serbo Croatian160.02%
Turkish150.01%
Finnish50.01%
Slovenian50.01%
Estonian30.00%
Serbian30.00%
Malay20.00%
Slovak20.00%
Swedish20.00%
Dutch10.00%
Table 1  
CountryNumber of total publications (Proportion)RankNumber of single country publications (Proportion)RankNumber of international collaboration publications (Proportion)Rank
China22291 (21.01%)118584 (83.37%)13707 (16.63%)15
USA15132 (14.26%)210379 (68.59%)64753 (31.41%)10
Germany6483 (6.11%)32790 (43.04%)123693 (56.96%)4
India6448 (6.08%)45232 (81.14%)21216 (18.86%)14
Japan6227 (5.87%)54249 (68.24%)71978 (31.76%)9
France5071 (4.78%)61983 (39.10%)133088 (60.90%)3
England4487 (4.23%)71452 (32.36%)153035 (67.64%)1
South Korea4111 (3.88%)82891 (70.32%)51220 (29.68%)11
Canada3758 (3.54%)91896 (50.45%)91862 (49.55%)7
Spain3331 (3.14%)101458 (43.77%)111873 (56.23%)5
Iran2940 (2.77%)112293 (77.99%)3647 (22.01%)13
Italy2728 (2.57%)121276 (46.77%)101452 (53.23%)6
Australia2656 (2.50%)131003 (37.76%)141653 (62.24%)2
Brazil2576 (2.43%)141724 (66.93%)8852 (33.07%)8
Russia2518 (2.37%)151836 (72.92%)4682 (27.08%)12
Table 2  
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Publication year2011201220132014201520162017
Country

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Citations per paper statistics

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Citations per paper statistics

h-

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Citations per paper statistics
China6318.35714.915112.595512.84489365.58192.19
USA5020.415419.795517.734715.154210.2306.33152.53
Germany3917.943517.114116.853012.482910.16196.17122.38
India3514.223514.673312.31289.87298.66215.47132.17
Japan3515.33111.982610.02228.48207.41174.68112.08
France3918.913215.873414.462812.62269.3166.9391.96
England3519.372920.253416.962613.91269.45196.3492.13
South Korea2511.282912.912710.92258.72216.47154.5591.79
Canada3325.063517.563013.64249.81239.36175.82112.24
Spain3015.132818.752815.732612.25229.42145.0292.38
Table 3  
Document typeNumber of total publicationsProportion
Article10037394.609%
Proceedings paper101549.571%
Review29142.747%
Editorial material12271.157%
News item5170.487%
Meeting abstract5080.479%
Letter2660.251%
Correction2080.196%
Reprint460.043%
Book chapter220.021%
Retracted publication150.014%
Biographical item110.010%
Retraction60.006%
Software review60.006%
Correction addition50.005%
Book review30.003%
Bibliography10.001%
Item about an individual10.001%
Table 4  
JournalNumber of total publicationsProportionIF (a)IF (b)
Corrosion Science57285.40%4.8625.238
Surface & Coatings Technology34903.29%2.9062.923
Electrochimica Acta22892.16%5.1164.857
Corrosion21382.02%1.9271.746
Journal of the Electrochemical Society19131.80%3.6623.520
International Journal of Electrochemical Science19101.80%1.3691.629
Materials and Corrosion Werkstoffe und Korrosion18771.77%1.2591.293
Applied Surface Science18471.74%4.4393.743
Materials Performance17701.67%0.1440.156
Journal of Alloys and Compounds12771.20%3.7793.315
Journal of Nuclear Materials12651.19%2.4472.453
Progress in Organic Coatings11831.12%2.9553.004
Anti Corrosion Methods and Materials10861.02%0.4600.545
Materials Science and Engineering a Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing10550.99%3.4143.478
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance9620.91%1.3401.508
Rare Metal Materials and Engineering9460.89%0.2900.306
Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology9150.86%1.0711.108
Materials Chemistry and Physics8750.82%2.2102.296
Construction and Building Materials8560.81%3.4854.039
Materials Science Forum7970.75%------
Table 5  
1997~20172011~2017
InstituteNumber of publicationsProportionInstituteNumber of publicationsProportion
Chinese Acad Sci36393.43%Chinese Acad Sci12734.65%
Univ Sci Technol Beijing12191.15%Univ Sci Technol Beijing5101.86%
Tohoku Univ9040.85%Cent S Univ2861.04%
Russian Acad Sci9010.85%Harbin Inst Technol2580.94%
Indian Inst Technol8930.84%Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ2560.94%
Harbin Inst Technol8330.79%Tsinghua Univ2480.91%
CSIC7460.70%Northeastern Univ2450.89%
Cent S Univ7250.68%Islamic Azad Univ2440.89%
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ7220.68%Monash Univ2390.87%
Univ Manchester6500.61%Russian Acad Sci2170.79%
Dalian Univ Technol5790.55%Univ Manchester2150.79%
Zhejiang Univ5740.54%Indian Inst Technol2080.76%
Monash Univ5390.51%King Saud Univ1880.69%
Tsinghua Univ5240.49%Tianjin Univ1850.68%
Northeastern Univ5110.48%Tohoku Univ1830.67%
CNRS4860.46%Dalian Univ Technol1830.67%
Univ Sao Paulo4690.44%Chongqing Univ1800.66%
Ohio State Univ4630.44%Zhejiang Univ1800.66%
Cent Electrochem Res Inst4600.43%Univ Chinese Acad Sci1630.60%
Tianjin Univ4510.43%Xi'an Jiaotong Univ1630.60%
  
Fig.5  
Research directionNumber of publicationsProportion
Materials science5868355.31%
Metallurgy /metallurgical engineering2841526.78%
Engineering1893817.85%
Chemistry1786916.84%
Physics1262311.90%
Electrochemistry1127010.62%
Science technology-other topics43884.14%
Energy fuels37513.54%
Construction building technology32903.10%
Nuclear science technology30662.89%
Environmental sciences-ecology23422.21%
Polymer science13021.23%
Water resources12741.20%
Instruments science12251.16%
Mechanics11251.06%
Geology9100.86%
Medicine-dentistry/oral surgery7740.73%
Mining-mineral processing7110.67%
Biotechnology-applied microbiology7010.66%
Thermodynamics6450.61%
Table 7  
Subject categoryNumber of publicationsProportion
Materials science-multidisciplinary3881336.58%
Metallurgy/metallurgical engineering2841526.78%
Materials science-coatings/films1173811.06%
Electrochemistry1127010.62%
Applied physics99859.41%
Physical chemistry89628.45%
Chemistry-multidisciplinary49674.68%
Chemical engineering46984.43%
Physics-condensed matter43544.10%
Mechanical engineering41303.89%
Materials science-characterization & testing39323.71%
Civil engineering38713.65%
Energy-fuels37513.54%
Construction building technology32903.10%
Nanoscience/nanotechnology32033.02%
Nuclear science and technology30662.89%
Materials science-ceramics27312.57%
Applied chemistry27262.57%
Environmental sciences23132.18%
Materials science-biomaterials22822.15%
Table 8  
KeywordNumber of publicationsTLCSTGCSKeywordNumber of publicationsTLCSTGCSKeywordNumber of publicationsTLCSTGCS
Corrosion92671765744429Microstructure108613695123Oxide6399814763
Steel4531822321386Performance107714696594Titanium6357073242
Alloy3151510814868Concrete103610214168Plasma6298903120
Effect2613350110633Effects101711854046Evaluation6228382574
Properties2456273111647Influence100413083976Treatment6166902674
Behavior234732059970Magnesium98828326837Low5846092444
Coatings2172378112129Temperature98210513999Laser5805722848
Electrochemical172027748689Acid96918284983Hydrogen5708094109
Based170418279136Oxidation90514035344Mild55722965124
Coating168629749080Characterization89110704294Iron5566953285
Resistance160824977341Composite83312054759Reinforced5515272249
Stainless160722716807Aluminum82012243797Environment5507322000
Surface160523039171Analysis7255962790Synthesis5484673059
High157316018234Chloride71411383085Films5435302428
Alloys135324527476Protection71015434126Experimental52611513242
Carbon122518776839Metal7046464034Process5255402283
Using121111085198Investigation7038242921Containing5238992525
Solution120623035906Inhibition67219414283Thermal5094462723
Water118814046795Behaviour6659622688Coated5066842408
Mechanical114111325248Copper6579233104Application5056152549
Table 9  
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