A bibliometric analysis of the frontier progress in wetland construction

Wetland construction is a crucial area dominating the final structure, function and efficiency of the constructed wetlands. However, there is little literature in China to sort out and analyze its development status and future trends. The bibliometric analysis method and the Web of Science core database as the data source were used to organize and analyze 1 620 documents in the field of international wetland construction from 2005 to 2019. The study showed that in the field of wetland construction, China was the country with the highest number of published papers, the institution with the most published papers was Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 5 of the top 10 institutions with highest published papers were Chinese institutions. However, Chinese scientific research institutions were not at the center of international scientific research cooperation. Zhang Y, a scholar from China, had the highest number of published papers in this field, but the highest total citations were Ahn C from the United States. The journals with the most published papers in this field included Ecological Engineering and Science of the Total Environment. Additionally, on the research hotspots, wetland ecology and wetland management were the key research objects in this field.