Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 85-93.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2024.01.013

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CiteSpace-based Bibliometric Analysis of Community Diversity in Desert Steppe

YANG Ding1,2, ZHANG Pujin1, LIU Xinchao1, YAN Xiaohong3, CHANG Hong1, YI Fengyan1   

  1. 1. Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences,Hohhot 010031,China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Grass-Feeding Livestock Healthy Breeding and Livestock Product Quality Control,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Herbivores Nutrition,Hohhot 010031,China;
    3. Institute of Grassland Research,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Hohhot 010010,China
  • Received:2023-09-20 Online:2024-01-30 Published:2024-03-14

Abstract: [Objective] This study aimed to thoroughly analyse the development history, hotspot and trend of the research filed of community diversity in desert steppe in China and abroad, and to provide visualized data support. [Method] The relevant literature information on community diversity in desert steppe indexed in Web of Science Core Collection and published from January 1991 to December 2022 was used as the research object. By CiteSpace software, the change trend of annual publication volume, and the publication quantities of journals and authors were assessed. In addition, co-occurrence analysis and cluster analysis were performed on countries, institutions, authors, keywords and cited literature, and the obtained results were then visually presented. [Result] Under the set retrieval criteria, a total of 1 122 English literature on community diversity of desert steppe were obtained. From January 1991 to December 2022, the domestic and international publication quantities in this research field exhibited an overall upward trend. The articles published by Chinese authors or institutions had the highest citation frequency and academic impact, followed by those published by American authors or institutions. Journal of Arid Environments had the highest publication quantity, and Chinese Academy of Sciences had a higher academic impact. The research directions included but not limited to species diversity, climate change, ecosystem of desert steppe and human production activities. [Conclusion] From January 1991 to December 2022, this research field focused on the restoration of desert steppe in the context of global climate change, and the response mechanism of community diversity in desert steppe to human intervention. Exploring the factors influencing plant diversity in desert steppe and the impacts of global climate change on biodiversity in desert steppe are the future hotspots.

Key words: desert steppe, community diversity, ecosystem, bibliometrics, climate change

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