| Based on"Chinese database of scientific and technological periodicals", this paper employed bibliometric methods to analyze the engineering research papers engaged in the area of "conversion of farmland back to forests in China"from 1999 to 2010, on aspect of the annual variation in output volume, the authors"institutions, distribution of journals, distribution of disciplines, published topics, and authors"collaboration degrees. The results showed that the area "conversion of farmland back to forests in China"attracted close attention from scientific community and on average more than 300 papers were published every year. Moreover, administrative
departments at various levels, research institutes, and universities in forestry all focused closely on this area. The core journals were mainly forestry periodicals. The primary research sub-areas include forestry, agriculture, economics, and environmental sciences. The hot
and emphasized topics were limited to application, while fundamental research was relatively scarce. |
