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A bibliometric analysis of research on upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) from 1983 to 2012

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Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket/bed (UASB) has been recognized as a robust technology arousing wide concern in wastewater treatment research recently. In this study, a bibliometric analysis was performed to evaluate the publications on UASB research from 1983 to 2012, based on the Science Citation Index databases. It was identified that a total of 2363 UASB-related outputs were published in 220 journals over the past 30 years. Results showed that China and Indian Institute of Technology in India came as the most productive country and institute publishing most articles on UASB, respectively. The most productive field of “wastewater treatment” would still maintain the leading role as to provide a good reference on the UASB research in the future. Besides, the performance improving approaches and practical applications of the UASB would probably continue as the two main developing orientations. This study is to serve as an alternative and innovative way of revealing the research trends in UASB.

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Acknowledgments

This research work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) as a young scholar project (No. 21307117), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20120022120005) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2652011263).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Evolution, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Baogang Zhang, Ye Liu, Caixing Tian, Zhijun Wang, Ming Cheng, Nan Chen & Chuanping Feng

  2. School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Baogang Zhang, Ye Liu, Caixing Tian, Zhijun Wang, Ming Cheng, Nan Chen & Chuanping Feng

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Zhang, B., Liu, Y., Tian, C. et al. A bibliometric analysis of research on upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) from 1983 to 2012. Scientometrics 100, 189–202 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1189-z

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