基于文献计量学的1983-2012年中国自然资源学发展回顾

A Bibliometric Review of Natural Resources Sciences of China During 1983-2012

自然资源学是指以自然资源系统为研究对象,从自然资源的自然、社会、技术三重属性出发,研究自然资源的形成、演化、质量特征和时空分布及其与人类社会发展的相互关系的学科。建国以来,我国开展了大规模的资源研究与综合考察,自然资源学理论研究与学科建设取得长足进展。本文以自然资源科学学科分类为基础,对1983-2012年间刊载于《地理学报》、《地理研究》、《自然资源学报》与《资源科学》的13 253篇文献进行了人工选取,共筛选出自然资源学科技论文7 244篇。应用文献计量学的原理与方法,分别从载文量、研究内容、研究区域、研究方法、引文等方面进行综合分析,探索我国自然资源学的研究现状与发展规律,并对后期的发展趋势进行了展望。

Natural resources science is an integrated science which studies natural resource systems from the aspects of nature, human society and technology. This branch of science concentrates on the characteristics of formation, evolution, quantity and quality of natural resources, and temporal-spatial distributions in relation to the development of human society. Since 1949, Chinese researchers have carried out large-scale resource research and surveys, bolstering theoretical research and subject construction of natural resources science. In order to explore the current situation and development of natural resource science, we first classify and define the research field from 7 244 samples purified from 13 253 articles, published in Acta Geographica Sinica, Geographical Research, Journal of Natural Resources and Resources Science from 1983-2012. Second, using bibliometrics, these articles were analyzed regarding quantities, research content, geographic setting, methodology and references. Last, we discuss trends in natural resource science such as the unbalanced development of sub-disciplines within natural resource science; that research content will continue to expand and favor sustainable development; that research perspectives tend to integrate just as the combination of macroscopic and microscopic patterns and complementation between regional and global research; research methodology will focus on quantification with the development of science and technology; and that the volume of researchers will increase, especially in middle and western China.