Visualized Analysis of Research Progress on Soil Aggregates

[Objectives]This study was conducted to gain an in-depth understanding of the research status of fields related to soil aggregates.[Methods]The academic papers published from 2001 to 2020 in the field of soil aggregates were searched in the CNKI database serving as the statistical source using the subject terms"soil"and"aggregate"under advanced search,and visually analyzed by bibliometric statistical methods,from the perspectives of the annual number of published papers,the number of papers published by authors,and highly cited papers.[Results]The trend of the number of published papers in the past 20 years was mainly divided into three stages:2001-2007,2008-2016,and 2017-2020.There were 192 first authors in the literature related to soil aggregates.The authors with the top 3 published papers were Wang Erli,Zhang Zhengxiong,Li Yangbing,and Yang Yonghui(tied for third).Three highly cited papers were published in journals related to"ecology",and the top 10 most cited papers focused on the"formation and stability"of soil aggregates and the relationship between aggregates and soil organic matter and biochar.[Conclusions]This study can provide reference for further research on soil aggregates.