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Review
. 2022 Mar 9;19(6):3218.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063218.

Evolutionary Overview of Land Consolidation Based on Bibliometric Analysis in Web of Science from 2000 to 2020

Xin Xu  1 , Qianru Chen  1 , Zhenhong Zhu  1
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Evolutionary Overview of Land Consolidation Based on Bibliometric Analysis in Web of Science from 2000 to 2020

Xin Xu et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Land consolidation is widely used as a powerful tool for land use management in many countries. In order to objectively reveal the current research status in the field of land consolidation, this paper uses the Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny software packages, and VOSviewer to analyze the literature in the field of land consolidation in the last 20 years of the Web of Science Core Collection Database. The results show that: (1) In the past two decades, the annual publication of papers on land consolidation rose. It can be divided into three stages: 2000-2007 for the embryonic period, 2008-2012 for the long-term, and 2013-2020 for the high-yield period. (2) Land consolidation studies covered 68 countries or regions. The top three countries were China, Poland, and the United States. China and the United States played an important role in international cooperation in the field of land consolidation, and Turkey mainly conducted independent research in the field of land consolidation. (3) Land consolidation, reclamation, China, remote sensing, and land fragmentation were the high-frequency keywords in the field of land consolidation in recent years. (4) The research focusing on the field of land consolidation involved its development course, its impact on ecosystem services, and the evaluation of its benefits. (5) The theme of land consolidation studies was shunted and evolved over time, and nine evolution paths could be summarized in the studies of cultivated land fragmentation, development course of land consolidation, and impacts of land consolidation on soil. Finally, this paper predicted the future research directions of land consolidation: exploring new methods for evaluating the benefits of land consolidation, the scale effects of the impact of land consolidation on ecosystem services, research on the mechanism and comprehensive effects of land consolidation on soil, research on land consolidation and rural revitalization, and land consolidation theory research.

Keywords: Bibliometrix; Biblioshiny; land consolidation; reclamation; thematic evolution.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Bibliometrix and the recommended science-mapping workflow.
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Figure 2
Number of land consolidation research documents published from 2000 to 2020.
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Figure 3
The number of annual cited papers.
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Figure 4
Historical direct citation network of top-cited papers in the field of land consolidation during 2000–2020.
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Figure 5
Authors’ production over time in the field of land consolidation.
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Figure 6
Scientific production distribution in the field of land consolidation.
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Figure 7
The history of land consolidation in China. Source: Land consolidation and rural revitalization in China: Mechanisms and paths [43].
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Figure 8
Country collaboration map in the field of land consolidation.
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Figure 9
Corresponding authors’ nationalities in the 20 most prolific countries in the field of land consolidation.
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Figure 10
Word treemap of high-frequency keywords in the field of land consolidation.
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Figure 11
Tree dendrogram of hierarchical cluster analysis of keywords in the field of land consolidation.
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Figure 12
Multiple correspondence analysis of high-frequency keywords in the field of land consolidation.
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Figure 13
Thematic evolution of the land consolidation research field (2000–2020).
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