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. 2023 Apr 3;16(7):2857.
doi: 10.3390/ma16072857.

The Studies on Chitosan for Sustainable Development: A Bibliometric Analysis

Weng Siew Lam  1 , Weng Hoe Lam  1 , Pei Fun Lee  1
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The Studies on Chitosan for Sustainable Development: A Bibliometric Analysis

Weng Siew Lam et al. Materials (Basel). .

Abstract

Chitosan is a biocompatible polymer with vast applications in pharmacology, medicine, paper making, agriculture, and the food industry due to its low toxicity. Chitosan also plays an important role in the sustainable environment since chitosan is able to absorb greenhouse gases, harmful organic matter, and heavy ions. Therefore, this paper conducts a bibliometric analysis of chitosan for sustainable development using the Scopus database from 1976 to 2023. A performance analysis on the 8002 documents was performed with Harzing's Publish or Perish. Science mapping was conducted using VOSviewer. The annual publication on chitosan for sustainable development showed an upward trend in recent years as the annual publication peaked in 2022 with 1178 documents with most of the documents being articles and published in journals. Material science, chemistry, and engineering are tightly related subject areas. China had the highest publication of 1560 total documents while the United States had the most impactful publication with 55,019 total citations, 68.77 citations per document, 77.6 citations per cited document, h-index 110, and g-index of 211. India had the largest international collaboration with 572 total link strength. "International Journal of Biological Macromolecules", "Carbohydrate Polymers", and "Polymers" have been identified as the top three source titles that publish the most documents on chitosan for sustainable development. The emerging trends in chitosan on sustainable development focus on the application of chitosan as an antibacterial agent and biosorbent for contaminants, especially in water treatment.

Keywords: VOSviewer; bibliometric analysis; biopolymer; chitosan; sustainability.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Process of bibliometric analysis of chitosan for sustainable development.
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Total document and total citation.
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Country coauthorship.
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Keyword co-occurrence map.
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