TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovering future research trends of aerobic granular sludge using bibliometric approach
AU - Purba, Laila Dina Amalia
AU - Md Khudzari, Jauharah
AU - Iwamoto, Koji
AU - Mohamad, Shaza Eva
AU - Yuzir, Ali
AU - Abdullah, Norhayati
AU - Shimizu, Kazuya
AU - Hermana, Joni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/2/1
Y1 - 2022/2/1
N2 - The advantageous characteristics of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) have led to their increasing popularities among academics and industrial players. However, there has been no bibliometric report on current and future research trends of AGS. This study utilized the available reports of AGS in the Scopus database for comprehensive bibliometric analyses using VOSviewer software. A total of 1203 research articles from 1997 to 2020 were analyzed. The dominance of the Netherlands and China were revealed by the high number of publications and citations. Nevertheless, the Netherlands exhibited higher average citation per article at 76.4. A recent process of AGS involving biochar and algal addition were also identified. Meanwhile, the application of AGS for antibiotic containing wastewater as well as possibility of resource recovery were recently reported and was expected to expand in the future. It was suggested that application of AGS would develop further along with the development of sustainable wastewater treatment process.
AB - The advantageous characteristics of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) have led to their increasing popularities among academics and industrial players. However, there has been no bibliometric report on current and future research trends of AGS. This study utilized the available reports of AGS in the Scopus database for comprehensive bibliometric analyses using VOSviewer software. A total of 1203 research articles from 1997 to 2020 were analyzed. The dominance of the Netherlands and China were revealed by the high number of publications and citations. Nevertheless, the Netherlands exhibited higher average citation per article at 76.4. A recent process of AGS involving biochar and algal addition were also identified. Meanwhile, the application of AGS for antibiotic containing wastewater as well as possibility of resource recovery were recently reported and was expected to expand in the future. It was suggested that application of AGS would develop further along with the development of sustainable wastewater treatment process.
KW - Aerobic granular sludge (AGS)
KW - Bibliometric analysis
KW - Countries co-authorship
KW - Keywords co-occurrence
KW - Scopus database
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120437243&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114150
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114150
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34864588
AN - SCOPUS:85120437243
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 303
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
M1 - 114150
ER -