Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer
Protected areas (PAs) play a vital role in environmental conservation, particularly in Asian countries. Numerous studies were conducted on PAs in Nepal. We analyzed 864 papers from the Web of Science database using two visualization tools: VOSviewer and CiteSpace. This study identified the most infl...
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| description | Protected areas (PAs) play a vital role in environmental conservation, particularly in Asian countries. Numerous studies were conducted on PAs in Nepal. We analyzed 864 papers from the Web of Science database using two visualization tools: VOSviewer and CiteSpace. This study identified the most influential journals, institutions, countries, and regions. In addition, we investigated the changing trend of research hotspots on PAs in Nepal. Keyword mapping was conducted for each type of PA and their differences were compared. We found that the research hotspots are changing with the shifting of conservation policies in Nepal. We suggest conducting more predictive studies on the future development of PAs. Currently, PA research is mainly conducted in traditional disciplines, but with the impact of climate change and the consequent increase in its negative impacts, academic contributions from other disciplines are expected to increase much more. We found that there was a shift in research power in countries and regions. We also detected an imbalanced distribution in which “protected areas” and “national parks” have been studied the most. Only 12 publications were about the hunting reserve, despite its importance to snow leopard conservation and economic significance to the buffer zone communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0de9697117d7444c889d3b960d9b1ce32023-11-30T21:17:17ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-07-01117110910.3390/land11071109Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewerLiang Chang0Teiji Watanabe1Hanlin Xu2Jiho Han3Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, JapanFaculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, JapanCollege of Tourism, Rikkyo University, Niiza Campus, 1-2-26 Kitano, Niiza-shi 352-8558, JapanCollege of Tourism, Rikkyo University, Niiza Campus, 1-2-26 Kitano, Niiza-shi 352-8558, JapanProtected areas (PAs) play a vital role in environmental conservation, particularly in Asian countries. Numerous studies were conducted on PAs in Nepal. We analyzed 864 papers from the Web of Science database using two visualization tools: VOSviewer and CiteSpace. This study identified the most influential journals, institutions, countries, and regions. In addition, we investigated the changing trend of research hotspots on PAs in Nepal. Keyword mapping was conducted for each type of PA and their differences were compared. We found that the research hotspots are changing with the shifting of conservation policies in Nepal. We suggest conducting more predictive studies on the future development of PAs. Currently, PA research is mainly conducted in traditional disciplines, but with the impact of climate change and the consequent increase in its negative impacts, academic contributions from other disciplines are expected to increase much more. We found that there was a shift in research power in countries and regions. We also detected an imbalanced distribution in which “protected areas” and “national parks” have been studied the most. Only 12 publications were about the hunting reserve, despite its importance to snow leopard conservation and economic significance to the buffer zone communities.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/7/1109knowledge mappingbibliometricsVOSviewerCiteSpaceprotected areasNepal |
| spellingShingle | Liang Chang Teiji Watanabe Hanlin Xu Jiho Han Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer Land knowledge mapping bibliometrics VOSviewer CiteSpace protected areas Nepal |
| title | Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer |
| title_full | Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer |
| title_short | Knowledge Mapping on Nepal’s Protected Areas Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer |
| title_sort | knowledge mapping on nepal s protected areas using citespace and vosviewer |
| topic | knowledge mapping bibliometrics VOSviewer CiteSpace protected areas Nepal |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/7/1109 |
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