Global research on soil contamination from 1999 to 2012: A bibliometric analysis

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 377-391

  Guo, K ^a   Liu, Y F ^a   Zeng, C ^b   Chen, Y Y ^a   Wei, X J ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bibliometrics analysis; geographic distribution; hot issues; soil contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904068686     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2014.913679     Document Type: Article

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