Benchmarking the scientific output of industrial wastewater research in Arab world by utilizing bibliometric techniques

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 10288-10300

  Zyoud, Shaher H ^a   Al Rawajfeh, Aiman E ^b,c   Shaheen, Hafez Q ^d   Fuchs Hanusch, Daniela ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c TAFILA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^d AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arab world; Benchmarking; Bibliometrics; h index; Industrial wastewater; Scopus

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; BENCHMARKING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DATABASE; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVESTMENT; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; RESEARCH WORK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE;

EGYPT; FRANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TUNISIA; UNITED STATES;

SCOPUS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE WATER;

BENCHMARKING; BIBLIOMETRICS; COOPERATION; EGYPT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FRANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; TUNISIA; WASTE WATER;

BENCHMARKING; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EGYPT; FRANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; TUNISIA; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84961275609     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6434-6     Document Type: Article

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