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Title:: Analysis of Chinese environmental economy research in the last decade

Author(s):: DONG Xiao-lin; XUE Wen-jie; SONG Cheng; ? 1. Institute of Environmental Economics and Management Research, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, Shaanxi, China;
2. School of Civil Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, Shaanxi, China)

Keywords:: environmental economy; academic journal; research content; frequency analysis; discipline development

Abstract:: To understand the main content, characteristics and development trend of the researches of Chinese environmental economy, this paper made a statistical analysis of the journal articles themed with “environmental economy” in CNKI in the last decade. Quantitative analysis, citation analysis and word frequency analysis were adopted to elaborate the main features of environmental economy researches in the last decade, including the studies in features such as quantitative variation, influence and the types of journals, the arrangement of the main content as well as the trend of development. The results show that the number of Chinese environmental economy researches is stable in the last decade, and the research contents pay more attention to quantitative analysis and technical support. The research results of the studies published in journals of science and engineering are relatively more influential, and the research results of the studies published in journals of social science are increasing significantly, designating the development of the environmental economy discipline continues expansion and depth.