Trends in Scientific Publishing on Applied Geomorphology in the Web of Science Database: An Analytical Study

Morsy, Nadia Saad Morsy; السيد, محمد خميس; عبد الرسول, محمد عبد المعتمد

doi:10.21608/qarts.2025.373224.2197

Trends in Scientific Publishing on Applied Geomorphology in the Web of Science Database: An Analytical Study

Document Type : Original Article

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10.21608/qarts.2025.373224.2197

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the characteristics of intellectual production published in the Web of Science database in the field of Applied Geomorphology in various forms (books, articles, book chapters, reviews, etc.) since 1958 until the end of the first half of 2025 in various countries of the world. To achieve this goal, the study followed the bibliographic and bibliometric approach to monitor numerical, thematic, temporal, and spatial trends, as well as to identify the productivity of authors and the productivity of journals indexed in the database. The study also employed the descriptive and analytical approach in analyzing the results and describing them to obtain the final results. The study produced a set of results, the most important of which are: The total intellectual production published in the Web of Science database in the field of Applied Geomorphology reached (4,571) works, out of a total of (32,035) works in the field of Geomorphology, accounting for 12%. The category of articles and research occupied the first rank in terms of the qualitative trends of intellectual production published in the field of Applied Geomorphology in the Web of Science database, with 4,091 research papers, accounting for 89.50% of the total intellectual production published in the database. Geomorphology journal ranked first among journals publishing in the field of Applied Geomorphology, with (1,205) research papers, accounting for 26.36% of the total articles published in 200 scientific journals.

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