A bibliometric analysis of the impact of COVID‑19 social lockdowns on air quality: research trends and future directions

dc.contributor.authorEffah, K.O.
dc.contributor.authorAboagye, E.M.
dc.contributor.authorEffah, N.A.A.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-20T11:50:16Z
dc.date.available2023-06-20T11:50:16Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractSocial lockdowns improved air quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments had previously spent a lot of money addressing air pollution without success. This bibliometric study measured the infuence of COVID-19 social lockdowns on air pollution, identifed emerging issues, and discussed future perspectives. The researchers examined the contributions of countries, authors, and most productive journals to COVID-19 and air pollution research from January 1, 2020, to September 12, 2022, from the Web of Sciences Core Collection (WoS). The results showed that (a) publications on the COVID-19 pandemic and air pollution were 504 (research articles) with 7495 citations, (b) China ranked frst in the number of publications (n = 151; 29.96% of the global output) and was the main country in international cooperation network, followed by India (n = 101; 20.04% of the total articles) and the USA (n = 41; 8.13% of the global output). Air pollution plagues China, India, and the USA, calling for many studies. After a high spike in 2020, research published in 2021 declined in 2022. The author’s keywords have focused on “COVID-19,” “air pollution,” “lockdown,” and “PM25.” These keywords suggest that research in this area is focused on understanding the health impacts of air pollution, developing policies to address air pollution, and improving air quality monitoring. The COVID-19 social lockdown served as a specifed procedure to reduce air pollution in these countries. However, this paper provides practical recommendations for future research and a model for environmental and health scientists to examine the likely impact of COVID-19 social lockdowns on urban air pollution.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27699-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/39288
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectSocial lockdownsen_US
dc.subjectAir pollutionen_US
dc.subjectBibliometric analysisen_US
dc.subjectCitation analysisen_US
dc.titleA bibliometric analysis of the impact of COVID‑19 social lockdowns on air quality: research trends and future directionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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