Т. В. Бусыгина The paper presents the scientometric analysis of the information array on paleopedology from the international databases of scientific citation Web of Science (Clarivate) and Scopus (Elsevier). The analysis results show the trends in the development of this research area over a fifty-year period and its positive dynamics; identify the countries the most actively studying paleosols, authors working successfully in this field and their affiliations, organizations financing scientific research on the topic, as well as frequently cited articles; name the language and specific composition of documents, periodicals with the greatest publication activity; demonstrates the thematic structure of documents in the information array according with the branches of knowledge (Scopus), research areas and subject categories (Web of Science). In addition, the information array on paleopedology was processed using the CiteSpace software, which is freely available to users and allows creating and analyzing co-citation networks based on information arrays selected from databases of scientific citation; it visualize the research field by building networks of document co-citation and term use, identifying research areas. The method of analyzing the document citation provides the network clusterization. By location of clusters labeled with terms from citing articles and symbolizing scientific trends, one can see how research on paleopedology has developed in the world. The results of the scientometric analysis can be useful for specialists in the field of paleopedology to optimize and coordinate research with leading experts and research centers dealing with this problem, as well as representatives of grant-giving organizations.
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