Assessment of wetland potential and bibliometric review: a critical analysis of the Ramsar sites of India

• DOI: 10.1186/s42269-022-00740-0
• Publication Date: 2022-03-07T09:02:58Z
• Authors: Malabika Biswas Roy; Swetasree Nag; Sudipa Halder; Pankaj Kumar Roy
• Keywords: Ramsar site

Abstract Background This study focussed on effective bibliometric analysis of research Ramsar sites in India within the last 30 years using VOS viewer software. The focused estimation current areal extent and meteorological impact wetland together with analysis. online data source Web Science has been used to extract all relevant documents Indian published a period 1989 2020. Main body main objective is analyze trend site both qualitatively quantitatively. peak growth lifted after twentieth century as most water bodies have designated or put into land from this period. A geographical location-based mapping was prepared based number publications during observe growing interest studies India. highest documented East Calcutta Wetland located West Bengal followed by Loktak Lake Manipur, Deepor Beel Assam others. frequently keywords were “Ramsar site”, “India”, “wetland”, “wetlands”, “remote sensing” etc. context. England, Australia, Canada also had various international collaborative works researchers. Conclusions output shows an upward quantitative qualitatively. Such kind can provide panoramic view towards worldwide help generate further approaches for betterment our environment.