Analysis of the Hotspots of Ecological Compensation Research in China in the Past 20 Years based on a Bibliometric Study

doi:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2022.01.009

Abstract

Abstract:

Ecological compensation is an important part of ecological civilization which has gained widespread attention in academia in recent years. This study uses the knowledge graph tool CiteSpace to identify and analyze the literature related to ecological compensation research published in academic journals in the CNKI database, in order to provide an objective and scientific reference for the research in this field. The results show that the domestic research on ecological compensation began to appear around 2000, and the first research boom was ushered in starting in 2009. Most studies have explored ecological compensation from the connotation of ecological compensation, compensation subjects and objects, compensation standards, compensation methods, compensation supervision and evaluation of compensation effects, etc., and the articles on ecological compensation standards are relatively more abundant. At the same time, ecological compensation research is often linked to the realization of ecosystem service value and ecological product value. In the future, researchers should focus on establishing and improving the ecological compensation standard accounting system, exploring the market-based ecological compensation mechanism, attaching importance to the ecological compensation fund distribution mechanism, and strengthening research related to ecological compensation effect assessment. Ecological compensation theory should be developed in the direction of deepening and providing new research perspectives for helping China to deal with the relationship between conservation and development.

Key words: ecological compensation, bibliometrics, research hotspots, China

LIU Moucheng, BAI Yunxiao, SU Boru. Analysis of the Hotspots of Ecological Compensation Research in China in the Past 20 Years based on a Bibliometric Study[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2022, 13(1): 80-92.

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Keywords	Frequency	Centrality	Category	Year
Ecological compensation	577	0.49	Compensation theory	2001
Ecological compensation standards	186	0.23		2001
Ecological compensation mechanism	66	0.11		2009
Sustainable development	27	0.46		2008
Ecosystem services value	167	0.19	Research method	2001
Willingness to accept	76	0.33		2001
Willingness to pay	35	0.15		2010
Influence factor	24	0.08		2008
Opportunity cost	22	0.05		2013
Ecological footprint	22	0.03		2009
Propensity score matching	21	0.00		2001
Famers	38	0.08	Research object	2001
Watershed ecological compensation	30	0.22		2009
PPP project	23	0.00		2001
Nature reserves	19	0.10		2009
Watershed	19	0.03		2009
Grain to green project	19	0.12		2013
China	66	0.09	Study area	2001

Keywords	Frequency	Centrality	Category	Year
Ecological compensation	577	0.49	Compensation theory	2001
Ecological compensation standards	186	0.23		2001
Ecological compensation mechanism	66	0.11		2009
Sustainable development	27	0.46		2008
Ecosystem services value	167	0.19	Research method	2001
Willingness to accept	76	0.33		2001
Willingness to pay	35	0.15		2010
Influence factor	24	0.08		2008
Opportunity cost	22	0.05		2013
Ecological footprint	22	0.03		2009
Propensity score matching	21	0.00		2001
Famers	38	0.08	Research object	2001
Watershed ecological compensation	30	0.22		2009
PPP project	23	0.00		2001
Nature reserves	19	0.10		2009
Watershed	19	0.03		2009
Grain to green project	19	0.12		2013
China	66	0.09	Study area	2001