A trend in pipeline rehabilitation research: a bibliometric analysis.

Abstract

Pipeline rehabilitation has become a crucial point of interest in the industry to ensure sustained and stable operation throughout its lifespan. This study does a bibliometric analysis of pipeline rehabilitation using the Scopus database. The study collected 2397 documents for further analysis using multiple methods based on the meta-data used in the documents linked to the scope research. The VOSviewer software-generated maps based on scientific publishing network data depict links between researchers' nations and keywors used. The co-occurrence of various phrases associated with pipeline rehabilitation was investigated using author keyords. The results indicate a significant and close relationship between the top authors, implying a substantial and strong research connection. The United States and China were the leading countries. The top 20 cited documents and keywords correlation was carried out to investigate the current research interest. These critical reviews of prior work serve as a significant and necessary resource for scholars and practitioners in the pipeline rehabilitation research field.