A bibliometric analysis of research trends in air pollution and environmental impacts

<p align="justify">This study presents an extended bibliometric analysis to identify the research landscape, trends, and influential aspects in the field of air pollution and environmental impacts. This study aims to explore the existing gaps and emerging trends in the research landscape on air pollution and its environmental impacts by analyzing publication records, author analysis, country analysis, keywords analysis and thematic maps. The findings expose the increasing interest in air pollution and its environmental impacts worldwide, growing research output, key contributors, and influential knowledge hubs that are in the process of shaping this field of study. Bibliometric techniques, like keyword co-occurrence and thematic mapping, unravel the intellectual structure and evolving focal areas within this research domain. The main findings reveal a number of highly frequent keywords that describe the interdisciplinary nature of air pollution and environmental impact studies. Thematic mapping highlights the following major themes: “air”, “climate” and “pollution”, while emerging themes in research involve “emission”, “biomass” and “factors”, etc. The study gives useful insights for future studies and informed decision-making in the industry with a better understanding of the status quo in air pollution and its environmental impacts research. Future research efforts are recommended to be directed toward more interdisciplinary approaches, strengthened regional studies in developing countries, and the promotion of international collaborations in order to meet air pollution and its environmental consequence challenges effectively on a global scale.</p>