Research Data Management in Environmental Studies: Scoping Review and Bibliometrics Analysis

This research attempts to analyse and reveal the scientific trends in research data management (RDM) related to environmental studies through the scoping review and bibliometric analysis. The investigation was conducted on five databases, including one journal, Scopus, EBSCO, Science Direct, Sage Journals, Emerald, and Nature. The search results on RDM topics in environmental studies discovered 248 papers that met the requirements. The Scoping Review framework and bibliometric analysis were used as a methodology, and VOSviewer and Bibliometrix were used as analytical tools. The results showed that publications on RDM in environmental studies were found in 1985 but experienced a significant increase starting in 2012, with peaks in 2020 and 2021. The most co-occurrences of keywords are RDM, data management, information management, research data, and metadata. The themes most studied in environmental studies on RDM are FAIR principles, open data, integration and infrastructure, data management tools and infrastructure, technology and innovation. The themes for further research in RDM in environmental studies are data life cycle, research data, data sharing and collaboration, data curation, research data management, and data management. In conclusion, this study provides an overview of RDM in environmental studies, highlighting its pattern, advances, gaps and research recommendations.