Tetracycline adsorption research (2015–2025): A bibliometric analysis of trends, challenges, and future directions
Tetracycline is a commonly used antibiotic that has emerged as a significant environmental contaminant due to its widespread use and persistence in aquatic ecosystems. Its presence in water bodies poses ecological risks and contributes to the growing concern over antibiotic resistance. Among the var...
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| description | Tetracycline is a commonly used antibiotic that has emerged as a significant environmental contaminant due to its widespread use and persistence in aquatic ecosystems. Its presence in water bodies poses ecological risks and contributes to the growing concern over antibiotic resistance. Among the various treatment technologies, adsorption has gained prominence as a cost-effective and efficient approach for removing tetracycline from contaminated water. This bibliometric review analyzes 567 articles published between 2015 and 2025 retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection to uncover the scientific trends, influential contributors, research hotspots, and emerging gaps in the field of tetracycline adsorption. Using VOSviewer and Bibliometrix, the study presents a comprehensive visual mapping of publication growth trends, leading countries, institutions, authors, and journals. China, the USA, and India dominate the research output, with significant institutional contributions from Hunan University and Anhui Agricultural University. “Desalination and Water Treatment” and “Bioresource Technology” are identified as prominent journals, with the latter having 2236 citations. Keyword co-occurrence and thematic evolution analyses highlight trending materials like magnetic biochar and metal-organic frameworks. Additionally, it highlighted underexplored areas, including computational modeling, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning integration, and continuous adsorption. The findings offer a holistic understanding of the current research landscape and provide strategic directions for advancing future studies in tetracycline adsorption for environmental sustainability. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbeaf3d5c5ac404f9c61231b5aa169bf2025-08-20T03:13:57ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302025-09-012710638310.1016/j.rineng.2025.106383Tetracycline adsorption research (2015–2025): A bibliometric analysis of trends, challenges, and future directionsRamesh Vinayagam0Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan1Raja Selvaraj2Department of Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104, IndiaDepartment of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, IndiaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104, India; Corresponding author.Tetracycline is a commonly used antibiotic that has emerged as a significant environmental contaminant due to its widespread use and persistence in aquatic ecosystems. Its presence in water bodies poses ecological risks and contributes to the growing concern over antibiotic resistance. Among the various treatment technologies, adsorption has gained prominence as a cost-effective and efficient approach for removing tetracycline from contaminated water. This bibliometric review analyzes 567 articles published between 2015 and 2025 retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection to uncover the scientific trends, influential contributors, research hotspots, and emerging gaps in the field of tetracycline adsorption. Using VOSviewer and Bibliometrix, the study presents a comprehensive visual mapping of publication growth trends, leading countries, institutions, authors, and journals. China, the USA, and India dominate the research output, with significant institutional contributions from Hunan University and Anhui Agricultural University. “Desalination and Water Treatment” and “Bioresource Technology” are identified as prominent journals, with the latter having 2236 citations. Keyword co-occurrence and thematic evolution analyses highlight trending materials like magnetic biochar and metal-organic frameworks. Additionally, it highlighted underexplored areas, including computational modeling, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning integration, and continuous adsorption. The findings offer a holistic understanding of the current research landscape and provide strategic directions for advancing future studies in tetracycline adsorption for environmental sustainability.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025024545TetracyclineAdsorptionBibliometric analysisVosviewerBibliometrix |
| spellingShingle | Ramesh Vinayagam Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan Raja Selvaraj Tetracycline adsorption research (2015–2025): A bibliometric analysis of trends, challenges, and future directions Results in Engineering Tetracycline Adsorption Bibliometric analysis Vosviewer Bibliometrix |
| title | Tetracycline adsorption research (2015–2025): A bibliometric analysis of trends, challenges, and future directions |
| title_full | Tetracycline adsorption research (2015–2025): A bibliometric analysis of trends, challenges, and future directions |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Tetracycline adsorption research (2015–2025): A bibliometric analysis of trends, challenges, and future directions |
| title_short | Tetracycline adsorption research (2015–2025): A bibliometric analysis of trends, challenges, and future directions |
| title_sort | tetracycline adsorption research 2015 2025 a bibliometric analysis of trends challenges and future directions |
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