Analysis of Isotope Tracer Technology Based on Bibliometrics

In order to learn about the application status and development trend of isotope tracer technology, this paper, based on the Web of Science citation retrieval core collection as the source database intended to make a quantitative analysis of the research literatures related to isotope tracing technology from 2011 to 2020 with the bibliometric and bibliographic research method. The results showed that the number of papers on isotope tracing technology was increasing in the past 10 years, most of which were in the fields of environmental science and ecology and geology. The United States was in the first place in terms of the number of papers, citation frequency and h index, however there were few cooperative studies among countries/regions. The research and application of isotope tracer technology in the field of water resources published in the journals of 《Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta》 and 《Earth And Planetary Science Letters》, the journals with high academic standards and influence in this field, have received much attention recently, of which the research contents has been mainly related to the geological development history and human biological dynamics, such as lipoprotein and trace element dynamics. The researches focused on the elemental composition of groundwater, recharge mechanism, water source identification, water quality influence, and especially the Marine isotope tracing, while the research and application in biological metabolism, especially cell metabolism, should be further strengthened and deepened in the future.