Abstract:

Based on ISI Web of Science database and bibliometric method,the latest outputs of research on international flame retardant ( FR) were analyzed. The quantity and tendency of relevant dissertations,high cited articles,high publicized countries or districts,important research institutes,core authors,subject distribution,journals impact factor and key words of FR from 2005 to 2015 were analyzed. The results showed that the relative study and research of FR in the world was stable. The total number of FR-related papers published by China and the United States was in a leading position in the world; their FR-related papers covered in SCI were more than half of the papers of the world. Meanwhile,the number of FR - related papers published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Science and Technology of China also ranked the top in the world; however,from the point of paper quality and the comprehensive influence,there was still a gap between our country and the other developed countries in the Europe and America.

Key words:  flame retardant, bibliometrics, intelligence research, research progress