Bibliometric analysis of tropical cyclone preparedness based on scopus

ABSTRACT This study analyzes 911 articles retrieved from Scopus to determine the research's status, themes, and intellectual structure on tropical cyclone preparedness. The results indicated that this research field had increased rapidly in the past two decades. “Community and risk”, “management and communication”, “flood and storm surge”, “adaptation to climate change”, and “public health and medicine” are the major research themes. Earlier studies focused on the impact mitigation, while the recent interests shifted to the social aspects of tropical cyclone preparedness. Mostafavi, A., Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, and the United States were the most productive author, journal, and country, respectively. [Rawls, and Turnquist. 2010. “Pre-positioning of Emergency Supplies for Disaster Response.” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 44 (4): 521–534.], Natural Hazards, and the United States were the most cited document, journal, and country, respectively. Seven groups of journals, i.e. “disaster and emergency”, “environmental hazards”, “climate hazards”, “disaster reduction”, “weather and climate”, “operations”, and “risk” were the major publication outlets. Ten clusters of international collaboration, i.e. “Asia-Pacific group”, “Oceania group”, “Mainland Southeast Asia group”, “African group”, “Caribbean group”, “East Asian group”, “Middle East group”, “North American group”, “Northern Europe group”, and “South Asian group” were identified. This study may serve readers as an exploratory guide to become familiar with the field of tropical cyclone preparedness.