Table 3.
The characteristics (frequency, burst, and record count) of the authors contribute to industrial effluent and sludge toxicity based on the achieved documents during the adopted duration from 1950 to 2020 obtained from CiteSpace. Accordingly, the number of documents published by each of the authors in this field and during this period has been gathered from WoS analysis. They are represented as “record counts”.
| Rating | Author | Frequency | Burst | Record Count (No.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CC Walden | 16 | 9.25 | 16 |
| 2 | JC Mueller | 13 | 7.5 | 13 |
| 3 | ER Nestmann | 9 | 5.17 | 9 |
| 4 | GR Douglas | 8 | 4.59 | 8 |
| 5 | Delia Teresa Sponza | 8 | 4.46 | 13 |
| 6 | AG Livingston | 7 | 3.93 | 7 |
| 7 | JP Kutney | 7 | 4.37 | 7 |
| 8 | A Oilkari | 6 | 0.55 | 7 |
| 9 | Sami Sayadi | 6 | 3.87 | 9 |
| 10 | JA Servizi | 6 | 3.05 | 6 |