This report, Environmental Science and Engineering for the 21st Century: The Role of the National Science Foundation, presents the findings and recommendations developed by the Task Force on the Environment and approved unanimously by the National Science Board The report is based on an extensive review of relevant policy documents and reports, a
• Environmental studies provides a broad base of hard sciences as well as liberal arts or social science coursework • Environmental science incorporates hard sciences and environmental sciences • Choice depends upon career focus, for example, administration or policy-making versus technical areas or research
•Environmental science helps us understand our relationship with the environment and informs our attempts to solve and prevent problems •Identifying a problem is the first step in solving it •Solving environmental problems can move us towards health, longevity, peace and prosperity –Environmental science can help us find balanced
Article life The purpose of this study was to identify the top-cited articles published in environmental science journals listed in Journal Citation Reports ( JCR)
Keywords: Research Trends, Environmental Science, Bibliometric, Word Characteristics of articles published in environmental sciences from 1998 to 2009