Recent advances on pesticide spray adjuvants by bibliometric approach

Recent advances on pesticide spray adjuvants from CNKI and Web of Science^TM data bases were reviewed and analyzed by bibliometric approach. The authors, countries, institutions, journals, the numbers and citation of published articles about spray adjuvants were evaluated. 369 articles published in Chinese journals were found from CNKI. Among them, 272 articles were published on 100 journals in CNKI, and 85 of the 272 articles were published on core journals. 304 articles published on 117 journals and 62 proceeding papers by 1 369 authors from 42 countries, including USA, Brazil, Germany etc. were found from Web of Science^TM. The research topics of this field have involve the selection of sprayer, and the function of spray adjuvants, including reducing droplet drift, improving the wetability, adhesion, uniformity of droplets on the targeted crop surface. Spray adjuvants have reduced the dosage of pesticides and improved the efficiency. The outlook of this research field in both China and abroad was also discussed.