Abstract:

The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance and quantitatively assess the current trends on research of water resources management in China .The data come from 2263 papers on online public opinion indexed by CNKI from 1991 to 2013. Knowledge mapping method and Citespace software were used to analyze the distribution of research area, authors' information, main institutions, periodicals, funds and research hotspot and trend. The result of institutions analysis shows that the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Hohai University, Wuhan University, etc., were stronger institutions in study field of water resources management. Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Resource Science, Environment Science and Resource Utilization, etc., were main subjects of water resources management. Resources science, Advance in water science and Resources and environment in the Yangtze basin, etc., were core journals in this area. The National Natural Science Fund, the National Key Basic Research Development Plan (973) and the National ScienceTechnology Support Plan Project funded most studies. The hot research spots were system and policy research of the water resources management in Macro level, the integrated management of river basins, the economic attributes of water resources and so on. The most stringent water management system and the water ecological civilization construction will be the theme in the future for a long period