Visual analysis on coal adsorption study

Coal spontaneous combustion is one of the main disasters that threaten mine safety production., and coal adsorption characteristics is the main cause of coal spontaneous combustion. Therefore, a lot of researchers have begun to pay close attention to the field of coal adsorption research to prevent coal spontaneous combustion. Based on bibliometrics, this paper analyzes the number of published papers, journal sources, high-yield authors, institutions and research hotspots on coal adsorption in the SCI database of Web of Science platform, and makes a visual analysis using Citespace software. The research shows that the number of papers published in the field has been on the rise in recent years, and China’s influence in this field has gradually strengthened. The most in-depth research institutions and journals in the field of coal adsorption are China University of Mining and Technology and FUEL, respectively. In terms of research content, the coal pore structure and multi-factor coupling affect on coal adsorption capacity will be a research hotspot in this field in the future