IronRefs database of bibliographic data on remediation of contaminated environmental materials using zerovalent metals such as iron (ZVI)

Database of bibliographic data for publications (journal articles, reports, patents, presentation abstracts, etc.) on the use of zerovalent metals (ZVMs)—especially zerovalent iron (ZVI)—for remediation or treatment of contaminated environmental materials (mainly groundwater, but also wastewater, soil, and sediment). The data were compiled and curated between 1996 and 2011 by members of the research group of Professor Paul G. Tratnyek at the Oregon Graduate Institute in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. At the beginning, the field was very small and most new work appeared first in gray-literature, so manual curation of the database made it a uniquely-valuable resource for the community. The original list of references was replaced with a searchable online database in 1998, which was named the “IronRefs” database and made available to all at http://cgr.ebs.ogi.edu/ironrefs/. The database was updated periodically until 2011, by which time the field had grown so large that it was no longer practical to keep up with all of the new publications. The early development and impact of the IronRefs database was documented when it reached 500 records (Tratnyek, 2002) and when it reached 1000 records (Schneider et al., 2008). The former was published as an article in Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation (DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2002.tb00757.x) and the latter was given as a poster at the 6th International Conference on Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, CA (PDF included here). In 2019, the server containing IronRefs was retired, so this unique resource became unavailable. In place of IronRefs, we provide here all of the data (2000+ records) in two tagged-field formats that are compatible with most bibliographic data management software: an EndNote compressed library (.enlx) and an RIS file (.ris). We also exported the data to a tab-delimited text file and provide that in .csv and .txt formats. Note that no new records were added to the IronRefs database after about mid-2011, so the value of the dataset provided here is largely historical. There are many newer publications that are relevant, and the literature on this topic continues to grow rapidly as of 2020.本数据集为收录零价金属（zerovalent metals, ZVMs）——尤其是零价铁（zerovalent iron, ZVI）——用于修复或处理受污染环境介质（主要为地下水，亦涵盖废水、土壤与沉积物）的各类文献（包括期刊论文、研究报告、专利、会议摘要等）的题录数据库。该数据集由美国俄勒冈州比弗顿市俄勒冈研究生院Paul G. Tratnyek教授研究团队成员于1996年至2011年间汇编整理。研究初期，该领域规模尚小，多数新成果最初均以灰色文献（gray literature）形式发布，因此人工整理的该数据库成为学界极具独特价值的资源。1998年，原始参考文献列表被升级为可检索的在线数据库，命名为IronRefs数据库（IronRefs Database），并通过http://cgr.ebs.ogi.edu/ironrefs/向公众开放。该数据库持续定期更新至2011年，彼时该领域规模已大幅扩张，难以跟进所有新增文献的收录工作。IronRefs数据库的早期发展与影响力在其收录量达500条时（Tratnyek, 2002）及达1000条时（Schneider等, 2008）均有文献记录：前者以论文形式发表于《地下水监测与修复（Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation）》（DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2002.tb00757.x），后者则作为海报展示于美国加利福尼亚州蒙特雷举办的第六届氯化物与难降解化合物国际会议（本文附带其PDF文件）。2019年，托管IronRefs数据库的服务器退役，该珍贵资源自此无法访问。为替代IronRefs数据库，本次我们提供全部2000余条记录的数据集，采用两种适配多数题录数据管理软件的标记字段格式：EndNote压缩库格式（.enlx）与RIS格式（.ris）。此外，我们还将数据集导出为制表符分隔的文本文件，提供CSV格式（.csv）与TXT格式（.txt）。请注意，IronRefs数据库自2011年年中起未再收录新的记录，因此本次提供的数据集仅具备历史文献价值。截至2020年，该领域已有大量相关的最新研究成果，相关文献仍在快速增长。