A brief bibliometric analysis of Web of Science publications on “Carbon” topic for 2019–2020

Abstract

A brief bibliometric analysis of 5,000 most cited scientific publications presented in the Web of Science database on the “Carbon” topic for 2019–2020 is done. It is shown that the world’s leading scientific centers of China, the United States, India, South Korea, Japan and Germany, as well as the Russian Academy of Sciences are involved in research on this topic. The following areas of scientific research were dominant: materials science, physical chemistry, nanotechnology, engineering chemistry, applied physics, energy, electrochemistry, ecology, condensed matter physics. The clustering method based on the co-occurrence of the Author Keywords and the Keywords Plus of the Web of Science system revealed six areas of research: 1. catalysis, hydrogen production, carbon materials doped with nitrogen; 2. graphite/graphene-based energy storage systems; 3. sensors and emissions based on carbon quantum dots; 4. nanocomposites and their physical properties; 5. energy consumption and climate change; 6. adsorption and organic pollutants. The author assumes the high potential of research on the co-production of hydrogen and graphite, which may combine the interests of hydrogen energy development and production of new materials.