Abstract
Concern about everything related to energy is increasingly latent in the world and therefore the use of energy saving concepts has been increasing over the past several years. The interest in the subject has allowed a conceptual evolution in the scientific community regarding the understanding of the adequate use of energy. The objective of this work is to determine the contribution made by international institutions to the specialized publications in the area of energy-saving from 1939 to 2018, using Scopus Database API Interface. The methodology followed in this research was to perform a bibliometric analysis of the whole scientific production indexed in Scopus. The world’s scientific production has been analysed in the following domains: First the trend over time, types of publications and countries, second, the main subjects and keywords, third, main institutions and their main topics, and fourth, the main journals and proceedings that publish on this topic. Then, these data are presented using community detection algorithms and graph visualization software. With these techniques, it is possible to determine the main areas of research activity as well as to identify the structures of the collaboration network in the field of renewable energy. The results of the work show that the literature in this field have substantially increased during the last 10 years.
Highlights
The energy problem has become a global issue in a world where science and technology are undergoing a great evolution in a short period of time [1]
The works published in the topic of energy saving, are mainly in the form of scientific articles (50.7%), but there is an important number in the form of conference papers (43.1%), which indicates that today it is a novel field of research, in which this topic is addressed in many scientific meetings
This study presents a wide range of data on the international contribution to scientific knowledge in the field of energy savings during the period from 1939 to 2018
Summary
The energy problem has become a global issue in a world where science and technology are undergoing a great evolution in a short period of time [1]. The development of renewable energy and the use of energy saving concept has been increasing in last years, becoming a research focus around the world [2]. Energy efficiency is the fact of minimizing the amount of energy needed to satisfy the demand without affecting its quality [3]; it supposes the substitution one machine to another that, with the same benefits, consumes less electricity. This does not mean changes in consumption habits
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