Glycerol

Abstract

Crude oils have been primary sources of energy and fuels, such as petrodiesel. However, significant public concerns about the sustainability, price fluctuations, and adverse environmental impact of crude oils have emerged since the 1970s. Thus, biooils and biooil-based biodiesel fuels have emerged as alternatives to crude oils and crude oil-based petrodiesel fuels, respectively, in recent decades. Furthermore, glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel fuels, has been used to produce further biofuels and biochemicals, thus reducing the production cost of biodiesel fuels. However, for the efficient progression of the research in this field, it is necessary to develop efficient incentive structures for the primary stakeholders and to inform these stakeholders about the research. This chapter presents a study of the scientometric evaluation of the research in this field using two datasets. The first dataset includes the 100-most-cited papers (n = 100 sample papers) whilst the second dataset includes population papers (n = over 6,900 papers) published between 1980 and 2019. The data on the indices, document types, authors, institutions, funding bodies, source titles, ‘Web of Science’ subject categories, key words, research fronts, and citation impact are presented and discussed.