Profile of developments in biomass-based bioenergy research: A 20-year perspective

Scientometrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 507-521

  Liu, Weishu ^a,b   Gu, Mengdi ^a   Hu, Guangyuan ^c   Li, Chao ^b   Liao, Huchang ^a   Tang, Li ^c   Shapira, Philip ^b,d  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; Biomass based bioenergy; Information visualization; Research profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897998215     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1152-z     Document Type: Article

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