Past, current and future of biomass energy research: A bibliometric analysis

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 1823-1833

  Mao, Guozhu ^a   Zou, Hongyang ^a   Chen, Guanyi ^a   Du, Huibin ^a   Zuo, Jian ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Biomass energy; Renewable energy; Social Network Analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

'CURRENT; BIBLIOMETRIC; BIBLIOMETRICS ANALYSIS; BIO-MASS ENERGY; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; COLLABORATION NETWORK; ENERGY RESEARCH; HOTSPOTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84940676077     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.141     Document Type: Review

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