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: Received: 10 September 2023 / Approved: 12 September 2023 / Online: 12 September 2023 (10:54:09 CEST)
How to cite:
Chigarev, B. Social Aspects in Energy Research & Social Science Journal Publications for 2019-2023. Bibliometric Analysis. Preprints2023, 2023090744. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0744.v1
Chigarev, B. Social Aspects in Energy Research & Social Science Journal Publications for 2019-2023. Bibliometric Analysis. Preprints 2023, 2023090744. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0744.v1
Chigarev, B. Social Aspects in Energy Research & Social Science Journal Publications for 2019-2023. Bibliometric Analysis. Preprints2023, 2023090744. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0744.v1
APA Style
Chigarev, B. (2023). Social Aspects in Energy Research & Social Science Journal Publications for 2019-2023. Bibliometric Analysis. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0744.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Chigarev, B. 2023 "Social Aspects in Energy Research & Social Science Journal Publications for 2019-2023. Bibliometric Analysis" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0744.v1
Abstract
The article aims to explore social aspects in the area of energy research by using bibliometrics methods and tools. The study is based on the data of Energy Research & Social Science journal publications exported from ScienceDirect database during 2019-2023. Methodologically, the work included clustering of the bibliometric records under consideration. This allowed to identify the main topics of publications and those in which the research of social problems prevails. This stage of the work was carried out using carrot2, an engine for clustering search results. Next, the analysis of publication topics related to social issues research was carried out using VOSviewer — a software tool for visualizing scientific landscapes. The topics of the four clusters obtained at this stage were described by key terms with the maximum total link strength. For the principal ones, a definition was made on the basis of the texts of publications that most fully disclose the meaning of these terms. The 1537 publications in the journal during the period under review deal with many aspects of energy transition research, renewable energy, energy policy, energy justice and energy systems, but only 78 of them are dominated by social issues. The paper reveals the main social issues in the field of energy research: sociology of energy, socio-technical system, community energy, energy democracy, sociology of the future, energy sovereignty, socio-technical imaginary and shows the insufficient attention to this topic, especially to the investment of such research.
Keywords
subjects of publications; bibliometric analysis; text clustering; energy transition; social issues
Subject
Social Sciences, Library and Information Sciences
Copyright:
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