Review on research trends in biomass resources and biofuel potential: a bibliometric analysis
Review on research trends in biomass resources and biofuel potential: a bibliometric analysis
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2023
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Antwi, Kwaku
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Nativa, Sinop,
Abstract
This review aims to analyze and synthesize the existing body of literature on biomass resources
and their potential for biofuel production. By employing bibliometric methods, this study seeks to identify the
key research trends, gaps, and emerging areas of interest in this field. A total of 194 documents deemed
appropriate for the study on biomass resources and biofuel potential over the past four decades, i.e., 1980 and
2022 were reviewed. The analysis was done with the VOSviewer software (version 1.6.13). The analysis focused
on the bibliographic coupling of countries, sources, co-authorship of authors, citation of documents, and co-
occurrence of keywords, which were presented as network visualization maps. The findings revealed that
research on biomass resources and biofuel potential is multidisciplinary in character and developing quickly,
encompassing nations from around the world. It is evident that Africa lags in this area of research. Therefore,
it is recommended that researchers on the continent focus more on this research domain to help address the
gap in this research area. This will help researchers and other stakeholders in the energy sector to become
familiar with the current and cutting-edge technologies that could promote effective and efficient biomass
resources and biofuel potential
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Antwi, K. (2023). Review on research trends in biomass resources and biofuel potential: a bibliometric analysis. Nativa, 11(2), 212-219.