Trend analysis and mapping the structure of Iranian scientific publications in the field of renewable energy at the Web of Science

Hamdipour, Afshin; Zavaraqi, Rasoul; Ghanbari, Maghsood

doi:10.22034/jrenew.2025.212806

Trend analysis and mapping the structure of Iranian scientific publications in the field of renewable energy at the Web of Science

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

afshin hamdipour ¹

Rasoul Zavaraqi ²

maghsood ghanbari ³

¹ Associate Professor, Department of knowledge and information science, University of Tabriz. Tabriz, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of knowledge and information science, University of Tabriz.Tabriz, Iran

³ Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Education and psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/jrenew.2025.212806

Abstract

Considering the climate changes, reduction in fossil fuel resources, low energy efficiency, and population growth rate, the transition towards renewable energies is one of the most important goals and challenges facing the world. The aim of the present study is to analyze the trend of scientific publications by Iranians in the field of renewable energies on the Web of Science using scientometric indicators. In this research, the trend of publications, leading authors, active scientific centers, key research topics of Iranians, and collaboration networks of Iranian authors with the authors of other countries in the field of renewable energies were identified and analyzed. The findings showed that during the years 1976-2022, a total of 13,998 documents by 2,617 Iranian authors, receiving 288,603 global citations in the field of renewable energies, were registered on the Web of Science. Iranian authors account for 2.57% of all publications in the field of renewable energies, ranking 13th globally. It was also revealed that there is a significant correlation between the cumulative frequency of annual scientific productions in the field of renewable energies and the years from 1976 to 2022. Based on this, it can be predicted that if the publications of scientific productions on renewable energies continues at the same rate, the cumulative frequency of scientific productions in this field in 2030 will be nearly five times that in 2022.

Keywords

Renewable Energy

Clean Energy

Solar Energy

Geothermal Energy

Biomass Energy

Scientometrics

Subjects

Renewable Energy

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