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Bioenergy from bio-waste: a bibliometric analysis of the trend in scientific research from 1998–2018

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This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of scientific research in bioenergy from bio-waste for publications from 1998–2018, which was retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database. The document type considered in the study was basically original and conference proceeding articles which resulted in a total number of 1153 publications. The essence of the study was to analyse the state of research evolution in bioenergy from bio-waste and its trends as well as to contribute to knowledge in the field. The study concentrated on the year of publication, most participating countries, institutions, journals, authors and keywords in research relating to the production of bioenergy from bio-waste and the result will provide information to facilitate decision-making towards scientific policy. From our study, 84 countries are actively participating in bioenergy from bio-waste-related research with China the most productive country followed by Germany and the USA based on the number of publications and citations. The most productive institutions in the research field are the Chinese Academy of Science followed by the Technical University of Denmark. On the collaboration network using the VOSviewer, between countries and the research field, nine clusters were observed. All this is centred on two countries belonging to a different cluster: China and Germany. Finally, this is the first bibliometric analysis study on bioenergy from bio-waste in the literature. The result highlights the need for further investigations in the research field and also emphasizes the need for more collaboration and more countries and more institutional participation.

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    KeChrist Obileke & Nwabunwanne Nwokolo

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    KeChrist Obileke, Golden Makaka, Nwabunwanne Nwokolo & Patrick Mukumba

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK

    Helen Onyeaka & Osaze Omoregbe

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Obileke, K., Onyeaka, H., Omoregbe, O. et al. Bioenergy from bio-waste: a bibliometric analysis of the trend in scientific research from 1998–2018. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 12, 1077–1092 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00832-9

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