A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of the Energy Poverty Literature: From 1942 to 2020

Abstract

Energy poverty is a serious social issue people worldwide are facing, having a negative impact on economic development, environmental governance, social stability, and people's lives.This paper aims to make a survey of energy poverty literature through bibliometric analysis.Searched by the subject as "energy poverty", "fuel poverty", "energy poor", "fuel poor", "energy shortage", "fuel shortage", 3,419 related documents are collected from the years 1942 to 2020 in journals indexed by Web of Science Core Collection.Firstly, fundamental characteristics of the published documents and journals display the annual trend and highly concerns based on recognised bibliometric indicators.With the support of a bibliometric review approach such as VOS viewer and CiteSpace software, the most productive countries/regions, the most influential institutions, and the most influential authors are identified.The cooperation profile of energy poverty researchers shows a predominance of international cooperation.Then, the theme is particularly analysed based on keywords from four aspects: keyword-burst detection, landscape view, timeline visualisation and major specialities.At last, we conclude the bibliometric overview with significant findings and future research in the field of energy poverty.

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