Celiktas, MS (Celiktas, Melih Soner); Sevgili, T (Sevgili, Tarkan); Kocar, G (Kocar, Gunnur) A snapshot of renewable energy research in Turkey RENEWABLE ENERGY, 34 (6): 1479-1486 JUN 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: soner.celiktas at ege.edu.tr 

Author(s): Celiktas, MS (Celiktas, Melih Soner); Sevgili, T (Sevgili, 
Tarkan); Kocar, G (Kocar, Gunnur) 

Title: A snapshot of renewable energy research in Turkey 

Source: RENEWABLE ENERGY, 34 (6): 1479-1486 JUN 2009 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: Renewable energy; Energy; Scientometric; Science; 
Technology; R&D 

KeyWords Plus: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; LOTKA LAW; BIOMASS; 
PRODUCTIVITY; CONVERSION; STORAGE; FUELS; PLANT; POWER 

Abstract: The present study was conducted to find out the development 
trends of the scientific studies in the field of renewable energies in 
Turkey. All the publications in the ISI Web database were screened using 
36 different keywords in title or topics based on the affiliation 
addresses including the word "Turkey". A total of 12,197 publications were 
processed article by article and as a result 1555 papers were found to 
focus on renewable energies between the years 1980 and 2008 with the 
contributions of 1605 authors. The results showed that 45.2% was 
experimental, 34.3% informational studies whereas 20.5% was available 
system analysis. Number of publications in biomass and conversion system 
(39.1%) and solar energy systems (20.0%) were dominating. Both number of 
publications and citations increased in the last decade and more than half 
of total contributions were published last four years. Results indicated 
that policy development studies (3.3%) were the weakest among the whole 
parameters investigated. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 

Addresses: [Celiktas, Melih Soner; Sevgili, Tarkan] Ege Univ, Sci & 
Technol Res Ctr, EBILTEM, Izmir, Turkey; [Kocar, Gunnur] Ege Univ, Solar 
Energy Inst, Izmir, Turkey 

Reprint Address: Celiktas, MS, Ege Univ, Sci & Technol Res Ctr, EBILTEM, 
Izmir, Turkey. 

E-mail Address: soner.celiktas at ege.edu.tr 

Cited Reference Count: 41 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 

Publisher Address: THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 
1GB, ENGLAND 

ISSN: 0960-1481 

DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.10.021 

29-char Source Abbrev.: RENEWABLE ENERGY 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Renew. Energy 

Source Item Page Count: 8 

Subject Category: Energy & Fuels 

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