Romo-Fernandez, LM; Lopez-Pujalte, C; Bote, VPG; Moya-Anegon, F. 2011. Analysis of Europe's scientific production on renewable energies. RENEWABLE ENERGY 36 (9): 2529-2537

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Romo-Fernandez, LM; Lopez-Pujalte, C; Bote, VPG; Moya-Anegon, F. 2011. 
Analysis of Europe's scientific production on renewable energies. RENEWABLE 
ENERGY 36 (9): 2529-2537.

Author Full Name(s): Romo-Fernandez, Luz M.; Lopez-Pujalte, Cristina; Guerrero 
Bote, Vicente P.; Moya-Anegon, Felix
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: Renewable energy; Bibliometrics; Europe; Statistics & 
numerical data; Research support
KeyWords Plus: BIOMASS

Abstract: An overview is given of research in the major countries of Europe in 
the area of renewable energies. The analysis used the Scopus (Elsevier) 
database of scientific literature, calculating bibliometric indices (primary 
production, average citations per document, percentage variation, SJR, etc.) 
for the geographical domain of Europe during the period 2002-2007. The aim of 
the study is to supplement previous works on the subject which have mostly 
been limited to a particular type of energy without addressing the area as a 
whole, as well as to expand their methodological approaches in both the data 
retrieval strategy and the calculation of indices. The results show Europe to be 
well positioned globally in this scientific field - in production, in citations, and in 
impact. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Addresses: [Romo-Fernandez, Luz M.; Lopez-Pujalte, Cristina; Guerrero Bote, 
Vicente P.] Univ Extremadura, Dept Informat & Commun, SCImago Grp, E-06071 
Badajoz, Spain; [Moya-Anegon, Felix] SCImago Grp, IPP, CCHS, CSIC, Madrid, 
Spain
Reprint Address: Bote, VPG, Univ Extremadura, Dept Informat & Commun, 
SCImago Grp, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain.

E-mail Address: guerrero at unex.es
ISSN: 0960-1481
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.02.001
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148111000772