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A bibliometric analysis of biodiesel research during 1991–2015

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A bibliometric analysis based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) from the Web of Science was carried out to provide insights into research activities and tendencies of the global biodiesel from 1991 to 2015. The document type and language, characteristics of publication outputs, Web of Science categories, journals, countries, institutions, author keyword and most cited articles were emphasized. The results indicated that annual output of the related scientific articles increased steadily. The top six categories focus on different aspects of biodiesel research. Bioresource Technology and Fuel were the two most frequent journals in the field of biodiesel research. The USA took a leading position and had the highest h-index (108) out of 122 countries/territories, followed by China and Brazil. Finally, author keywords and most cited articles were analyzed, indicating that microalgae, Jatropha curcas, vegetable oil and waste cooking oil are the most general raw materials for biodiesel production.

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Acknowledgements

This study is supported by the Projects in the National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the 12th 5-year Plan period (2014BAC24B01-02) and Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51278050). The authors wish to thank Professor Yuh-Shan Ho for technical support.

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  1. Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Min Zhang, Zhen Gao, Qunhui Wang & Ming Gao

  2. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Tianlong Zheng

  3. Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore, 637141, Singapore

    Yingqun Ma

  4. Beijing Key Laboratory on Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, Beijing, China

    Qunhui Wang

  5. Department of Agro-biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China

    Xiaohong Sun

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Zhang, M., Gao, Z., Zheng, T. et al. A bibliometric analysis of biodiesel research during 1991–2015. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 20, 10–18 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-016-0575-z

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