Characteristics and Trends of Research on New Energy Vehicle Reliability Based on the Web of Science

Xian Zhao, Siqi Wang and Xiaoyue Wang
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Xian Zhao: School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Siqi Wang: School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Xiaoyue Wang: School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-25

Abstract: In order to satisfy the increasing energy demand and deal with the environmental problem caused by the conventional energy vehicle; the new energy vehicle (NEV), especially the electric vehicle (EV), has attracted increasing attention and the corresponding research has developed rapidly in recent years. The electric vehicle requires a battery with high energy density and frequent charging. In order to ensure high performance of the electric vehicle; the reliability of its charging system is extremely important. In this paper; an overview of the research on electric vehicle charging system reliability from 1998 to 2017 is presented from a bibliometric perspective. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the current research climate and the emerging trends from the following four aspects: basic characteristics of publication outputs; including annual publication outputs and document types; collaboration analysis of countries/territories; institutions and authors; co-citation analysis of cited authors and cited references; co-occurrence analysis of subjects and keywords. By using CiteSpace; the collaboration relationship; co-citation and co-occurrence networks are shown clearly. According to the analysis results; studies in this research field will keep developing rapidly in the near future and several future research directions are proposed in the conclusions.

Keywords: electric vehicle; charging system; reliability; bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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