Electric Vehicles: Bibliometric Analysis of the Current State of the Art and Perspectives

Willams Barbosa, Thomaz Prado, Cleovano Batista, Julio César Câmara, Rodrigo Cerqueira, Rodrigo Coelho and Lilian Guarieiro
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Willams Barbosa: Postgraduate Program MPDS/GETEC/MCTI, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, BA, Brazil
Thomaz Prado: Postgraduate Program MPDS/GETEC/MCTI, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, BA, Brazil
Cleovano Batista: Postgraduate Program MPDS/GETEC/MCTI, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, BA, Brazil
Julio César Câmara: Postgraduate Program MPDS/GETEC/MCTI, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, BA, Brazil
Rodrigo Cerqueira: Postgraduate Program MPDS/GETEC/MCTI, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, BA, Brazil
Rodrigo Coelho: Postgraduate Program MPDS/GETEC/MCTI, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, BA, Brazil
Lilian Guarieiro: Postgraduate Program MPDS/GETEC/MCTI, University Center SENAI CIMATEC, Salvador 41650-010, BA, Brazil

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: In order to gain a comprehensive view of electric vehicles (EVs) technologies and understand the emphasis of current research, this study evaluated the most relevant themes related to EVs through a bibliometric analysis using the keyword “electric vehicle” as the input. The Web of Science TM (WoS) database was used because it is considered ideal for bibliometric analysis. The VOSviewer software was adopted as a bibliometric analysis tool to visualize the networks of authors, countries, journals and keywords. The analysis carried out on 9 November 2021 retrieved a total of 29,304 documents in the period 2000 to 2021. The results show that in the last nine years the number of publications about EVs has grown significantly. The China is the leading nation in the field of EV research, contributing the largest number of publications in the world, with the main authors and research institutions involved. The journal Energies stands out as the main publishing periodical. Keyword analysis showed that studies on EVs in the last two decades have focused on themes related to energy management and storage, infrastructure and charging systems and environmental issues. The bibliometric analysis presented provides relevant information on the main themes studied about EVs and technological advances in development.

Keywords: electric vehicle; bibliometric analysis; VOSviewer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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