A Bibliographic Analysis: The Expansion and Evolution of Wind Energy Research from 1980 to 2021

This paper examined the wind energy literature from 1980 to 2021 using bibliometric technique on the Web of Science database Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). Of 2531 publications, 85.89 % are journal articles, and about 99.17 % are published in English. In addition that, the “Environmental Sciences & Ecology” is the most productive research area. The USA is the most productive country based on the total publications, H-index and total citation. Indeed, when to analyze the academic collaborative relationships among countries, the USA and UK are the center of international collaboration and mostly work with China, Spain and Denmark respectively. Furthermore, “Energy Policy” is the most productive journal and “Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews” journal has the highest impact factor. Institution performance analysis is to reveal that the Holland, America, England and China universities are more active in the wind energy researches. Moreover, Devine-Wright P. is the most academically influential author in the wind energy. The article with the highest total citations is titled “Beyond NIMBY’ism: towards an integrated framework for understanding public perceptions of wind energy.” According to keyword cooperation analysis, “power”, “wind energy” and “renewable energy” have the highest link strength among other keywords.