A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of the Energy Poverty Literature

having a negative impact on economic development, environmental
governance, social stability, and people's lives. This paper aims to
make a survey of energy poverty literature through bibliometric
analysis. Searched by the subject as "energy poverty", "fuel poverty",
"energy poor", "fuel poor", "energy shortage", "fuel shortage", 3,419
related documents are collected from the years 1942 to 2020 in
journals indexed by Web of Science Core Collection. Firstly,
fundamental characteristics of the published documents and journals
display the annual trend and highly concerns based on recognised
bibliometric indicators. With the support of a bibliometric review
approach such as VOS viewer and CiteSpace software, the most
productive countries/regions, the most influential institutions, and the
most influential authors are identified. The cooperation profile of
energy poverty researchers shows a predominance of international
cooperation. Then, the theme is particularly analysed based on
keywords from four aspects: keyword-burst detection, landscape
view, timeline visualisation and major specialities. At last, we
conclude the bibliometric overview with significant findings and
future research in the field of energy poverty.