Research Output Analysis on Solar Power Generation: A Scientometric Study

Vol-3 | Issue-10 | October 2018 | Published Online: 10 October 2018    PDF ( 273 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1455497
Author(s)
S. Elumalai 1; Dr. S. Jeyachitra 2; Dr. J. Santhi 3

1Research Scholar, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (India)

2Librarian, Urumu Dhanalakshmi College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (India)

3Librarian, Arumugam Pillai Seethaiammal College, Tirupathur, Tamil Nadu (India)

Abstract

The aim of this article is a scientometric analysis of solar power generation covers 20,119 records from scopus database during the study period 2008 - 2017. These articles find out year wise growth of literature, author productivity, bibliographic distribution, country wise contribution. Further authorship pattern, the degree of collaboration are analyzed. Country-wise distribution reveals that 4,153 (16.41%) records are published the United States with highest in the year 2015 at 732 records, followed by China 3,737 (14.78%), Indian rank in 3rd with 1,904 (7.52%) records and highest in the year 2017 at 614 records. The average degree of the collaborations is 0.94.

Keywords
Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation (SPG), Authorship pattern, Scientometric Analysis
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