A bibliometric assessment of energy research in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorPouris, Anastassios
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-27T10:19:30Z
dc.date.available2017-02-27T10:19:30Z
dc.date.issued2016-11
dc.description.abstractThe results of an effort to identify the performance of energy and fuels research in South Africa during the most recent period (2003–2013) are reported. Bibliometric approaches have been employed in order to assess the field of energy research. Energy research was identified to be improving over time, albeit from a small basis. The field appears to equally emphasise fossil and renewable energy research. Similarly, universities were identified to be producing a subcritical number of energy articles in comparison with international organisations. The relatively small activity in the energy field appears to affect the international collaboration of the field, which is well below the national average. International comparisons in terms of articles per GWH of electricity produced and articles per million population show that South Africa should increase substantially its effort in the field in order to be comparable with other countries. SIGNIFICANCE : • This article makes a unique contribution in scientometrics to the field of energy research in South Africa which, given its multidisciplinary nature, is a generally neglected field of study in South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentInstitute for Technological Innovation (ITI)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipSouth African Department of Science and Technologyen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajs.co.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPouris A. A bibliometric assessment of energy research in South Africa. S Afr J Sci. 2016; 112(11/12), Art. #2016-0054, 8 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.17159/sajs.2016/20160054.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/sajs.2016/20160054
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59179
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.en_ZA
dc.subjectScientometricsen_ZA
dc.subjectState of fielden_ZA
dc.subjectFuels researchen_ZA
dc.subjectIndicatorsen_ZA
dc.subjectEnergy researchen_ZA
dc.titleA bibliometric assessment of energy research in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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