Analysis of the world scientific production on Energy Poverty, Fuel Poverty and Energy Vulnerability

It is estimated that energy poverty affects between 50 and 125 million people in Europe. Rates of energy poverty vary among Member States, but are generally higher in Southern and Eastern Europe. The aim of this study is to investigate the scientific production related to energy poverty, fuel poverty and energy vulnerability through a bibliometric analysis, using Scopus database. The bibliometric analysis was performed for Year, Subject area, Source type, Document type, Affiliation, Country/Territory, Funding sponsors and an analysis of the keywords used. The study uses three keywords: “energy poverty”, “fuel poverty” and “energy vulnerability”, and records the works published from 1981 to 2021. There has been a significant increase in the number of publications in the last decade. Energy is the most productive subject area, followed by Environmental Science and Social Sciences. There is also a significant geographic centralization, with most of the works published in the United Kingdom and the United States. Economically developed countries produced more academic research than developing countries; the research institutions with the highest production comes from the UK, USA, Spain and Greece. For further analysis to reveal the new research trends, the first 160 keywords used are categorised according to their content.