Professors Jose Luis Olazagoitia from the Research Group on Vehicle Engineering of the Antonio de Nebrija University (GREEN), Mahidur R.Sarker, Haslina Arshad and Mohamad Hanif Md Saab from the University Kebangsaan in Malasyia, Amina Riaz from the Bahauddin Zakariya University in Pakistan and M.S. Hossain Liu from the Green University of Bangladesh have published the article 'A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions' in the Journal of Micromachines published by MDP1.
The scientific interest in piezoelectric micro-energy harvesting (PMEH) has been fast-growing, demonstrating that the field has made a major improvement in the long-term evolution of alternative energy sources. Although various research works have been performed and published over the years, only a few attempts have been made to examine the research’s influence in this field. Therefore, this paper presents a bibliometric study into low-cost PMEH from ambient energy sources within the years 2010–2021, outlining current research trends, analytical assessment, novel insights, impacts, challenges and recommendations. The major goal of this paper is to provide a bibliometric evaluation that is based on the top-cited 100 articles employing the Scopus databases, information and refined keyword searches.
This study analyses various key aspects, including PMEH emerging applications, authors’ contributions, collaboration, research classification, keywords analysis, country’s networks and state-of-the-art research areas. Moreover, several issues and concerns regarding PMEH are identified to determine the existing constraints and research gaps, such as technical, modeling, economics, power quality and environment. The paper also provides guidelines and suggestions for the development and enhancement of future PMEH towards improving energy efficiency, topologies, design, operational performance and capabilities. The in-depth information, critical discussion and analysis of this bibliometric study are expected to contribute to the advancement of the sustainable pathway for PMEH research.
The work has been supported and funded by the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair and the state research agency, RECUPERAME project.
