2023

Energies

Journal year: 2023 | Journal volume: vol. 16 | Journal number: iss. 21

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EN The article will contain a scientific analysis, showing thematic links between publications and consist of searching the data in the Scopus database. The timeframe of the searched publications will be 2010–2022. The parameters should also be narrowed down by selecting the following in-dexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), which was intended to eliminate abstracts of books and conference materials, leaving only reviewed works with the highest level of relevance for furthering knowledge. An additional limit of five minimum citations will be introduced. The analysis in-cluded 342 articles. Texts cited at least 100 times were highlighted. The research showed that au-thors focus piecemeal on selected aspects or problems, so an attempt was made to show thematic connections of keywords, illustrating the complexity of the transformations underway. The dis-cussion identifies the most active authors and countries, especially exploring the topic of a transi-tion to a sustainable energy system for smart cities. The authors have employed scientometric analysis to provide an objective and data-driven exploration of the transformation of sustainable energy systems for smart cities. This approach offers valuable insights into the research land-scape, trends, and relationships within the field, which can guide future scientific research and contribute to a deeper understanding of the subject matter. As an additional element of this conclu-sion, the authors proposed supplementing the scientometric analysis with the foresight methodol-ogy. The authors’ research approach is distinguished by the following stages: problem formula-tion, data collection, choice of scientometric methodology, analysis of advantages and limitations of scientometrics, clustering analysis, data analysis, and presentation of results. Our systematic literature review systematizes the existing literature on the sustainable energy systems for smart cities, isolates main research interests, identifies future research avenues, and provides several important hints for researchers.

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10.3390/en16217224

https://doi.org/10.3390/en16217224

Article number: 7224

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