World scientific production on renewable energy, sustainability and the environment

Romo-Fernández, Luz María; Guerrero‐Bote, Vicente P.; Anegón, Félix de Moya

doi:10.1016/j.esd.2012.06.005

Cited by 19 publications

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Section: Literature Review and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The current importance of energy has prompted questions related to the various fields of energy that have attracted the attention of reputed scientists and increased the number of scientific literature in recent years. 16 Energy sources are determined by economic development and the daily function of societies via several hierarchical processes of concentration and dispersion. 17 In those processes, energy is sometimes the base for other processes, whereas in others, it is the result of other frameworks.…”

Section: Energy Production and Consumption Around The Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A transversal perspective on global energy production and consumption: An approach based on convergence theory

Martinho

2018

Energy & Environment

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The transformation of economies and societies associated with technological advances made during the 20th century has not only significantly increased global energy consumption but also placed greater pressure upon production using non-renewable sources. Such circumstances have generated new challenges and urged governments as well as firms to identify and promote new sources of renewable energy. In response to those trends, the chief objective of the study reported here was to analyse the current global framework of the production and consumption of energy obtained from different origins in order to identify opportunities and constraints regarding energy production and consumption that exist among various countries. To that end, data from the World Bank regarding the production and consumption of global energy were analysed in light of the neoclassical and endogenous growth theories of absolute and conditional convergence, respectively, and in terms of panel data models. To reconcile the availability of data across the various countries, data for the period 1990–2013 were used. The data show signs of relevant dispersion among countries and evidence of sigma convergence in the majority of variables associated with global energy supply and demand. Conversely, other evidence indicates a significant absolute convergence of the global production and consumption of energy. Put differently, although significant differences in energy production and consumption among the world’s countries exist, so do signs of convergence, namely, that lower values in some countries are by way of approximation of those verified in countries with higher values. That situation is not necessarily detrimental in terms of renewable sources of energy; however, it is not the case in every context (in some cases the convergence is for the fossil fuel energy, for example). From a strategic perspective, the results recommend policies better customised at the various levels of decision making to promote renewable sources of energy.

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Section: Literature Review and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Energy Production and Consumption Around The Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

A transversal perspective on global energy production and consumption: An approach based on convergence theory

Martinho

2018

Energy & Environment

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“…Subject specialization index and normalized impact of countries with a production of at least 200 documents (period 2003-08). The horizontal and vertical axes represent the global averages, and they are used to define the four quadrants [12] This analysis, which is synthetized in Figure 10, effectively shows that the scientific community is working on the subject of sustainable development quite randomly. In other words, the world university rankings do not correspond to the rankings of scientific publications and citations in the field of sustainability.…”

Section: Sustainable Development and Research: The Role Of The Scientmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Independence and Research for Economic, Social and Environmental Sustainability

Tartarini¹

2020

IJES

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Climate change and global warming are destabilizing many human activities and affecting the economic development of our society. In this frame, sustainable development becomes a primary issue for our future, but the idea itself of sustainability must be founded on the intersection between economics, social needs and environmental requirements. Correct analyses on this subject should be based on key performance indicators, that have to be clearly defined and functionally connected. The present paper is aimed at stressing out the fundamental indicators of sustainability and sustainable development. Its final goal, however, is to demonstrate that sustainable development cannot be achieved without a coordinated effort focused on deep research approaches by the scientific community.

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“…A bibliometric analysis of government agencies seeks to identify participation and the relationships in articles published by entities of the government in congresses, conferences, and so on. The analysis of government agencies in bibliometric studies permits the identification of government participation in sustainability practices (Romo-Fernández et al, 2012). The articles showed that government agencies published more than universities when studies published in the primary congresses were considered (Boks et al, 2001).…”

Section: Data Collectionmentioning

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“…With regard to technology, knowledge, science, and evolution and policy, the results of government policies were limited when there were no organizers in the university, enterprise, and government relationships (Radosevic, 2008). For sustainability, renewable energy, and the environment, 22% articles were published by government agencies (Romo-Fernández et al, 2012).…”

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The State of Research on Cleaner Production in Brazil

2016

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The application of cleaner production (CP) practices in companies is not commonplace in Brazil. Moreover, there are significant difficulties in establishing partnerships among universities, companies, and the government. However, an increase in the number of companies concerned about the impacts of industrial activities on the environment has enabled the development of CP research. Hence, using a literature review and a bibliometric analysis to quantify the scientific production of CP, published in a congress promoted by the Journal of Cleaner Production in Brazil, and an analysis of social networks using UCINET-Draw, this study contributes to the current state of CP research in Brazil. Despite remarkable developments, shareholders and entrepreneurs still lack knowledge about the subsidies/funds to implement CP made available by the government, which would improve the implementation of CP practices. Moreover, university research programs may help companies to generate innovations in this field. This study is one of the first to review CP practices in Brazil, and proposes a framework to promote CP practices in Brazil. KEYWORDS | Cleaner production, bibliometric analysis, UCINET-Draw, sustainable production and consumption, participation of universities, enterprises, and governments in research. RESUMO A aplicação da produção mais limpa (PML) em empresas não é prática comum no RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV/EAESP

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World scientific production on renewable energy, sustainability and the environment

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

A transversal perspective on global energy production and consumption: An approach based on convergence theory

A transversal perspective on global energy production and consumption: An approach based on convergence theory

Energy Independence and Research for Economic, Social and Environmental Sustainability

The State of Research on Cleaner Production in Brazil

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