Knowledge Mapping in Electricity Demand Forecasting: A Scientometric Insight

Forecasting electricity demand plays a fundamental role in the operation and planning procedures of power systems and the publications about electricity demand forecasting increasing year by year. In this paper, we use Scientometric analysis to analyze the current state and the emerging trends in th...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-03
Main Authors: Yang, Dongchuan, Ju-e Guo, Li, Jie, Wang, Shouyang, Sun, Shaolong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citation analysis
Cluster analysis
Documents
Economic forecasting
Electric power demand
Electric power systems
Electricity
Electricity consumption
Mapping
Network analysis
Scientometrics
Trend analysis
Trends
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Summary:Forecasting electricity demand plays a fundamental role in the operation and planning procedures of power systems and the publications about electricity demand forecasting increasing year by year. In this paper, we use Scientometric analysis to analyze the current state and the emerging trends in the field of electricity demand forecasting form 831 publications of web of science core collection during 20 years: 1999-2018. Employing statistical description, cooperative network analysis, keyword co-occurrence analysis, co-citation analysis, cluster analysis, and emerging trend analysis techniques, this article gives the most critical countries, institutions, journals, authors and publications in this field, cooperative networks relationships, research hotspots and emerging trends. The results of this article can provide meaningful guidance and some insights for researchers to find out crucial research, emerging trends and new developments in this area.
ISSN:2331-8422