Systems thinking on renewable energy: A bibliometric analysis

Energy is a systematic problem involving many fields and disciplines. Discourse about it requires systems thinking. This research aims to reveal trends and future work related to system thinking on renewable energy. The method used is a bibliometric analysis of the Scopus database using VOSviewer software. Through the selection process, 284 documents deemed relevant were selected from journal articles and conference proceedings. Through VOSviewer analysis, 4 clusters of related keyword groups are shown. Four very influential words in this research theme are systems theory with 224 occurrences, renewable energy resources with 142 occurrences, renewable energy with 112 occurrences, and system dynamics with 102 occurrences. Through network visualization, the relationship between concepts both within one cluster and between clusters is shown. The visualization overlays is used as a basis of mapping the future work related to system thinking on renewable energy which include renewable energy resources, system theory, system dynamics, alternative energy, sustainable development, decision making, and renewable energy technology. This study concludes that bibliometric analysis through VOSviewer is proven to be able to show trends and future work for systems thinking on renewable energy research.