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Review
. 2022 Jun 20;13(6):975.
doi: 10.3390/mi13060975.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

Mahidur R Sarker  1   2 , Mohamad Hanif Md Saad  1 , Amna Riaz  3 , M S Hossain Lipu  4 , José Luis Olazagoitia  2 , Haslina Arshad  1
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

Mahidur R Sarker et al. Micromachines (Basel). .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: energy harvesting; low power; low-cost applications; low-cost sensors; piezoelectric.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Block diagram of the reviewing methodology for overall article selection process.
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The frequency of manuscripts per year.
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Before scanning the frequency of published manuscripts per year.
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Distribution of 100 top-cited manuscripts from the year 2010 to 2021.
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Top 5 research areas in piezoelectric energy harvester for low-power application.
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The country’s networks in the research of PMEH with low-cost applications.
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Articles for (a) journal analysis, (b) impact factor, and (c) publishers.
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Articles for (a) journal analysis, (b) impact factor, and (c) publishers.
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Articles for (a) journal analysis, (b) impact factor, and (c) publishers.
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Network mapping of authors with a high frequency of manuscripts.
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Visualization for the keywords.
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Common keywords analysis topics for 100 papers.
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