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Theme evolution analysis of electrochemical energy storage research based on CitNetExplorer

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With the rise in new energy industries, electrochemical energy storage, which plays an important supporting role, has attracted extensive attention from researchers all over the world. To trace the electrochemical energy storage development history, determine the research theme and evolution path, and predict the future development directions, this paper will use CitNetExplorer to draw citation chronology charts and study the development trends in this field by analysing data downloaded from the Web of Science database. The results indicate that the research in this field originated from the study on energy storage materials and gradually divided into two major fields: energy storage materials and applications after 2000. The research on the energy storage materials refers to activated carbon materials, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and mesoporous carbon materials. Energy storage applications mainly focus on power systems, new energy vehicles, and wind farm dispatch. For research on electrochemical energy storage materials, the industrialization of graphene may become a new trending topic, and the application research will turn to the construction of energy Internet systems in the future. This paper will provide a full map for the development of electrochemical energy storage and forecast the future research directions in this field.

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Appendix: The related journals on electrochemical energy storage covered in WoS

Appendix: The related journals on electrochemical energy storage covered in WoS

In term of electrochemical energy storage, WoS covers the leading Journals in this field compared to other databases. The following is the Top 30 Journals content retrieved in WoS.

Source of publications

Percent of 2710 (%)

Source of publications

Percent of 2710 (%)

Journal of Power Sources

5.558

Chemical Communications

0.862

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

4.408

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

0.815

Electrochimica Acta

3.258

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

0.815

RSC Advances

3.115

Electric Power Systems Research

0.767

Energy Environmental Science

2.444

Carbon

0.767

Applied Energy

2.444

Chemistry of Materials

0.719

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

2.06

Chemsuschem

0.671

Nanoscale

1.485

Chemical Society Reviews

0.623

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

1.485

Small

0.575

Energy Conversion and Management

1.485

Materials Letters

0.527

Advanced Materials

1.437

Journal of Power Electronics

0.527

International Journal of Electrical Power Energy Systems

1.39

Electrochemistry Communications

0.527

Renewable Energy

1.246

Nature communications

0.479

ACS Nano

1.246

Nanotechnology

0.479

Energies

1.198

Journal of the American Chemical Society

0.479

ACS Applied Materials Interfaces

1.198

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

0.479

Renewable Sustainable Energy Reviews

1.054

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

0.479

Journal of Materials Chemistry

1.054

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

0.479

Nano Energy

0.958

International Journal of Energy Research

0.479

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

0.958

Przeglad Elektrotechniczny

0.431

Energy

0.958

Proceedings of the IEEE

0.431

Advanced Functional Materials

0.958

International Journal of Electrochemical Science

0.431

Scientific Reports

0.91

IET Renewable Power Generation

0.431

Nano Letters

0.91

Dalton Transactions

0.431

Advanced Energy Materials

0.91

Solar Energy

0.383

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Wu, F., Li, R., Huang, L. et al. Theme evolution analysis of electrochemical energy storage research based on CitNetExplorer. Scientometrics 110, 113–139 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2164-2

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