Research trend on the effects of COVID-19 on renewable energy

The number of studies on COVID-19 has rapidly grown in recent years. The 
pandemic has caused widespread disruption, including in renewable energy 
research. This study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 
on renewable energy research by conducting a bibliometric analysis from the 
Scopus indexing database from 2020 to 2023. This study employs a 
bibliometric approach to analyze the authors, affiliation, publication source, 
keywords, thematic map, and trend topic. The analysis will focus on the 
comprehensive overview of the published research and identify areas where 
future research is needed. The results show that the number of research studies 
related to COVID-19’s effect on renewable energy will continue growing and 
a solid collaboration network exists. China has had a significant presence on 
the impact of COVID-19 on renewable energy studies, including organization 
and university affiliations, number of single and multiple country 
publications, funding sponsors, and most cited countries. The finding also 
shows niche themes, research trends, and thematic evolution shifting. This 
finding will contribute to a better understanding of the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on renewable energy research and a new direction for future 
research.