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MAPPING THE EVOLUTION TRENDS OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS: A TWENTY-YEAR ANALYSIS

Kok-Hau Phoong, Nor Hazlina Binti Hashim, Ahmad Farid Bin Osman

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Abstract

One of the key discussions in the recent decade is sustainability. The biobased product industries have become a priority area with high potential for future growth, reindustrialization, and addressing societal challenges. Biobased products can create a more sustainable economy and lower the dependency on fossil products. This study aims to identify research trends, the most productive journals, and countries using a Bibliographic Network Analysis.  A total of 3782 articles published in the Web of Science database from 1993 to 2022 were retrieved. After document and language filtration, there are 2580 articles obtained. The publication related to biobased products is gradually increasing from 1993 to 2021, but the number of publications slightly dropped in 2022. The highest articles published is in 2021 with 420 articles published. The top 3 countries, which published highest number of articles related to biobased products are People’s Republic of China, United States of America, and Netherlands. People’s Republic of China is the highest articles published, meanwhile United States of America have the highest citation regarding biobased product. Furthermore, the top 10 most productive journals, highly cited articles, and author’s keywords are investigated in this paper.

 

Index Terms- Bibliographic Network Analysis, Biobased, Biobased product, Fossil, Sustainability