An Application of the Bibliometric Method to Analyze Research Development of Biodiesel

The current problem faced by Indonesia in the energy sector is decline oil reserves and production. It aggravated increase demand. Meanwhile, interest using biodiesel from renewable sources continues to increase. In last decade, number of publications on this topic has shown an This study aims observe research development conversion vegetable raw materials into fuel. study, researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis various obtain information regarding direction novelty studies addressing topic. total, collected analyzed 679 relevant works literature published between 2012 2022 Google Scholar database. keywords used search were “biodiesel”, “rapeseed”, “corn”, “cottonseed”, “sunflower”, “soybean”, “sesame”, “coconut”. Furthermore, employed Harzings Publish or Perish VOSviewer as tools collect analyze with aforementioned keywords. results showed that, related biodiesel, words highest frequency occurrence “Masjuki”, “Sunflower Oil”, “USA” author, topic, country, respectively. Based year publication, discussion observing properties biofuel oils relatively new issue. addition, papers discussing tends