State of play in technology and legal framework of alternative marine fuels and renewable energy systems: a bibliometric analysis

IF 3.7 3区工程技术 Q2 TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Policy & Management Pub Date : 2021-09-27 DOI:10.1080/03088839.2021.1969460

Paweł Kołakowski, M. Gil, K. Wróbel, Y. Ho

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Various endeavors are undertaken by the maritime industry, academia, and policy-makers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These include the search for feasible technologies that could be used onboard merchant vessels and are propelled by international legal and social initiatives. To this end, this study aimed to critically analyze the research trends pertaining to the active methods of reducing the negative environmental impact of shipping. The research is focused on alternative fuels and renewable energy systems with respect to the related policy-making and existing legal framework. Therefore, a bibliometric approach was applied to a sample of 234 scientific papers indexed in the SCI-EXPANDED in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Core Collection. The results indicate that the scientific efforts were made more on alternative fuels, while renewable energy sources only recently became a popular research subject. Moreover, the environmental benefits of prospective technologies are more investigated than their financial aspects. The research effort on alternative maritime fuels was made in parallel with the legal one, both aiming to combat global climate change and magnifying each other.

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替代海洋燃料和可再生能源系统的技术和法律框架现状:文献计量学分析

海运业、学术界和政策制定者为减少温室气体排放做出了各种努力。其中包括寻找可在商船上使用的可行技术，并由国际法律和社会倡议推动。为此，本研究旨在批判性地分析有关减少航运负面环境影响的积极方法的研究趋势。研究的重点是有关决策和现有法律框架方面的替代燃料和可再生能源系统。因此，本文采用文献计量学方法对Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Core Collection中SCI-EXPANDED索引的234篇科学论文样本进行了分析。结果表明，替代燃料的科学努力更多，而可再生能源只是最近才成为一个热门的研究课题。此外，对未来技术的环境效益的研究多于对其财务方面的研究。替代海洋燃料的研究工作与法律研究工作同时进行，两者都旨在应对全球气候变化，并相互放大。

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Maritime Policy & Management TRANSPORTATION-

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8.20

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8.60%

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期刊介绍： Thirty years ago maritime management decisions were taken on the basis of experience and hunch. Today, the experience is augmented by expert analysis and informed by research findings. Maritime Policy & Management provides the latest findings and analyses, and the opportunity for exchanging views through its Comment Section. A multi-disciplinary and international refereed journal, it brings together papers on the different topics that concern the maritime industry. Emphasis is placed on business, organizational, economic, sociolegal and management topics at port, community, shipping company and shipboard levels. The Journal also provides details of conferences and book reviews.