Bioeconomy and bioenergy
The topic studies the use of biological resources to produce energy, materials and products: agricultural and forest biomass, biogas and biomethane, biofuels and bio-based plastics. It asks how profitable and sustainable these chains are, how much biomass is available and how far citizens accept and value renewable energy. It uses life cycle assessment, geographic information systems and choice experiments. Recent research looks at estimating agricultural residues available for energy, the valorisation of by-products, microalgae cultivation in biogas plants and transition pathways towards the bioeconomy.
Description written by AI from the keywords, journals, most-cited works and recent works of the topic.
The last share tells how far the topic passes through few hands: in the field it ranges from 12% to 39%. 25% means that the topic has some reference groups but remains widespread. Signatures are counted, not papers: an article with four authors on the topic weighs four times, because the question is how much of the work passes through few people.
Trend over time and quality of outlets
Documents and citations per year
Journal quartiles (SJR · SCImago)
Attention in the last three years
The topic is declining: citations received by its papers went from 1,924 (2020–2022) to 2,056 (2023–2025), while those of the whole field grew 1.55 times. Citations received in those years by all papers on the topic are counted, including older ones.
Who leads the topic in the last three years
- Alessandro Paletto · CREA-PB · 208 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Biagio Pecorino · CATANIA · 151 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Luigi Cembalo · Napoli Federico II · 143 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Roberta Selvaggi · CATANIA · 134 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Giuseppe Pulighe · CREA-PB · 110 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
Most active researchers on the topic
By papers on the topic. The last column still shows specialisation, to tell apart those who work on it a lot in absolute terms from those who work on it above all.
Who is most specialised in this topic
Not those who published the most on it, but those who devote the largest share of their output to it compared with the field average. Above 1 there is specialisation; the tick marks parity. Researchers with fewer than three papers on the topic are excluded.
| Name | Institution | Papers on the topic | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Pulighe | CREA – Centro di ricerca Politiche e Bioeconomia | 10 | 9.88 |
| Roberta Selvaggi | Università degli Studi di Catania | 15 | 8.60 |
| Mario Cozzi | Università degli Studi della Basilicata | 9 | 6.79 |
| Severino Romano | Università degli Studi della Basilicata | 9 | 6.29 |
| Nadia Palmieri | Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" | 16 | 6.28 |
| Sandro Sacchelli | Università degli Studi di Firenze | 10 | 5.51 |
| Biagio Pecorino | Università degli Studi di Catania | 14 | 5.42 |
| Claudio Fagarazzi | Università degli Studi di Firenze | 6 | 4.59 |
| Gaetano Chinnici | Università degli Studi di Catania | 11 | 4.20 |
| Davide Viaggi | Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna | 18 | 3.93 |
Most active institutions
The number tells how much work on the topic comes from each institution; specialisation tells how much the topic weighs within the institution compared with the field average. A small, focused institution can be more specialised than a large one that does everything.
| Institution | Papers on the topic | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|
| Università degli Studi di Catania | 68 | 1.77 |
| CREA – Centro di ricerca Politiche e Bioeconomia | 43 | 1.80 |
| Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna | 41 | 1.29 |
| Università degli Studi di Firenze | 26 | 1.17 |
| Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | 25 | 0.74 |
| Università degli Studi della Basilicata | 24 | 1.73 |
| Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro | 23 | 1.21 |
| Università degli Studi di Foggia | 23 | 0.94 |
| Università degli Studi di Perugia | 22 | 1.11 |
| Università degli Studi di Palermo | 20 | 1.03 |
Institutions in Italy
- CREA-PB (Roma)36
- Bologna32
- Catania30
- Firenze17
- Napoli Parthenope17
- Bari12
- Foggia12
- Napoli Federico II (Portici)12
International collaboration
Related topics
The topics that most often appear in the same papers. The number is the papers in common.
Recurring keywords
Main journals
- Energies · 18 papers
- Sustainability (Switzerland) · 16 papers
- Energy Policy · 14 papers
- European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings · 14 papers
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 10 papers
- Bio-based and Applied Economics · 8 papers
- Biomass and Bioenergy · 8 papers
- Quality - Access to Success · 8 papers
- Science of the Total Environment · 8 papers
- Energy Economics · 7 papers
- Handbook on the Bioeconomy · 7 papers
- Journal of Cleaner Production · 7 papers
Most cited publications on the topic
- Willingness-to-pay for renewable energy: Primary and discretionary choice of British households' for micro-generation technologies2010 · 387 citations
- The internalization of externalities in the production of electricity: Willingness to pay for the attributes of a policy for renewable energy2008 · 263 citations
- Renewable energy adoption in an ageing population: Heterogeneity in preferences for micro-generation technology adoption2011 · 161 citations
- Fossil energy versus nuclear, wind, solar and agricultural biomass: Insights from an Italian national survey2012 · 127 citations
- Assessment of environmental impact of biomass power plants to increase the social acceptance of renewable energy technologies2019 · 117 citations
- The effects of green nudges on consumer valuation of bio-based plastic packaging2020 · 108 citations
- Three propositions to unify circular economy research: A review2020 · 107 citations
- Assessment of optimal size of anaerobic co-digestion plants: An application to cattle farms in the province of Bari (Italy)2013 · 104 citations
- Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor): Potential and challenges to promote circular economy2021 · 103 citations
- Short- and long-term effects of olive mill wastewater land spreading on soil chemical and biological properties2013 · 101 citations