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Bibliometric and Visual Analyses of Low Carbon
Technology Innovations: Developments,
Hotspots, and Trends
1
Liaoning University Sunwah International Business School
2
Chongqing Business Vocational College, China
3
School of Law and Public Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
4
The University of Queensland, Australia
5
School of Architecture and Planning, Yunnan University, China
6
Chuzhou Vocational and Technical College, China
Submission date: 2024-04-08
Final revision date: 2024-06-07
Acceptance date: 2024-06-23
Online publication date: 2024-10-07
Publication date: 2025-06-06
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(4):4541-4556
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ABSTRACT
As low carbon globalization advances, low carbon technological innovation is attracting attention,
and more efforts are being invested in technology-driven decarbonization of the economy. Low
carbon globalization requires the optimal allocation of national scientific and technological resources
on a global scale, which is the newest and fastest growing area of economic globalization, and therefore
requires attention to low carbon technological innovation. In this paper, an in-depth bibliometric and
visualization analysis based on 205 articles from the Web of Science core collection was conducted
using Citespace and VOS viewer in order to analyze the knowledge structure, hot topics, and trend
directions in the field. The study found that China has the highest number of articles published between
2012-2021 and is also the world’s largest carbon emitter, suggesting that large amounts of carbon
emissions drive low carbon technological innovation. Xiamen University, Beijing Institute of
Technology, and Tsinghua University are the most active institutions. In addition, cooperation between
authors tends to be grouped and has been frequent in recent years. The co-occurring articles and keyword
analyses identified three hotspots of low carbon technological innovation: ‘CO2 emission’, ‘policy’, and
‘energy’. In addition, keyword emergence analyses indicate that renewable energy, developing countries,
and technology innovation themes are emerging trends. Low carbon technology innovation and
renewable energy innovation in developing countries will be promoted.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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