Current status, development and future directions of scenedesmus research : a bibliometric analysis / Nurin Qistina Ahmad Syaradhi

Scenedesmus sp. is a colony green microalga, commonly found in freshwater and brackish waters. It has recently attracted the interest of researchers in its high potential application to biofuels, biomaterials, and bioremediation. Global research trends in the Scenedesmus study are therefore crucial for understanding this scenario. In this study, a bibliometric analysis was used to quantify 5359 Scopus databases to identify the Scenedesmus sp. global research activity between year of 1926 and early 2021. Quantitative and qualitative evidence from the bibliometrics analysis was then used to conduct an in-depth statistical analysis. Results have shown that the number of published papers on Scenedesmus has increased significantly since 2008. Bioresource Technology and Alga Research are the most relevant journals on this subject. Although most of the papers come from USA, institutions with more publications are from China and Germany. Keywords mapping has also shown that there is three main clusters related to Scenedesmus research which were biomass, bioremediation and toxicology. Overall, bibliographic analysis confirms that Scenedesmus research is a very active field in which scientific productivity has increased exponentially over recent years in conjunction with industrial production. As a result, expectations in this field are high for the near future.