Vosviewer as a complementary tool to analyze the state of the art applied to electricity markets.

Abstract

This article presents the basic concepts and experience of using the VOSviewer bibliometric software, as a tool to organize and analyze information in any field of research. It provides a condensed conceptual guide to understand the three main bibliometric methods of mapping, direct citation, co-citation, and bibliographic coupling. Finally, the workflow applied to the adequacy of generation in an electricity market with capacity remuneration mechanisms. For this case, the main advantages and disadvantages from applying this tool are shown. The input data of the maps is provided, and the reader is invited to its reconstruction and the executable files are also shared to interact directly with the elaborated maps.