Sustainable Marine Structures

Knowledge Maps from Scientometric Review on Composite Marine Risers

Dr Chiemela Victor Amaechi

Lancaster University

Dr Ahmed Reda

School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia

Dr Salmia Binti Beddu

Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Dr Daud Bin Mohamed

Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Dr Agusril Syamsir

Institute of Energy Infrastructure, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Putrajaya Campus, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Dr Idris Ahmed Ja’e

1 Institute of Energy Infrastructure, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Putrajaya Campus, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia; 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 810107, Nigeria

Dr. Bo Huang

 Department of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411201, China

Dr Chunguang Wang

School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China

Dr Xuanze Ju

Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd., Engineering Company, Tianjin 300451, China;

Jelson Cassavela

School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland AB24 3FX, UK

Abiodun Kolawole Oyetunji

Department of Construction Management, Global Banking School, Manchester M12 6JH, UK； Department of Estate Management, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo 300287, Nigeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36956/sms.v7i1.1067

Received: 28 March 2024; Published: 4 March 2025

Abstract

With the increasing exploration of oil and gas into deep waters, the necessity for material development increases for lighter conduits such as composite marine risers, in the oil and gas industry. To understand the research knowledge on this novel area, there is a need to have a bibliometric analysis on composite marine risers. A research methodology was developed whereby the data retrieval was from SCOPUS database from 1977-2023. Then, VOSviewer was used to visualize the knowledge maps. This study focuses on the progress made by conducting knowledge mapping and scientometric review on composite marine risers. This scientometric analysis on the subject shows current advances, geographical activities by countries, authorship records, collaborations, funders, affiliations, co-occurrences, and future research areas. It was observed that the research trends recorded the highest publication volume in the U.S.A., but less cluster affiliated, as it was followed by countries like the U.K., China, Nigeria, Australia and Singapore. Also, this field has more conference papers than journal papers due to the challenge of adaptability, acceptance, qualification, and application of composite marine risers in the marine industry. Hence, there is a need for more collaborations on composite marine risers and more funding to enhance the research trend.

Keywords: Composite Risers, Marine Risers, Marine Structure, Scientometric Review, Bibliometric Analysis, Composite Material, Knowledge Map

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