An academic approach to the relationship between energy poverty and health

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 1245 - 1260, 18.03.2025

Mustafa Kaya , Aysun Kandemir Türe

https://doi.org/10.58559/ijes.1587039

Abstract

Energy poverty has emerged as a significant issue in recent years, leading to various negative consequences. One of these is its impact on health. It is widely accepted that there is a connection between energy poverty and health, which has resulted in a growing body of literature exploring this relationship. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of this literature using comprehensive data from Web of Science, which includes many studies examining the link between energy poverty and health. It also investigates whether the countries conducting research on this issue are themselves energy-poor nations. The analysis outlines how the connection between energy poverty and health has garnered increasing attention over time, identifies leading authors and countries, highlights studies that have made significant contributions to the literature, and points out potential research gaps. The results reveal the network flows between countries, researchers, publications, organizations, keywords, and bibliographic connections in energy poverty and health studies. The findings confirm the growing interest in the energy poverty-health link but also show that the countries focusing on this issue are not energy-poor countries themselves.

Keywords

Energy poverty, Fuel poverty, Health, Well-being, Bibliometric analysis

Ethical Statement

Due to the use of secondary data within the scope of the research, ethical approval is not required.

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