TY - JOUR
T1 - A Systematic Literature Network Analysis
T2 - Development of Manufacturing, Enhancement and Sustainability of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (1998–2020) and Future Research Agenda
AU - Or, Ivan King-Hei
AU - Lo, Chris Kwan Yu
AU - Kan, Chi Wai
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the financial support from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for this work (Account code: ZJM8)
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the Korean Fiber Society.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - The existing literature review articles in composite materials research field target a particular resin material which cannot show the full picture of the research area. The traditional literature reviews are vulnerable to subjective opinion on selecting, reviewing and analyzing the related articles. In this systematic literature review, keywords were input into Web of Science (WOS) search engine to collect relevant articles from the database. This method can more comprehensively review articles that are related to fiber-reinforced polymer composites. Articles published from 1970 to 2020 were collected from the WOS database. Keywords input were relevant to manufacturing, enhancement and sustainability of fiber-reinforced polymer composites and their variants. 151 articles were selected based on keyword filtering, nature of articles and content, and further examined with citation network analysis. Seven principal clusters were formed and evaluated. Publication year, geographical locations, research areas and journal of the selected articles were presented statistically. Two major clusters, “fabrication and molding methods of composites” and “properties and performance of multiscale composites”, were identified and a few emerging clusters were found to establish their networks including topics about impact response, natural fiber, rapid curing, nanofiller, and hydrothermal aging. Future research and more results are needed in those emerging clusters.
AB - The existing literature review articles in composite materials research field target a particular resin material which cannot show the full picture of the research area. The traditional literature reviews are vulnerable to subjective opinion on selecting, reviewing and analyzing the related articles. In this systematic literature review, keywords were input into Web of Science (WOS) search engine to collect relevant articles from the database. This method can more comprehensively review articles that are related to fiber-reinforced polymer composites. Articles published from 1970 to 2020 were collected from the WOS database. Keywords input were relevant to manufacturing, enhancement and sustainability of fiber-reinforced polymer composites and their variants. 151 articles were selected based on keyword filtering, nature of articles and content, and further examined with citation network analysis. Seven principal clusters were formed and evaluated. Publication year, geographical locations, research areas and journal of the selected articles were presented statistically. Two major clusters, “fabrication and molding methods of composites” and “properties and performance of multiscale composites”, were identified and a few emerging clusters were found to establish their networks including topics about impact response, natural fiber, rapid curing, nanofiller, and hydrothermal aging. Future research and more results are needed in those emerging clusters.
KW - Citation network analysis
KW - Composite materials
KW - Fiber-reinforced polymer
KW - Sustainability
KW - Systematic literature network analysis
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U2 - 10.1007/s12221-023-00065-3
DO - 10.1007/s12221-023-00065-3
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85149027537
SN - 1229-9197
VL - 24
SP - 789
EP - 800
JO - Fibers and Polymers
JF - Fibers and Polymers
IS - 3
ER -