Analysis on the Research Trend of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technology Based on Bibliometrics

In recent years, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology has attracted worldwide attention. In order to understand the latest hotspots and development trends in the field of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), through the Web of Science core collection database, advanced search was conducted with the theme of “CCUS”. A total of 6753 English literatures published by global scholars from 2000 to 2024 were selected, and visual analysis software VOSviewer, HistCite and Biblioshiny were used to analyze the annual number of publications, subject distribution, journal distribution, research countries, research institutions, research hotspots and development trends. The innovation of this research is reflected in revealing the global CCUS technology research pattern and development direction: for the first time, it quantitatively points out that although China started late, the number of achievements has jumped to the first place, breaking through the dominant mode of traditional technology power; three frontier directions in the future are proposed : energy transformation coupled with geological energy storage, molecular dynamics-enabled storage safety assessment, and economic feasibility optimization path. Breaking through the existing single carbon storage research framework, an integrated technology system of ’capture-utilization-energy storage’ is constructed. In particular, through the interdisciplinary integration of molecular dynamics, it provides atomic-scale theoretical support for deep geological storage, promotes the transformation of CCUS from engineering verification to intelligent design, and fills the theoretical gap of large-scale application. Article type: Review article Cited as: Zhang SH, Du S, Zhu GP, et al. 2025. Analysis on the Research Trend of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technology Based on Bibliometrics. GeoStorage, 1(1), 80-90. https://doi.org/10.46690/gs.2025.01.06