  Forecasting electricity demand plays a fundamental role in the operation and
planning procedures of power systems and the publications about electricity
demand forecasting increasing year by year. In this paper, we use Scientometric
analysis to analyze the current state and the emerging trends in the field of
electricity demand forecasting form 831 publications of web of science core
collection during 20 years: 1999-2018. Employing statistical description,
cooperative network analysis, keyword co-occurrence analysis, co-citation
analysis, cluster analysis, and emerging trend analysis techniques, this
article gives the most critical countries, institutions, journals, authors and
publications in this field, cooperative networks relationships, research
hotspots and emerging trends. The results of this article can provide
meaningful guidance and some insights for researchers to find out crucial
research, emerging trends and new developments in this area.
