World energy demand is constantly growing and inevitably entails the need to optimize processes for their best use. It is therefore necessary to identify the set of solutions that the scientific literature proposes on this topic, that’s the reason why this article shows the results obtained from the application of a bibliometric analysis in the identification of research trends in relation to energy management systems in homes. Through the application of search equations in the Scopus database, the most published topics, the most cited articles and the authors' networks are found in order to identify emerging perspectives on the subject. As conclusion, the emerging themes with the greatest impact in the academic field and their practical implications in society and energy management are developed.