Green economy studies amongst the global climate change challenge between 2016 and 2022: a bibliometric review

Abstract

Practical and theoretical advancements have not caught pace with rising scientific researches in the rapidly emerging economy undertaking a shift to a more sustainable and particularly green model. After the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there has been a surge in interest in the green economy among academics around the world, and the literature on the issue is proliferating. This paper adopts the methodology of bibliometric review and thematic analysis to summarize the relevant literature from 2016 to 2022 on areas related to the theme of green economy. The literature was obtained from the Web of Science database with a total of 1,022 articles. Furthermore, the literature was analyzed using VOSviewer as well as the R language to couple the literature by keywords, country, affiliation, author, and publication. The findings of the current paper show that the green economy has received more academic attention from scholars since 2016. Asia and Europe are leaders in green economy studies. In the context of climate change, future research is anticipated to concentrate on establishing a green economy for global economic growth. This paper makes a substantial contribution to future research on the green economy.