Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Research in India: Trends, Contribution, and Impact

Abstract

This study focuses upon the current scenario of SDGs implementation by revewing the articles published since 2012 to present. There have been a number of studies being performed by various researchers. So it becomes important to analyze the available studies to get insights about when, where, by whom and how these researches evolved over the years. However, the main area of this study has been limited to India only to check the evolution of Sustainability Development Goals. Bibliometric analysis has been used to analyze 580 articles which have been extracted out of 37,700 articles by following a rigorous process. For which the systemmatic review of literature has been adopted which is followed by the bibliometric analysis. The findings of the study reveal that India has adopted SDGs but the pace of adoption is comparatively slow and India need more policies and awareness program to achieve sustainability goals.