A study of green management literature through bibliometric positioning during four decades

Abstract

The main drivers of economic growth in many countries are Innovation because it can add new vitality to the company. This paper aims to review the status and visual map position of research in the internationally green management literature indexed Scopus that used a bibliometric positioning overview. The research was carried out using bibliometric techniques. Data analysis as well as visualization utilising VOSViewer program and the Scopus function for analyze search results. In this review, the details collected applied to 352 documents issued from 1983 through 2019. The study reveal that Cruz-Machado, V. and UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista Studies were the most active individual scientists and affiliated institutions in green management literature. In green management literature, the business, management and accounting, and journal of cleaner production were the most areas of study and dissemination sources. There were one worldwide group maps with collaborative researchers. In order to identify the body of knowledge created from thirty-six years of publication, this study constructed a convergence axis grouping comprising of green management literature: Industrial, Technology, Environmental, Construction, Supply Chain, Manager, and Ecology, abbreviated as the theme ITECSME.