Innovation and circular economy within the sustainable development goals: A bibliometric and conceptual analysis
The transition to sustainable economic systems demands an integrated understanding of how innovation drives circular economy practices aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study presents a bibliometric and conceptual analysis of 1630 peer-reviewed articles index...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repositório: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/68097 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/68097 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecores.2025.100011 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Innovation Circular economy Sustainable development goals (SDGs) Bibliometric analysis Sustainable transitions Scientific collaboration Economía Empresa Economics Management science |
| Resumo: | The transition to sustainable economic systems demands an integrated understanding of how innovation drives circular economy practices aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study presents a bibliometric and conceptual analysis of 1630 peer-reviewed articles indexed in Scopus between 2020 and 2024, examining the convergence of innovation, circular economy, and sustainable development. Using co-occurrence analysis, text mining, and bibliographic coupling, the research identifies key thematic structures and global collaboration patterns. Findings highlight innovation as a central node linking technological and organisational solutions to sustainability frameworks. Thematic clusters show discursive maturity around ?innovation,? ?sustainable development,? and ?circular economy,? while text mining reveals emerging focuses such as green innovation, technological change, and economic growth. Bibliographic coupling underscores a multipolar landscape of scientific production, with China, the United Kingdom, and India as major nodes. This study offers a consolidated, system-level account of how innovation structures the circular-economy?SDG nexus. Combining co-occurrence mapping, text mining and bibliographic coupling over 2020?2024, we show that innovation operates as an integrative mechanism with uneven territorial expression and clear implications for theory, policy and future research. |
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