Keywords:
bibliometric analysis
sustainable institute
social sciences
biblioshiny
Vosviewer
higher education

  • Abstract

    Using bibliometric analysis of papers indexed in Scopus, this work aims to investigate current trends in sustainable institute research. The objective of this study was to pinpoint the areas of the shove that may be investigated in future studies. This paper comprised a bibliometric examination of research publications published in the sustainable institute area between 1999 and 2023. Using specific databases and inclusion criteria restricted to business, management and accounting, the researchers were able to extract 900 distinctive publications. R studio and VoSviewer were then used to explore the data that were retrieved. Finally, descriptive displays, talks on citations, keywords, authors, and journal contributions to the field's evolution were provided. Recently, sustainable institutes have become more popular research topics. Nonetheless, studies on this topic are rare. Future academicians have a wealth of opportunities to examine, as the authors found that prior studies on the subject concentrated on sustainability elements of the area. In this sense, the results highlighted a few uncharted sustainable institute-specific topics that need to be addressed by academics and stakeholders. To the best of our knowledge, this will be the first bibliometric paper in the area of sustainability. By highlighting existing sustainable institute research patterns and suggesting a path forward for upcoming academics, this paper could stand out from the others.

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