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Title The first two decades of Circular Economy in the 21st century: a bibliographic review
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Authors Anaruma, JFP; de Oliveira, JHC; Anaruma, F; Freitas, WRD; Teixeira, AA
Title The first two decades of Circular Economy in the 21st century: a bibliographic review
Year 2022
Published Benchmarking-An International Journal, 29, 9
DOI 10.1108/BIJ-01-2021-0029
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze and map the main areas of the Circular Economy literature of the first two decades of 21st century, offering a broad vision about the growth of the theme during these years. Design/methodology/approach The research was divided into two stages: the first was a systematic review of literature and the second consisted on generation and analysis of bibliographic maps. Findings The publication indicates the prominence of China and European Union countries in the production of articles about Circular Economy. Furthermore, the topic is restricted to academic area, and that research on Circular Economy is still very focused on theory studies, even with exponential growth in the number of published articles about the theme since 2015. Finally, it also provides a collection of information as the principal authors, the most cited publications, citations, co-citations and countries that have most published beyond which are the most discussed topics. Research limitations/implications A possible limitation of the research is that it was performed only in the Scopus database. It may be suggested as future searches that other databases are included as well, and another suggestion is to reduce the time period between research samples due to the exponential increase in the number of publications and topics discussed lately. Practical implications The results of this paper can guide future researches about the development of Circular Economy during the next decades or years and serve as a facilitator for researchers and for managers that want to know more about the topic. Originality/value A mapping of the principal players and main discussions about Circular Economy made in the first two decades of the 21st century and an analysis about the growth and changes about the theme.
Author Keywords Bibliographic review; Circular Economy; Climate change; VOSviewer
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
EID WOS:000722889200001
WoS Category Management
Research Area Business & Economics
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