Papers on “sustainability”
Research on “sustainability” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “sustainability” appeared in 1,267 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (363), economics (282) and operations research (252).
- 218 of them were published in 2025, against 66 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (14), Copenhagen Business School (11) and University of Johannesburg (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Technological Forecasting and Social Change (32), Resources Policy (32) and Computers & Industrial Engineering (31).
- The most-cited of them is “1 Blockchain’s roles in meeting key supply chain management objectives” (International Journal of Information Management, 2017), with 2,150 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 27 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 33 | 47 | 49 | 48 | 58 |
| Economics | 18 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 34 | 51 | 33 | 24 |
| Operations Research | 9 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 38 | 37 | 45 | 33 |
| Marketing | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
| Finance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 12 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| AI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Higher Education and Research | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 66 | 62 | 66 | 92 | 115 | 118 | 170 | 194 | 218 | 166 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 32 |
| 2 | Resources Policy | 32 |
| 3 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 31 |
| 4 | Finance research letters | 25 |
| 5 | Annals of Operations Research | 22 |
| 6 | Journal of Business Research | 14 |
| 7 | Journal of Business Ethics | 13 |
| 8 | International Journal of Hospitality Management | 13 |
| 9 | Ecological Economics | 13 |
| 10 | Industrial Marketing Management | 12 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 14 |
| 2 | Copenhagen Business School | 11 |
| 3 | University of Johannesburg | 9 |
| 4 | University of Tehran | 9 |
| 5 | University of Twente | 9 |
| 6 | Delft University of Technology | 8 |
| 7 | NEOMA Business School | 8 |
| 8 | Excelia Business School | 7 |
| 9 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 7 |
| 10 | Lebanese American University | 7 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 112 |
| 2 | United States | 89 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 87 |
| 4 | Italy | 83 |
| 5 | France | 76 |
| 6 | India | 67 |
| 7 | Spain | 62 |
| 8 | Germany | 52 |
| 9 | Australia | 50 |
| 10 | Canada | 45 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | circular economy | 42 |
| 2 | digital transformation | 40 |
| 3 | research trends | 37 |
| 4 | artificial intelligence | 35 |
| 5 | innovation | 34 |
| 6 | supply chain resilience | 33 |
| 7 | blockchain | 30 |
| 8 | Industry 4.0 | 29 |
| 9 | Sustainable Development Goals | 28 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “sustainability”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainability
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