Papers on “sustainable consumption”
Research on “sustainable consumption” 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 “sustainable consumption” appeared in 445 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in marketing (181), management (113) and economics (71).
- 85 of them were published in 2025, against 21 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Northeastern University (6), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (5) and Nottingham Trent University (5).
- The journals publishing most of them were Cleaner and Responsible Consumption (66), Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (44) and Journal of Business Research (15).
- The most-cited of them is “Exploring attitude–behavior gap in sustainable consumption: comparison of recycled and upcycled fashion products” (Journal of Business Research, 2018), with 800 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 40 | 40 |
| Management | 11 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 22 |
| Economics | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 21 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 68 | 85 | 88 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleaner and Responsible Consumption | 66 |
| 2 | Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services | 44 |
| 3 | Journal of Business Research | 15 |
| 4 | Journal of Business Ethics | 9 |
| 5 | Future Business Journal | 9 |
| 6 | Ecological Economics | 8 |
| 7 | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences | 7 |
| 8 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 7 |
| 9 | Journal of the Knowledge Economy | 7 |
| 10 | Quality & Quantity | 6 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeastern University | 6 |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 5 |
| 3 | Nottingham Trent University | 5 |
| 4 | University of Sussex | 5 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 5 |
| 6 | City University of Macau | 4 |
| 7 | Sichuan University | 4 |
| 8 | University of Naples Federico II | 4 |
| 9 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 3 |
| 10 | Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University | 3 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 55 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 37 |
| 3 | Italy | 28 |
| 4 | United States | 27 |
| 5 | Germany | 26 |
| 6 | India | 26 |
| 7 | Australia | 14 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 14 |
| 9 | Spain | 13 |
| 10 | France | 10 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | consumer behavior | 60 |
| 2 | purchase intention | 43 |
| 3 | theory of planned behavior | 30 |
| 4 | circular economy | 29 |
| 5 | consumer attitudes | 19 |
| 6 | environmental concern | 16 |
| 7 | perceived behavioral control | 14 |
| 8 | green marketing | 13 |
| 9 | social norms | 13 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “sustainable consumption”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-consumption
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