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title: "Sustainable consumption research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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# Papers on “sustainable consumption”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory/page/6.md)

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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## 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

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 40 | 40 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 11 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 22 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Cleaner and Responsible Consumption](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/cleaner-and-responsible-consumption.md) | 66 |
| 2 | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 44 |
| 3 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [Socio-Economic Planning Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/socio-economic-planning-sciences.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [Journal of the Knowledge Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-knowledge-economy.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [Quality & Quantity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/quality-quantity.md) | 6 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Northeastern University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/northeastern-university.md) | 6 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 5 |
| 3 | Nottingham Trent University | 5 |
| 4 | [University of Sussex](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sussex.md) | 5 |
| 5 | [Virginia Tech](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/virginia-tech.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [Sichuan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sichuan-university.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [University of Naples Federico II](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-naples-federico-ii.md) | 4 |
| 9 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 3 |
| 10 | Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University | 3 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [consumer behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consumer-behavior.md) | 60 |
| 2 | [purchase intention](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/purchase-intention.md) | 43 |
| 3 | [theory of planned behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/theory-of-planned-behavior.md) | 30 |
| 4 | [circular economy](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/circular-economy.md) | 29 |
| 5 | [consumer attitudes](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/consumer-attitudes.md) | 19 |
| 6 | environmental concern | 16 |
| 7 | perceived behavioral control | 14 |
| 8 | green marketing | 13 |
| 9 | [social norms](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/social-norms.md) | 13 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 800 | 8.1 | [Exploring attitude–behavior gap in sustainable consumption: comparison of recycled and upcycled fashion products](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.08.025) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-08-29 | Hyun Jung Park, Li Min Lin |
| 2 | 573 | 9.1 | [Sustainable consumption behavior of Europeans: The influence of environmental knowledge and risk perception on environmental concern and behavioral intention](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107155) | [Ecological Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ecological-economics.md) | 2021-08-09 | Ulla A. Saari, Svenja Damberg, Lena Frömbling et al. |
| 3 | 522 | 6.8 | [Towards a circular economy: An emerging economies context](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.015) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-06-06 | Nitin Patwa, Uthayasankar Sivarajah, Arumugam Seetharaman et al. |
| 4 | 468 | 8.5 | [Unveiling ways to reach organic purchase: Green perceived value, perceived knowledge, attitude, subjective norm, and trust](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2022.102988) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2022-03-30 | Taewoo Roh, Junhee Seok, Yaeri Kim |
| 5 | 419 | 5.7 | [Does environmentally responsible purchase intention matter for consumers? A predictive sustainable model developed through an empirical study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102270) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2020-09-22 | Anil Kumar V, Gyan Prakash, Gaurav Kumar |

## 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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  title = {Papers on “sustainable consumption”},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).