Mapping the Knowledge Base of Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Bibliometric Literature Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- RQ1:
- What have been the volume, publication growth, and global distribution of the S-SCM literature?
- RQ2:
- What journals, documents, and authors have had the greatest impact on the S-SCM literature?
- RQ3:
- What is the intellectual structure of the S-SCM knowledge base during its growth since the 1990s?
- RQ4:
- What topics have emerged in the S-SCM literature?
2. Conceptual Background
3. Method and Materials
3.1. Search Criteria and Identification of Sources
3.2. Data Extraction and Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Descriptive Analysis of the S-SCM Literature
4.2. Analysis of Journals, Authors, and Documents
4.2.1. Analysis of Influential Journals
4.2.2. Analysis of Influential Authors
4.2.3. Analysis of Influential Documents
- “From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management”, authored by Seuring and Müller [1];
- “Building a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management”, authored by Pagell and Wu [60];
- “The moderating effects of institutional pressures on emergent green supply chain practices and performance”, authored by Zhu and Sarkis [60];
- “Extending green practices across the supply chain: The impact of upstream and downstream integration”, authored by Vachon and Klassen (2006) [54];
- “Green supply chain management: Pressures, practices and performance”, authored by Zhu et al. [11].
4.3. Intellectual Structure of the S-SCM Knowledge Base
4.4. Topical Foci of the Sustainable Supply Chain Management Knowledge Base
5. Discussion and Conclusions
5.1. Limitations
5.2. Interpretation and Implications of the Findings
- In addition, whereas past studies [1,2,3,4] reviewed the documents during different ranges of time periods, such as 1994–2007 [1], 1992–2013 [3], and 2002–2016 [4], the major changes in SSCM literature occurred later than 2016. The current research discovered that the paradigm shift occurred in this field during 2016–2018 (as shown in Figure 2). In Figure 2, the keyword of sustainable supply chain management has surged significantly, and this may be due to the trend of environmental friendliness and the changes in government regulations on supply chain management practices around the world [93,94,95].
- Some of the analyses adopted were similar to past research studies, such as top journals [2,4], scope of research areas [1,2,3,4], top cited documents [3], and geographical distribution of documents [3]. However, the unique contributions of the current study are as follows. Firstly, this study is the first to highlight the most influential scholars contributing to both top citations and top co-citations. Secondly, the current study provided a detailed comparison among past studies in bibliometric review. Thirdly, this review uniquely offered a temporal overlay for the development of the keywords in SSCM from past to present, identifying the upcoming topics and the fading areas of research focus. Fourthly, this paper offered the lists of both the highly cited documents and highly co-cited documents, representing the important foundations of SSCM research.
- Furthermore, the study synthesized the knowledge base of SSCM and offered three important schools of thoughts in SSCM, namely sustainable supply chain management [5,7,33,34], dynamics of sustainable supply chain management [8,9,11,22], and green supply chain measurement and indicator [2,36,48]. The first school, sustainable supply chain management, covered the theoretical frameworks, principles, and guidelines for conducting the sustainable practices. Secondly, the school of dynamics of sustainable supply chain management highlighted the changing conditions and environments from both internal (e.g., organizational structure, sizes, organizational focus) and external factors (e.g., technology and economic forces). The last school of thought, green supply chain measurement and indicators, raised important issues for the development of tools and measurements for sustainable supply chain management to ensure that the sustainable directions of supply chain management practices are appropriate for the SSCM performance. The derivation of these three schools of thought can support researchers to conceptualize empirical research studies in the future.
- This research achieved its objectives by speaking to the historical development of sustainable supply chain management (S-SCM) and the geographical distribution of its knowledge, highlighting those documents and journals considered important in the field, elucidating the intellectual structures of the S-SCM knowledge base, and chronicling the relevant topics that have emerged in recent years. The study of S-SCM through a science mapping approach represents the most comprehensive investigation to date. The current research highlights the evolution of the concept of supply chain management into S-SCM in the present era—an evolution that began, in earnest, in 1995. Future researchers will find that they can leverage our results and findings as guidance in their own S-SCM investigations.
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Author | Seuring and Muller (2008) [1] | Ahi and Searcy (2013) [2] | Fahimnia, Sarkis, and Davarzani [3] | Ansari and Kant (2017) [4] |
Title | From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management | A comparative literature analysis of definitions for green and sustainable supply chain management | Green supply chain management: A review and bibliometric analysis | A state-of-the-art literature review reflecting 15 years of focus on sustainable supply chain management |
n | 191 | 180 | 884 | 286 |
Source | Mixed sources | Scopus | Scopus | Scopus |
Objectives | Analyze and identify methods, approaches, dimensions | Identify and analyze definitions of green SCM and sustainable SCM | Analyze and identify dimensions of green SCM | Data analysis techniques, type of industry, and geography |
Timeframe | 1994–2007 | 1992–2012 | 1992–2013 | 2002–2016 |
Focus | Sustainable supply chain management | Green SCM Sustainable supply chain management | Green SCM Sustainable supply chain management | Sustainable supply chain management |
Search Keywords | Sustainability; supply chain management | Green supply chain management; sustainable supply chain management | Green supply chain management; Environmental sustainability | Sustainable supply chain |
Software | Excel | Excel | BibExcel; PageRank; Gephi | Excel |
Analytical Foci | Journals, methods, dimensions of sustainability | Definitions, journals, sustainability characteristics | Journals, analysis techniques | Journals, research methods, analysis techniques |
Rank | Country | Documents | Citations | Total Link Strength |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 396 | 13,496 | 6763 |
2 | United Kingdom | 396 | 8161 | 6248 |
3 | Germany | 184 | 6789 | 3676 |
4 | Canada | 101 | 5400 | 3092 |
5 | China | 346 | 5246 | 4518 |
6 | Italy | 178 | 2676 | 1723 |
7 | Netherlands | 104 | 2625 | 992 |
8 | Denmark | 76 | 2624 | 2061 |
9 | India | 196 | 2442 | 4237 |
10 | France | 125 | 2112 | 1995 |
11 | Australia | 107 | 1977 | 1566 |
12 | Spain | 86 | 1815 | 1344 |
13 | Hong Kong | 52 | 1671 | 688 |
14 | Iran | 97 | 1365 | 1398 |
15 | Taiwan | 61 | 1268 | 948 |
16 | Malaysia | 80 | 1218 | 1112 |
17 | Sweden | 88 | 1172 | 596 |
18 | Brazil | 88 | 931 | 1148 |
19 | Greece | 27 | 888 | 297 |
20 | Switzerland | 38 | 785 | 618 |
Rank | Journal | Domain 1 | Documents | SCOPUS Citations | Scopus Quartile | CPD 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Journal of Cleaner Production | Bus and Env | 660 | 15,563 | Q1 | 23.58 |
2 | International Jnl of Production Economics | Bus and Econ | 164 | 8028 | Q1 | 48.95 |
3 | Supply Chain Management | Bus and Env | 77 | 4747 | Q1 | 61.65 |
4 | International Jnl of Production Research | Bus and Man | 119 | 2952 | Q1 | 24.81 |
5 | In’l Jnl of Operations & Prod Man | Bus and Man | 36 | 2489 | Q1 | 69.14 |
6 | Journal of Supply Chain Management | Bus and Man | 21 | 2242 | Q1 | 106.76 |
7 | European Jnl of Operations Research | Bus and Dec Sci | 41 | 2207 | Q1 | 53.83 |
8 | Resources, Conservation and Recycling | Bus and Env | 96 | 1678 | Q1 | 17.48 |
9 | Business Strategy and the Environment | Bus and Env | 65 | 1517 | Q1 | 23.34 |
10 | Sustainability (Switzerland) | Env | 337 | 1289 | Q2 | 3.82 |
11 | Journal of Purchasing & Supply Man | Bus and Man | 15 | 917 | Q1 | 61.13 |
12 | Production Planning and Control | Bus and Dec Sci | 47 | 823 | Q1 | 17.51 |
13 | Supply Chain Management | Bus and Man | 7 | 623 | Q3 | 89.00 |
14 | Sustainable Development | Env and Society | 30 | 438 | Q1 | 14.60 |
15 | Intl Jnl of Productivity & Performance Man | Bus and Man | 13 | 250 | Q1 | 19.23 |
16 | European Management Journal | Bus and Man | 5 | 244 | Q1 | 48.80 |
17 | Business Process Management Journal | Bus and Man | 7 | 238 | Q1 | 34.00 |
18 | Intl Jnl of Logistics Systems & Management | Bus and Man | 28 | 234 | Q2 | 8.36 |
19 | Intl Jnl of Logistics Management | Bus and Man | 20 | 207 | Q1 | 10.35 |
20 | Intl Jnl of Logistics Res & Applications | Bus and Man | 20 | 200 | Q1 | 10.00 |
Rank | Author | Nation | Topical Focus | Documents | Scopus Citations | Citations per Document 1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sarkis J. | USA | Sustainable supply chain | 49 | 4085 | 83.4 |
2 | Seuring S. | DEU | Sustainable supply chain | 32 | 4070 | 127.2 |
3 | Müller M. | DEU | Sustainable supply chain | 5 | 2223 | 444.6 |
4 | Govindan K. | DNK | Supply chain performance | 34 | 1957 | 57.6 |
5 | Zhu Q. | CHN | Supply chain performance | 14 | 1762 | 125.9 |
6 | Pagell M. | CAN | Sustainable supply chain | 8 | 1129 | 141.1 |
7 | Gunasekaran A. | USA | Green supply chain | 27 | 1085 | 40.2 |
8 | Vachon S. | CAN | Sustainable supply chain | 5 | 992 | 198.4 |
9 | Wu Z. | USA | Sustainable supply chain | 7 | 933 | 133.3 |
10 | Searcy C. | CAN | Sustainable supply chain | 6 | 915 | 152.5 |
11 | Walker H. | GBR | Green supply chain | 6 | 800 | 133.3 |
12 | Bai C. | CHN | Sustainable supply chain | 11 | 665 | 60.5 |
13 | Zailani S. | MYS | Green supply chain | 5 | 533 | 106.6 |
14 | Diabat A. | ARE | Sustainable supply chain | 8 | 510 | 63.8 |
15 | Huisingh D. | USA | Sustainable supply chain | 8 | 448 | 56.0 |
16 | Tseng M.-L. | TWN | Green supply chain | 24 | 438 | 18.3 |
17 | Mangla S.K. | IND | Green supply chain | 24 | 437 | 18.2 |
18 | Luthra S. | IND | Supply chain performance | 18 | 434 | 24.1 |
19 | Papadopoulos T. | GBR | Green supply chain | 11 | 430 | 39.1 |
20 | Fahimnia B. | AUS | Supply chain performance | 7 | 423 | 60.4 |
Rank | Author | Nation | Topical Focus | Co-Citations | Total Link Strength |
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1 | * Sarkis J. | USA | Sustainable supply chain | 3365 | 323,032 |
2 | * Seuring S. | DEU | Sustainable supply chain | 1976 | 168,070 |
3 | * Govindan K. | DNK | Supply chain performance | 1714 | 164,340 |
4 | * Zhu Q. | CHN | Supply chain performance | 1573 | 161,894 |
5 | Carter C.R. | USA | Sustainable supply chain | 1126 | 108,074 |
6 | Klassen R.D. | CAN | Sustainable supply chain | 1061 | 108,845 |
7 | * Gunasekaran A. | USA | Green supply chain | 1004 | 100,966 |
8 | * Vachon S. | CAN | Sustainable supply chain | 759 | 79,540 |
9 | * Müller M. | DEU | Sustainable supply chain | 739 | 60,069 |
10 | * Pagell M. | CAN | Sustainable supply chain | 676 | 67,952 |
11 | Van Wassenhove L.N. | FRA | Sustainable supply chain | 577 | 33,297 |
12 | Kannan D. | DNK | Sustainable supply chain | 547 | 55,979 |
13 | * Searcy C. | CAN | Sustainable supply chain | 542 | 46,928 |
14 | Geng Y. | CHN | Green supply chain | 529 | 49,252 |
15 | * Wu Z. | USA | Sustainable supply chain | 472 | 45,591 |
16 | Rogers Z.S. | USA | Supply chain performance | 471 | 41,311 |
17 | * Walker H. | GBR | Green supply chain | 469 | 45,486 |
18 | * Diabat A. | ARE | Sustainable supply chain | 459 | 44,380 |
19 | Lai K.H. | HKG | Supply chain performance | 452 | 52,605 |
20 | Blome C. | GBR | Supply chain performance | 430 | 46,298 |
Rank | Documents | Type | Cited by |
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1 | Seuring and Müller. (2008). From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management [1] | Rev | 1926 |
2 | Vachon and Klassen (2006). Extending green practices across the supply chain: The impact of upstream and downstream integration [54] | Emp | 666 |
3 | Zhu et al. (2005). Green supply chain management in China: Pressures, practices and performance [11] | Emp | 598 |
4 | Pagell and Wu Z. (2009). Building a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management [60] | Con | 583 |
5 | Walker et al. (2008). Drivers and barriers to environmental supply chain management practices [64] | Emp | 547 |
6 | Zhu et al. (2007). Green supply chain management: pressures, practices and performance [62] | Emp | 490 |
7 | Zhu and Sarkis (2007). The moderating effects of institutional pressures on emergent green supply chain practices and performance [63] | Emp | 428 |
8 | Brandenburg et al. (2014). Quantitative models for sustainable supply chain management [65] | Rev | 418 |
9 | Chaabane et al. (2012). Design of sustainable supply chains under the emission trading scheme [66] | Emp | 404 |
10 | Hassini et al. (2012). A literature review and a case study of sustainable supply chains with a focus on metrics [67] | Rev | 400 |
11 | Hutchins and Sutherland (2008). An exploration of measures of social sustainability and their application to supply chain decisions [68] | Emp | 382 |
12 | Bai and Sarkis (2010). Integrating sustainability into supplier selection with grey system and rough set methodologies [69] | Con | 376 |
13 | Klibi et al. (2010). The design of robust value-creating supply chain networks: A critical review [70] | Rev | 372 |
14 | Ahi et al. (2013). A comparative literature analysis of definitions for green and sustainable supply chain management [71] | Rev | 366 |
15 | Govindan et al. (2013). A fuzzy multi criteria approach for measuring sustainability performance of a supplier based on triple bottom line approach [55] | Emp | 332 |
16 | Burgess et al. (2006). Supply chain management: A structured literature review and implications for future research [72] | Rev | 329 |
17 | Ageron et al. (2012). Sustainable supply management: An empirical study [73] | Emp | 327 |
18 | Spekman et al. (1998). An empirical investigation into supply chain management [74] | Emp | 312 |
19 | Kuo et al. (2010). Integration of artificial neural network and MADA methods for green supplier selection [75] | Emp | 281 |
20 | Ashby et al. (2012). Making connections: A review of supply chain management and sustainability literature [76] | Rev | 274 |
Rank | Documents | Type | Cited by |
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1 | Seuring and Müller. (2008). From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management [1] | Rev | 443 |
2 | Carter and Rogers. (2008). A framework of sustainable supply chain management: moving toward new theory [5] | Rev | 221 |
3 | Pagell and Wu. (2009). Building a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management using case studies of 10 exemplars [60] | Con | 120 |
4 | Vachon and Klassen. (2008). Environmental management and manufacturing performance: the role of collaboration in the supply chain [60] | Emp | 111 |
5 | Hassini et al. (2012). A literature review and a case study of sustainable supply chains with a focus on metrics [67] | Rev | 95 |
6 | Zhu and Sarkis. (2004). Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain management practices in Chinese manufacturing enterprises [20] | Emp | 95 |
7 | Ahi and Searcy. (2013). A comparative literature analysis of definitions for green and sustainable supply chain management [2] | Rev | 93 |
8 | Seuring. (2013). A review of modelling approaches for sustainable supply chain management [53] | Rev | 89 |
9 | Srivastava. (2007). Green supply-chain management: a state-of-the-art literature review. New | Rev | 86 |
10 | Carter and Easton. (2011). Sustainable supply chain management: evolution and future directions [7] | Rev | 83 |
11 | Rao and Holt. (2005). Do green supply chains lead to competitiveness and economic performance? [77] | Con | 78 |
12 | Brandenburg et al. (2014). Quantitative models for sustainable supply chain management: developments and directions [65] | Rev | 77 |
13 | Bai and Sarkis. (2010). Integrating sustainability into supplier selection with grey system and rough set methodologies [69] | Con | 74 |
14 | Linton et al. (2007). Sustainable supply chains: an introduction [58] | Con | 73 |
15 | Barney. (1991). Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage [78] | Emp | 70 |
16 | Pagell and Shevchenko. (2014). Why research in sustainable supply chain management should have no future [34] | Com | 67 |
17 | Ageron et al. (2012). Sustainable supply management: an empirical study [73] | Emp | 66 |
18 | Govindan et al. (2013). S fuzzy multi criteria approach for measuring sustainability performance of a supplier based on triple bottom line approach [55] | Rev | 62 |
19 | Hart. (1995). A natural-resource-based view of the firm [79] | Con | 60 |
20 | Gold et al. (2010). Sustainable supply chain management and inter-organizational resources: a literature review [80] | Rev | 58 |
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