A Meta-Synthesis of Bibliometric Reviews of Research on Managing for Sustainability, 1982–2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- What are the volume, disciplinary distribution, growth trajectory, and geographic distribution of published research on managing for sustainability?
- What journals have been most influential in disseminating research on sustainability in seven key management disciplines?
- What documents have had the greatest impact on research in managing for sustainability, and what key themes describe this literature?
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Identification and Integration of the Review Documents
2.2. Data Synthesis
3. Results
3.1. Trends in Knowledge Production on Sustainability in Management
3.2. Key Journals Publishing Research on Managing for Sustainability
3.3. Key Documents in Research on Managing for Sustainability
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations
4.2. Interpretation of the Findings
5. Conclusions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sanguankaew and Vathanophas Ractham, 2019 | Knowledge Management | 3234 3 | 1994–2019 | Mixed |
Nimsai et al., 2020 | Supply Chain Management | 1801 3 | 1995–2019 | Articles |
Suriyankietkaew and Petison, 2020 | Strategic Management | 988 | 1991–2019 | Mixed |
Rank | Journal | Management Discipline | Subject | Articles | Scopus Citations | CPD 1 | Scopus Quartile |
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1 | Journal of Cleaner Production | Cross | Operations | 804 | 22,067 | 27 | Q1 96% |
2 | Sustainability (Switzerland) | Cross | Development | 569 | 2993 | 5 | Q1 90% |
3 | Intl Jnl of Production Econ | SCM | Operations | 150 | 8333 | 56 | Q1 98% |
4 | Business Strategy & Environ | Strategy | Management | 95 | 3583 | 38 | Q1 99% |
5 | Resources, Cons. & Recycling | Environ | Environment | 93 | 2205 | 24 | Q1 98% |
6 | Intl Jnl of Prod Research | Operations | Operations | 84 | 3457 | 41 | Q1 90% |
7 | Intl Jnl of Supply Chain Man. | SCM | Operations | 84 | 208 | 2 | Q3 31% |
8 | Supply Chain Management | SCM | Operations | 74 | 4761 | 64 | Q1 94% |
9 | Intl Jnl of Sust in Higher Ed. | Education | Education | 56 | 1088 | 19 | Q1 86% |
10 | Journal of Business Ethics | Business | Management | 49 | 1197 | 24 | Q1 98% |
11 | Sustainable Development | Cross | Development | 48 | 1106 | 23 | Q1 96% |
12 | Eur. Jnl of Op. Research | Operations | Operations | 37 | 2297 | 62 | Q1 97% |
13 | Prod Planning and Control | Operations | Operations | 35 | 836 | 24 | Q1 90% |
14 | Tech. Fore & Social Change | Innovation | Information | 40 | 742 | 19 | Q1 92% |
15 | Intl Jnl of Op & Prod Man. | Operations | Operations | 33 | 2863 | 87 | Q1 95% |
16 | IFIP Adv in Comm & Tech | Information | Information | 33 | 39 | 1 | Q3 30% |
17 | Comm. in Com & Info Sci | Information | Information | 32 | 31 | 1 | Q3 33% |
18 | Jnl of Sustainable Tourism | Geography | Development | 31 | 950 | 31 | Q1 95% |
19 | Strategic Direction | Strategy | Management | 30 | 9 | 0 | Q1 5% |
20 | Sustainability Science | Cross | Environment | 29 | 453 | 16 | Q1 98% |
Rank | Documents | Subject | TBL Pillar(s) 1 | Type Paper 2 | Scopus Cites |
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1 | Seuring and Müller (2008). From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management [32]. | SCM | Env/Econ | Rev | 1926 |
2 | Austin et al. (2006). Social and commercial entrepreneurship [38]. | Entre | Soc/Econ | Con | 1067 |
3 | Mair & Marti (2006). Social entrepreneurship research [39]. | Entre | Soc/Econ | Con | 1012 |
4 | Bansal (2005). Evolving sustainably [40]. | Inno | Triple | Emp | 868 |
5 | Chesbrough and Crowther. (2006). Beyond high tech: Early adopters of open innovation in other industries [45]. | Inno | Econ | Emp | 784 |
6 | Bettencourt et al. (2007). Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities [46]. | KM | Soc/Econ | Con | 782 |
7 | Zahra et al. (2009). A typology of social entrepreneurs [47]. | Entre | Soc | Con | 698 |
8 | Vachon and Klassen (2006). Extending green practices across the supply chain [33]. | SCM | Env/Econ | Con | 666 |
9 | Zhu et al. (2005). Green supply chain management in China: Pressures, practices and performance [43]. | SCM | Env/Econ | Emp | 598 |
10 | Schot and Geels (2008). Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys [42]. | Inno | Soc/Econ | Rev | 585 |
11 | Pagell and Wu Z. (2009). Building a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management using case studies [48]. | SCM | Env/Econ | Emp | 583 |
12 | Hatch and Dyer (2004). Human capital and learning as a source of sustainable competitive advantage [49]. | KM | Soc/Econ | Con | 555 |
13 | Seyfang and Smith (2007). Grassroots innovations for sustainable development [6]. | Inno | Triple | Rev | 553 |
14 | Edvinsson (1997). Developing intellectual capital at Skandia [41]. | KM | Soc | Emp | 547 |
15 | Walker et al. (2008). Drivers and barriers to environmental supply chain management practices [50]. | SCM | Env/Econ | Con | 547 |
16 | Phaal et al. (2004). Technology roadmapping—a planning framework for evolution and revolution [51]. | ||||
17 | Peredo and McLean (2006). Social entrepreneurship [52]. | Entre | Soc | Rev | 516 |
18 | Zhu et al. (2007). Green supply chain management [44]. | SCM | Env/Econ | Con | 490 |
19 | Mcnie. (2007). Reconciling the supply of scientific information with user demands [53]. | Inno | Env | Rev | 485 |
20 | Wong. (2005). Critical success factors for implementing knowledge management in small and medium enterprises [54]. | KM | Econ | Con | 436 |
Rank | Document | Domain 1 | Type 2 | Co-Citations |
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1 | * Seuring and Müller (2008). From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management [32]. | S-SCM | Rev | 328 |
2 | Barney (1991). Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage [37]. | Strategy | Con | 177 |
3 | Carter and Rogers (2008). Framework of sustainable supply chain management: Moving toward new theory [57]. | S-SCM | Con | 166 |
4 | Eisenhardt (1989). Building theories from case study research [58]. | Theory | Con | 147 |
5 | Zhu and Sarkis (2004). Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain [59]. | S-SCM | Emp | 104 |
6 | * Pagell and Wu (2009). Building a more complete theory of sustainable supply chain management using case studies [48]. | S-SCM | Con | 90 |
7 | Vachon and Klassen (2008). Environmental management and manufacturing performance: The role of collaboration [60]. | S-SCM | Con | 88 |
8 | Dean and McMullen. (2007). Toward a theory of sustainable entrepreneurship [61]. | S-Entre | Con | 80 |
9 | Hart (1995). A natural-resource-based view of the firm [62]. | Strategy | Con | 79 |
10 | Cohen and Winn. (2007). Market imperfections, opportunity, and sustainable entrepreneurship [63]. | S-Entre | Con | 77 |
11 | Dyllick and Hockerts (2002). Beyond the business case for corporate sustainability [64]. | Sustain | Con | 75 |
12 | Linton et al. (2007). Sustainable supply chains: An introduction [65]. | S-SCM | Con | 75 |
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Hallinger, P. A Meta-Synthesis of Bibliometric Reviews of Research on Managing for Sustainability, 1982–2019. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063469
Hallinger P. A Meta-Synthesis of Bibliometric Reviews of Research on Managing for Sustainability, 1982–2019. Sustainability. 2021; 13(6):3469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063469
Chicago/Turabian StyleHallinger, Philip. 2021. "A Meta-Synthesis of Bibliometric Reviews of Research on Managing for Sustainability, 1982–2019" Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063469