Sustainability Transitions in the Construction Sector: A Bibliometric Review

Sustainability transition constitutes an important topic in innovation studies that have been providing insights into contemporary sustainability issues. These insights can help us to rethink how the construction industry can become more sustainable. Thus, this study review comprehensively analyzes...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 15; no. 17; p. 12814
Main Authors Cândido, Luis Felipe, Lazaro, Jose Carlos, Freitas e Silva, Adriano Olivier de, Barros Neto, José de Paula
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2023
Subjects
Bibliographic coupling
Bibliometrics
Building
Construction industry
Energy consumption
Innovations
Institutionalization
Social construction
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Technological change
Technology
Trends
Australia
United Kingdom
China
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Summary:Sustainability transition constitutes an important topic in innovation studies that have been providing insights into contemporary sustainability issues. These insights can help us to rethink how the construction industry can become more sustainable. Thus, this study review comprehensively analyzes the scientific production of ST in the CI through bibliometric analysis, using a sample of 121 documents from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The review identified the evolution of scientific production and the top journals, institutions, nations, and authors contributing to this field and highlights a significant increase in publications since 2017. The VOSviewer was used to perform the science mapping and revealed the ongoing fragmentation within the publication network in the field. The bibliographic coupling and author keyword co-occurrence networks shed light on the research trends and directions. In sum, the scientific production on the transition to sustainability in the construction sector is diverse but relatively recent, indicating that the field is still in its early stages and requires more research for a comprehensive understanding of the subject. Overall, this study contributes by providing insightful information about the current state of TS in the CI, enabling dialogue between academic communities and stimulating interest in TS among those who have not yet addressed these issues.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su151712814