Sustainable Management of Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Global Research Trends

Emilio Abad-Segura, Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar, Juan C. Infante-Moro and Germán Ruipérez García
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Emilio Abad-Segura: Department of Economics and Business, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar: Department of Education, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Juan C. Infante-Moro: Department of Financial Economics, Accounting and Operations Management, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Germán Ruipérez García: Faculty of Philology, National University of Distance Education, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-24

Abstract: Digital transformation in the education sector has implied the involvement of sustainable management, in order to adapt to the changes imposed by new technologies. Trends in global research on this topic have been analyzed and studied, during the 1986–2019 period. To achieve this purpose, a bibliometric study of 1590 articles from the Scopus database has been applied. The results provided data on the scientific productivity of authors, journals, institutions, and countries that contribute to the development of this research area. The evidence reveals an exponential trend, with special interest in the last five years. The main categories are Social Sciences and Environmental Science. The most productive journal is Sustainability. The author with more articles is Mulder, from The Hague University of Applied Sciences. The most productive institution is Delft University of Technology. The USA is the country with the most academic publications and international collaborations in its studies. The main keywords used in the articles are “sustainability”, “sustainable development”, “higher education”, “innovation”, “technology”, “environmental technology”, “technological development”, and “environmental management”. Global research has followed a growing trend, with optimal publication levels in recent years.

Keywords: digital transformation; higher education; sustainable management; worldwide research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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