Green Public Procurement in open access and traditional journals: a comparative bibliometric analysis

Federico Galán-Valdivieso, Juana Alonso-Cañadas, Laura Saraite-Sariene and Carmen Caba-Perez

Journal of Public Procurement, 2024, vol. 24, issue 1, 91-113

Abstract: Purpose - Green Public Procurement (GPP) has recently gained attention in the academic and policy arenas since climate change has uncovered the need to be addressed by both private companies and public entities. Because of this growing interest this study aims to explore the most influential journals, publishers, categories, topics and therecent trends and future research lines in GPP. Design/methodology/approach - Based on the Web of Science database, 1,008 articles from 1990 to November 2023 devoted to GPP are analysed by using Bibliometrix, an R-tool to perform bibliometric analysis. Findings - This study introduces the following findings. The most influential journals by far areJournal of Cleaner ProductionandSustainability, differing in that the latter is open access (OA) while the former publishes through traditional subscription (TS). This result also occurs regarding the main publishers (Elsevier and MDPI). Social implications - GPP is a political commitment that contributes to improving the efficiency of the economies and that has aroused the interest of the scientific community. The paper can provide important insights for GPPs formulation in the areas of procurements and literacy. Originality/value - The paper leads a debate on the opportunities or threats that the OA journals present for the dissemination of scientific knowledge of GPP, compared to TS publications in the same field.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Green public procurement; Sustainable procurement; Open access; Traditional journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1108/JOPP-09-2023-0064

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