Sustainability Transitions in the Construction Sector: A Bibliometric Review

Luis Felipe Cândido, Jose Carlos Lazaro (), Adriano Olivier de Freitas e Silva and José de Paula Barros Neto ()
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Luis Felipe Cândido: Postgraduation Program on Managament and Controlling—PPAC, Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, Campus Benfica, Federal University of Ceará—UFC, Av. Da Universidade 2431, Benfica, Fortaleza 60181-020, Brazil
Jose Carlos Lazaro: Postgraduation Program on Managament and Controlling—PPAC, Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, Campus Benfica, Federal University of Ceará—UFC, Av. Da Universidade 2431, Benfica, Fortaleza 60181-020, Brazil
Adriano Olivier de Freitas e Silva: Postgraduation Program on Managament and Controlling—PPAC, Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, Campus Benfica, Federal University of Ceará—UFC, Av. Da Universidade 2431, Benfica, Fortaleza 60181-020, Brazil
José de Paula Barros Neto: Postgraduation Program on Managament and Controlling—PPAC, Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, Campus Benfica, Federal University of Ceará—UFC, Av. Da Universidade 2431, Benfica, Fortaleza 60181-020, Brazil

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-26

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; construction projects; innovation; sociotechnical transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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