Sustainability in the arctic: a bibliometric analysis

• Published in: Discover Sustainability
• Main Authors: Fatma Ahmed, Oscar Zapata, Greg Poelzer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Sustainability; Climate Change; Bibliometric Analysis; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00312-4; https://doaj.org/article/90d7f623b6004d61bfd58377f5d0d34e

Abstract This paper examines the literature on the Sustainability in the Arctic region, using a bibliometric analysis of 213 English-language articles published between 1980 and 2022 exploiting Bibliometrix, an R package. To find relevant literature using the Web of Science (WOS) database, we searched for documents using mesh terms based on the query of two terms, “Arctic & Sustainability”. We used the Boolean operator “AND” to combine the two terms and the Boolean operator “OR” to include synonyms of the terms. The articles retrieved were authored by 724 researchers, published in 98 journals, representing 132 countries, and growing at 5.08% annually. The findings reveal that a substantial portion of the Arctic sustainability literature placed significant emphasis on the examination of climate change, adaptation, and vulnerabilities affecting local communities. Furthermore, the more recent publications in this field concentrate predominantly on exploring perceptions and governance.