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Environmental Sustainability in Business

Environmental Sustainability in Business is a research topic within Marketing. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1952. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the drivers, impacts, and implications of green consumer behavior, environmental innovation, and sustainable business practices. It delves into topics such as corporate environmental strategy, green marketing, ethical consumption, and the influence of stakeholders on sustainability practices. The research also investigates the relationship between consumer behavior and environmental management, aiming to understand the motivations and barriers to green consumption.

  • Green Consumption
  • Environmental Innovation
  • Sustainable Business
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Corporate Environmental Strategy
  • Green Marketing
  • Sustainability Practices
  • Eco-Innovation
  • Ethical Consumption
  • Environmental Management
Research works
47k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+86%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Environmental Sustainability in Business

Which countries lead Environmental Sustainability in Business research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.4k and 2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.4k works
  2. 2 India 2k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 1.5k works
  4. 4 United States 1.2k works
  5. 5 Türkiye 796 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 751 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 735 works
  8. 8 Italy 694 works
  9. 9 Brazil 669 works
  10. 10 Spain 580 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 33.3%India: 14.6%Indonesia: 11.6%United States: 8.8%6 others listed: 31.7%33%largest
China4,438 · 33.3%India1,951 · 14.6%Indonesia1,541 · 11.6%United States1,178 · 8.8%6 others listed4,225 · 31.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Environmental Sustainability in Business research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most Environmental Sustainability in Business research, followed by Jiangsu University and Universiti Sains Malaysia.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 82 works
  2. 2 Jiangsu UniversityChina 69 works
  3. 3 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 65 works
  4. 4 Government of Western AustraliaAustralia 65 works
  5. 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 64 works
  6. 6 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 64 works
  7. 7 Binus UniversityIndonesia 58 works
  8. 8 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 57 works
  9. 9 University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 56 works
  10. 10 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 55 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Sustainability in Business?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Sustainability in Business include Marko Sarstedt, Christian M. Ringle and David F. Larcker.

  1. 1 Marko Sarstedt Germany 221k citations
  2. 2 Christian M. Ringle Germany 215k citations
  3. 3 David F. Larcker United States 197k citations
  4. 4 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  5. 5 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  6. 6 Joseph F. Hair United States 163k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Environmental Sustainability in Business?

The most cited paper in Environmental Sustainability in Business is "The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm?" (Martin Geissdoerfer, Paulo Savaget, Nancy Bocken et al., 2016), with 9,096 citations. Next come "Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?" (8,791) and "Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions" (8,310).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm? Martin Geissdoerfer, Paulo Savaget, Nancy Bocken et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 21 Dec 2016 9,096
2 Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior? Anja Kollmuss, Julian Agyeman · Environmental Education Research Open access Aug 2002 8,791
3 Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions Julian Kirchherr, Denise Reike, Marko P. Hekkert · Resources Conservation and Recycling Open access 15 Sep 2017 8,310
4 An assessment of the use of partial least squares structural equation modeling in marketing research Joe F. Hair, Marko Sarstedt, Christian M. Ringle et al. · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 6 Jun 2011 8,056
5 Corporate Social and Financial Performance: A Meta-Analysis Marc Orlitzky, Frank L. Schmidt, Sara L. Rynes · Organization Studies Review Mar 2003 7,659
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Where is Environmental Sustainability in Business research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Sustainability in Business research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 574 works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 301 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 283 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 281 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 227 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 201 works
  7. 7 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 199 works
  8. 8 HanoiVietnam 186 works
  9. 9 IstanbulTürkiye 184 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 177 works
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Where is the best place to study Environmental Sustainability in Business?

Among universities, judged by research, Capital University of Economics and Business, Jiangsu University and Abu Dhabi University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Capital University of Economics and BusinessChina 76.929.1%26.0×35 +527.5%
2Jiangsu UniversityChina 76.424.1%4.5×69 +201.1%
3Abu Dhabi UniversityUnited Arab Emirates 74.632.1%13.2×18 +46.9%
4University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia 71.918.3%22.9×41 +328.6%
5University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 70.617.8%38.1×56 +486.2%
6Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina 69.822.6%14.6×39 +245.5%
7Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 69.530.8%2.9×14 +500.3%
8Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 67.219.0%1.9×64 +155.6%
9Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina 66.428.7%10.4×26 +359.1%
10Shandong University of Finance and EconomicsChina 66.121.9%24.3×37 +384.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Environmental Sustainability in Business, country by country

Is Environmental Sustainability in Business research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 86% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Sustainability in Business.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Environmental Sustainability in Business as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.089% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Environmental Sustainability in Business0.097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Environmental Sustainability in Business over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Environmental Sustainability in Business10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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