Economic Growth and climate change: bibliometric analysis

Fábio Júnior Clemente Gama; André Vitor Pereira de Melo; Caio Oliveira Azevedo; Bruno Castro Alves; Carla Rocha dos Santos; Kaylane Manuele Nunes Feitoza; Suzana Quinet de Andrade Bastos

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.15511

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Fábio Júnior Clemente Gama Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-411X
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André Vitor Pereira de Melo Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5181-3901
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Caio Oliveira Azevedo Federal University of Paraíba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7296-4939
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Bruno Castro Alves Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0801-1218
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Carla Rocha dos Santos Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8726-9137
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Kaylane Manuele Nunes Feitoza Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8263-2808
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Suzana Quinet de Andrade Bastos Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8080-1486
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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.15511

Keywords:

Bibliometric analysis, Sustainable developments, Economic growth

Abstract

The concept of sustainable development emerged in the 1970s as an alternative to uncontrolled economic growth. It gained relevance through the 1972 Club of Rome report, which highlighted the need for balancing economic growth, environmental protection, and social justice. Accordingly, the aims of the present study are to map the progress of the literature on the Economic Growth/Climate Change intersection based on the bibliometric analysis of 5919 documents selected in the Scopus and Web of Science databases (1978-2024) in the R software. Based on the results, there was yearly growth by 13.77% in scientific production. China was the leader in number of publications, and it was followed by the United States and the United Kingdom. Environmental Science, Social Sciences, Economics, Energy and Medicine were the main research/production fields. Institutions such as Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and authors like Wang S., Bekun F. and Adebayo T. stood out among the other institutions and authors. According to the analysis, there were fast expansion of scientific production, significant international collaboration and gaps that still demand investigation, besides the underscoring of the relevant global collaboration to find sustainable solutions.