{"id":4200,"date":"2023-02-08T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circularports.vlaanderen-circulair.be\/?post_type=library&#038;p=4200"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:17:12","slug":"a-bibliometric-analysis-of-the-literature-on-circular-economy-and-sustainability-in-maritime-studies","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/publication\/a-bibliometric-analysis-of-the-literature-on-circular-economy-and-sustainability-in-maritime-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Circular economy and sustainability in maritime studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-10 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">A bibliometric analysis of the literature on circular economy and sustainability in maritime studies<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p>Over the last decade, many academics, practitioners, and policy-makers have focused on the notion of circular economy (CE) as a way to operationalize sustainable development. There is, however, a shortage of review studies that reflect the evolution and status of CE with respect to sustainability in the maritime industry.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the development of CE in research on sustainable maritime processes\/operations in the maritime industry. To accomplish this, the study uses citation analysis (publication distribution, productive journals, cross-country collaborations), co-occurrence analysis of the subject categories, co-citation analysis, and keyword frequency analysis. To collect data, the study utilizes the Web of Science database. Such software packages as CiteSpace, Histcite, and VOSviewer are used to analyze the data collected.<\/p>\n<p>The results clarify that, in the maritime industry, CE is a micro-level sub-set of sustainability. Furthermore, the literature has mainly focused on waste management and life-cycle assessment as measures of CE 1.0 and CE 2.0, respectively. Assessing circularity in terms of<em>\u00a0R<\/em>-imperatives highlights that \u201crecycle,\u201d \u201cremanufacture,\u201d \u201crecover,\u201d and \u201creduce\u201d are widespread practices of circularity in the maritime industry. Shipping companies should evaluate the possibility of implementing CE by realizing shorter loop<em>\u00a0R<\/em>-imperatives such as \u201crefuse,\u201d \u201creduce,\u201d \u201creuse,\u201d and \u201crepair.\u201d Scholars must further explore underdeveloped<em>\u00a0R<\/em>-imperatives such as \u201crefuse,\u201d \u201crefurbish,\u201d \u201crepurpose,\u201d and \u201cremine\u201d in the maritime industry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Keywords<\/strong>: the maritime industry, sustainability, circular economy, bibliometric analysis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cite as<\/strong>:\u00a0Razmjooei, D., Alimohammadlou, M., Ranaei Kordshouli, HA. <em>et al.<\/em>\u00a0A bibliometric analysis of the literature on circular economy and sustainability in maritime studies.\u00a0<em>Environ Dev Sustain<\/em>\u00a0(2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10668-023-02942-6\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10668-023-02942-6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 icon_atright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10668-023-02942-6\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Learn more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the development of CE in research on sustainable maritime processes\/operations in the maritime industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4221,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"content-type":[214],"port-type":[],"type-of-practice":[217],"subject":[],"port_locations":[],"class_list":["post-4200","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-paper","type-of-practice-research-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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