Bibliometric Analysis of Carbon Footprint Studies Within the Scope of Sustainability
Yıl 2025,
Cilt: 29 Sayı: 3, 307 - 317
Rukiye Sefanur Altay
,
Hülya Demirel
,
Asude Ateş
Öz
Today, the world climate is undergoing negative changes as a result of the unconscious use of resources, increasing energy demand and anthropogenic effects resulting from the development of industry. Climate changes occurring on a global scale are long-term and bring with them many irreversible consequences. Various improvement activities are based on sustainability in the fight against global climate change. To ensure environmental sustainability, practices are carried out in industrial areas to determine carbon footprints and reduce carbon emissions accordingly. One of the important steps taken in this context is the European Green Deal action plan, which is the roadmap for the green transformation required by the Paris Climate Agreement of the EU, to which Turkey is also a party. The European Green Deal aims to make Europe the first carbon-neutral continent in 2050 and to bring carbon emissions in the atmosphere back to pre-industrial revolution levels. In line with this goal, activities aimed at carbon footprint studies have gained serious momentum. This study aims to determine the current status of carbon footprint studies on a global scale, their progress and their distribution on a country basis through bibliometric analysis. Bibliometric analysis is a social network analysis that guides researchers regarding the interactions of existing studies and future studies. 1305 indexed journal articles published between 2020 and 2024 were downloaded via the Web of Science database and analyzed. Network maps and graphs showed correlations between keywords, countries, and journals. Researchers in China and America have made significant contributions to this field. It is seen that the studies examined serve sustainability development goals and that the studies mainly target climate action with 722 articles.
Kaynakça
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Yıl 2025,
Cilt: 29 Sayı: 3, 307 - 317
Rukiye Sefanur Altay
,
Hülya Demirel
,
Asude Ateş
Kaynakça
- B. Vayic, “Evaluation of the corporate carbon footprint of the denim washing facility within the framework ofthe sustainability approach,” M.S. Dissertation, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey, 2023.
- O. Cisem, “Determining carbon, water and energy footprints in industries and assessing them in terms of sustainability: A case study for textile industries,” M.S. Dissertation, Tekirdag Namık Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey, 2023.
- O. Akpınar, “Evaluation of carbon footprint calculations for the automotive industry and research on reduction methods,” M.S. Dissertation, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 2023.
- Presidency of Foreign Affairs, “Sustainable development goals on environment, climate change and water,” Jun. 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.mfa.gov.tr/surdurulebilir-kalkinma.tr.mfa
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- Q. Liu, S. Wang, R. Ma, F. Huang, J. Li, S. Ye, Y. Guo, “Comparative analysis of forest soil carbon sink and source based on bibliometrics: Development, hotspots, and trends,” Journal of Cleaner Production, 144106, 2024.
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- S. Khanra, A. Dhir, P. Kaur, M. Mäntymäki, “Bibliometric analysis and literatüre review of ecotourism: Toward sustainable development,” Tourism Management Perspectives, vol. 37, 100777, 2022.
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- United Nations, “United Nations: Sustainable Development Goal: UN Climate Change Conference Paris,” 2015, [Online]. Available: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/cop21
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