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Green and sustainable freight logistics for improving supply chain sustainability: A bibliometric analysis

  • Aalok Kumar*
  • , Ramesh Anbanandam
  • , Golam Kabir
  • , Yiğit Kazançoğlu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The concept of green and sustainable freight transport practices is evolving rapidly and attracted the attention of academic researchers and transport practitioners. This chapter provides a review of green and sustainable freight transport practices measure for providing a better understanding of evolving research fields. The literature review considered 20 years of research data for analyzing the research pattern. This chapter uses bibliometric and network analysis for analyzing the scientific mapping of green and sustainable freight transport practices. The chapter also analyzes the most influencing research articles of the field, top contributing authors, organizations, and key research areas related to the field. The most explored research clusters are presented along with future research directions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSupply Chain Sustainability
Subtitle of host publicationModeling and Innovative Research Frameworks
Publisherde Gruyter
Pages39-59
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9783110628593
ISBN (Print)9783110625561
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Nov 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. All rights reserved.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

  • Bibliometric literature review
  • Green freight transport
  • Sustainability
  • Sustainable development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • General Business, Management and Accounting

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