Mapping Green Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Research: An Integrated Bibliometric Analysis And Systematic Literature Review
Abstract
Green entrepreneurship has attracted growing scholarly attention as a strategic response to climate change, resource scarcity, and the global commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the literature remains conceptually fragmented and dispersed across multiple disciplines, with existing reviews rarely combining bibliometric rigor with systematic thematic synthesis. This study addresses that gap by mapping and synthesizing the intellectual landscape of research on green entrepreneurship and sustainability through an integrated bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review (SLR). Using the Scopus database, a structured search query returned 515 documents, which were screened through four successive PRISMA stages filtering by document type, subject area, keyword, and open-access status yielding a final corpus of 62 peer-reviewed articles. The bibliometric analysis was conducted using Scopus analytics and VOSviewer to examine publication trends, leading authors, subject area distribution, and international collaboration patterns, while the SLR employed qualitative thematic coding to synthesize how the literature conceptualizes the relationship between green entrepreneurship and sustainability. Findings show that publication output has grown substantially since 2022, peaking at 13 documents in 2024. The field is dominated by Business, Management, and Accounting literature, with China and the United Kingdom as the most productive countries. Keyword co-occurrence mapping revealed four thematic clusters centered on green entrepreneurship, sustainability and innovation, green entrepreneurial orientation, and green economy. The co-authorship network is sparse and fragmented, with Malaysia serving as a central bridging country, while Indonesia despite notable output contributes primarily through domestic collaboration. These findings confirm the field's multidisciplinary maturity while highlighting gaps in international collaboration and the need for more integrative conceptual frameworks..
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