Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis
Zero-waste cities are one of the important ways to promote resources sustainable development worldwide and have significant implications for promoting the recycling of waste resources and promoting global sustainable development. This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of zero-wast...
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| description | Zero-waste cities are one of the important ways to promote resources sustainable development worldwide and have significant implications for promoting the recycling of waste resources and promoting global sustainable development. This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of zero-waste cities to explore the current research landscape. Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC), PubMed and Scopus databases were used to retrieve a total of 392 articles containing research on zero-waste cities. These data were analysed by bibliometric methods to draw the research trends and recent advances in zero-waste cities comprehensive overview. The results show that the first article on zero-waste cities was published in 2008, marking the start of research in this area. In 2013, the most cited article was published by Zaman Au et al., and Italy is the country with the most research in this field. Additionally, the scholars and institutions who published the most papers in this field were investigated. Keywords: “circular economy”, “food waste”, “zero waste”, “recycling” and “waste management” remain the most used words in research. Furthermore, the data analysis illustrated that “waste collection” and its related components such as “waste diversion rate” and “waste generation” are emerging topics in zero-waste cities, however, it needs further development and more connections with zero-waste cities. Keywords such as “circular economy”, “sustainable development” and “carbon emissions” may become research hotspots or future trends. Finally, this study presents the future direction of zero-waste cities, thematic focus and research hotspots making a valuable contribution to zero-waste cities field. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ca2ec619e6544f4b8cf45d7fc992822c2025-01-09T15:14:10ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Taibah University for Science1658-36552025-12-0119110.1080/16583655.2025.2449616Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysisHan Wang0Bin Zhao1Shaban G. Gouda2University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaSchool of Public Administration, Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology, Harbin, People’s Republic of ChinaAgricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Benha, EgyptZero-waste cities are one of the important ways to promote resources sustainable development worldwide and have significant implications for promoting the recycling of waste resources and promoting global sustainable development. This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of zero-waste cities to explore the current research landscape. Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC), PubMed and Scopus databases were used to retrieve a total of 392 articles containing research on zero-waste cities. These data were analysed by bibliometric methods to draw the research trends and recent advances in zero-waste cities comprehensive overview. The results show that the first article on zero-waste cities was published in 2008, marking the start of research in this area. In 2013, the most cited article was published by Zaman Au et al., and Italy is the country with the most research in this field. Additionally, the scholars and institutions who published the most papers in this field were investigated. Keywords: “circular economy”, “food waste”, “zero waste”, “recycling” and “waste management” remain the most used words in research. Furthermore, the data analysis illustrated that “waste collection” and its related components such as “waste diversion rate” and “waste generation” are emerging topics in zero-waste cities, however, it needs further development and more connections with zero-waste cities. Keywords such as “circular economy”, “sustainable development” and “carbon emissions” may become research hotspots or future trends. Finally, this study presents the future direction of zero-waste cities, thematic focus and research hotspots making a valuable contribution to zero-waste cities field.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/16583655.2025.2449616Zero waste citysustainable developmentbibliometric analysisbibliometrix R packageknowledge graphresearch trends |
| spellingShingle | Han Wang Bin Zhao Shaban G. Gouda Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis Journal of Taibah University for Science Zero waste city sustainable development bibliometric analysis bibliometrix R package knowledge graph research trends |
| title | Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis |
| title_full | Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis |
| title_fullStr | Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis |
| title_short | Global research trends in zero-waste cities: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis |
| title_sort | global research trends in zero waste cities a comprehensive bibliometric analysis |
| topic | Zero waste city sustainable development bibliometric analysis bibliometrix R package knowledge graph research trends |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/16583655.2025.2449616 |
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