Research of the circular economy: the Russian landscape

The paper analyzes the Russian research landscape of the circular economy (CE). The theoretical importance of the work is determined by a growing interest to the subject in academic community. The practical importance is related to the implementation of the CE concept in the field of business and to the development of national policies in this area, in particular adoption of the Federal project «Circular economy» in Russia. Using bibliometric methods, the authors analyze a sample of 1089 prior studies from 2014 to 2023 related to the topic of circular economy, 209 of which can be attributed to the core of the research landscape. One of the characteristics of the landscape is terminological variability: the English term «circular economy» has acquired different variants in Russian works and practice. The analysis of the core of the research landscape of 209 scientific papers with formulated criteria allowed us to identify nine categories. Among them: the study of the CE theoretical foundations, the study of foreign experience, the development of indicators and assessment methods, the development of solutions for implementing CE in Russia, the implementation of the concept at the regional level, implementation in industries, waste management to achieve CE, enterprise management in the context of CE, industrial technologies and CE. Three periods of landscape development are also defined: «formation» (2017-2019), «expansion» (20202022), «beginning of transformation» (starting from 2023).