Sustainable Development and Green Initiatives: A Bibliometric Analysis based on Scopus Database

Abstract Sustainability efforts that encourage the creation of ecologically friendly goods and services are the driving force behind green initiatives. Evaluating previous study publishing trends on SDGs and green businesses was the objective of this study. Using the Scopus database, "sustainable development" and "green initiatives" were the two key terms employed to perform bibliometric analysis. The performance analysis metrics include contributions from leading universities and nations and publications by the most prolific writers. We scientifically mapped the co-citation analysis of authors, bibliographic collaborations of journals and nations, and co-occurrence of keywords using VOSviewer. A total of 789 articles were made between 2004 and 2024, with a maximum of 196 publications in 2023. The Chinese Academy of Sciences ranked first with 17 publications. Out of 108 country-specific publications, China had the most (149 articles), followed by India (100) and the USA (96). The most cited writers were Wang Y. with (160) papers, Zhang Y. (143), and Li Y. with (131). The most frequently occurring keywords were "sustainable development" (376 times), "sustainability" (156 times), "climate change" (109 times), and so on. The findings of this study could significantly improve resource optimization, establish sustainable supply networks, and incorporate real-time environmental monitoring.