Clean development mechanism: Profile and behavior in brazilian academia from the perspective of social network analysis

Background: The Clean Development Mechanism is the only “flexible mechanism” of the Kyoto Protocol that allows developing countries to participate so that they can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon, through projects, thus seeking to mitigate climate problems and, consequently, the pursuit of sustainable development. Purpose: To investigate the profile and behavior of scientific production of articles published on the CDM theme in Brazilian academia from the perspective of social network analysis from the perspective of SPELL. Method: Social network analysis was used in 41 articles identified on the CDM theme. Results: Decline of the CDM theme in Brazilian academia; RGSA was the most central journal; José Célio Silveira Andrade, Maisa de Souza Ribeiro and Antônio Costa Silva Júnior were the most central authors; USP, UFBA, UNIFOR and UFSM were the most central universities; Mari Elizabete Bernardini Seiffert and Ignez Vidigal Lopes were the most cited authors and the Interministerial Commission on Global Climate Change was the most cited entity; and clean development mechanism, sustainable development, Kyoto Protocol, carbon credits, CDM, sustainability, carbon credit, clean development mechanism (CDM), performance and renewable energy were the most central keywords. Conclusions: This study concludes by highlighting the CDM theme from the perspective of social network analysis, analyzing the structure and formation of the networks of actors involved in the process of construction and creation of academic value regarding the aforementioned and highlighted subject, thus contributing to its better understanding and, in parallel, to its comprehension, consequently influencing its development, its maturation, and its growth in the academic literature of Brazil.