Sustainable Project Management: a bibliometric analysis of scientific literature from 2008 to 2023

Purpose. This study describes publication patterns and recurring research themes in a selected historical corpus on sustainable project management (SPM), with particular attention to the integration of sustainability into project practices and the assessment of project success.Design and methodology. The analysis covers 40 English-language records classified as articles in a Scopus RIS export dated 26 May 2023. Publication years, outlets, authorship and keyword incidence were recalculated from the export. Three original VOSviewer maps are reproduced from the thesis presentation and interpreted qualitatively alongside the record metadata and abstracts.Findings. The selected corpus peaked in 2021 with 10 articles. Sustainability accounted for 14 records, followed by Journal of Cleaner Production with five, Journal of Modern Project Management with four and International Journal of Project Management with three. Project management and sustainability occurred in the keyword metadata of 36 and 33 records, respectively. After author-name disambiguation, A. J. G. Silvius appeared in nine articles. Four articles were single-authored and 36 were coauthored. The maps and narrative synthesis connect organisational integration, stakeholder considerations and broader conceptions of project success.Contribution. The study provides an auditable account of a narrowly defined historical sample and preserves its original visual evidence. It offers a baseline for later comparisons while distinguishing descriptive counts, visual interpretation and findings reported by individual studies.