@misc{10481/70323,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70323},
abstract = {Development must balance social, economic, and environmental sustainability; it is for
this reason that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated, in fact, action in one of
them will affect outcomes in others. In consequence, research on the SDGs is broad, complex, and
fragmented due to the great diversity of disciplines and approaches involved, making it difficult to
obtain valuable and unbiased information for future studies. As a result, a comprehensive review
of contributions could provide a comprehensive critical perspective. This article applies SciMAT
software to analyze the evolution of this field of research through a systematic literature review of
bibliographic records on the SDGs and a review based on bibliometric analysis of 10,272 selected
records. Additionally, hidden themes and their development in this field from 1990 to 2020 have
been identified to produce strategic diagrams, graphs of thematic evolution and performance indicators of the research field in different periods. The results obtained show a constantly evolving
scientific field, from its initial focus on the millennium goals to the gradual inclusion of the current
SDGs. They provide field experts with a comprehensive overview of the status quo and predict the
dynamic directions of future research, serving as a basis for the development of new strategies for
the implementation of the SDGs.},
organization = {FEDER/Junta de Andalucía-Consejería de Economía y
Conocimiento, thanks to the project “Design of strategists to face the impact of COVID-19 on the
compliance with the SDGs in Andalusia”, reference number CV20-01172},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Analysis of science mapping},
keywords = {Bibliometric analysis},
keywords = {SciMAT},
keywords = {Sustainable Development Goals},
keywords = {Systematic literature review},
title = {Analyzing the Scientific Evolution of the Sustainable Development Goals},
doi = {10.3390/app11188286},
author = {Díaz López, Carmen and Martín Blanco, Cathaysa Esther and De la Torre Bayo, Juan Jesús and Rubio Rivera, Benito and Zamorano Toro, Montserrat},
}