Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter

A growing interest in the circular economy, which is seen in the intensification of public discourse, could lead to a danger of blurring the concept and introducing inefficiency in implementing circular economy-based solutions. This study explores the trend in concomitant or accompanying concepts o...

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Autores principales: Anna Mirzyńska, Oskar Kosch, Martin Schieg, Karel Šuhajda, Marek Szarucki
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:82aa1e49b5c74844a8831a07bcfd25222021-11-18T16:03:45ZExploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter10.3846/tede.2021.158012029-49132029-4921https://doaj.org/article/82aa1e49b5c74844a8831a07bcfd25222021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jbem.vgtu.lt/index.php/TEDE/article/view/15801https://doaj.org/toc/2029-4913https://doaj.org/toc/2029-4921 A growing interest in the circular economy, which is seen in the intensification of public discourse, could lead to a danger of blurring the concept and introducing inefficiency in implementing circular economy-based solutions. This study explores the trend in concomitant or accompanying concepts of the discussion about the circular economy themes understanding regarding scientific publications (3,486 publications from Web of Science and Scopus) and popular (non-scientific) domain (represented by 106,504 tweets) in the years 2011–2018. By employing text mining, we calculated the Jaccard similarity index divided into years. The results reveal changes over time in themes accompanying the circular economy discussion and a trend of rising recognition of research-related keywords in general public discussion, with unweighted similarity reaching 39.44% in 2018. Our Twitter keyword research perspective indicates the need to consider the consumer’s role in the development of the circular economy – through keywords that are closely related to consumers’ daily activities. Anna MirzyńskaOskar KoschMartin SchiegKarel ŠuhajdaMarek SzaruckiVilnius Gediminas Technical Universityarticlecircular economysustainable developmentconcepts meaningbibliometricsTwitterEconomic growth, development, planningHD72-88BusinessHF5001-6182ENTechnological and Economic Development of Economy, Vol 27, Iss 6 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic circular economy
sustainable development
concepts meaning
bibliometrics
Twitter
Economic growth, development, planning
HD72-88
Business
HF5001-6182
spellingShingle circular economy
sustainable development
concepts meaning
bibliometrics
Twitter
Economic growth, development, planning
HD72-88
Business
HF5001-6182
Anna Mirzyńska
Oskar Kosch
Martin Schieg
Karel Šuhajda
Marek Szarucki
Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter
description A growing interest in the circular economy, which is seen in the intensification of public discourse, could lead to a danger of blurring the concept and introducing inefficiency in implementing circular economy-based solutions. This study explores the trend in concomitant or accompanying concepts of the discussion about the circular economy themes understanding regarding scientific publications (3,486 publications from Web of Science and Scopus) and popular (non-scientific) domain (represented by 106,504 tweets) in the years 2011–2018. By employing text mining, we calculated the Jaccard similarity index divided into years. The results reveal changes over time in themes accompanying the circular economy discussion and a trend of rising recognition of research-related keywords in general public discussion, with unweighted similarity reaching 39.44% in 2018. Our Twitter keyword research perspective indicates the need to consider the consumer’s role in the development of the circular economy – through keywords that are closely related to consumers’ daily activities.
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title Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter
title_short Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter
title_full Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter
title_fullStr Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter
title_full_unstemmed Exploring concomitant concepts in the discussion on the circular economy: A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science, Scopus and Twitter
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