Unveiling the conceptual development of industrial symbiosis: Bibliometric analysis

摘要: Abstract The concept of Industrial Symbiosis (IS) has been emerged under the umbrella Ecology (IE), ensuring reduction environmental deprivation through efficient use waste and by-products. Over years, importance application IS gained momentous as its mutual benefits were recognised. Further, research in also increasingly grown over past few decades. Various scholarly works can be found on appreciating evolution development which specific concerns definitions reinterpretations have not unveiled. Thus, purpose this is to understand line with last three decades starting from 1989 2019. journal articles published Web Science (WoS) related term ‘Industrial Symbiosis’ reviewed evaluate pattern publications since initiation results derived systematic review analysed using bibliometric analysis technique. highly cited journals, number leading authors field first Finally, key aspects that considered by scholars for interpreting appraised main contribution study. A clear illustration finally produced re-organising identified proposed criteria network, context externalities. This study thus provides an overview about scientific growth at-a-glance a conceptual basis researchers initiate new directions.