The trends of blockchain in environmental management research: a bibliometric analysis

Jin, Shuai; Chang, He

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-19856-x

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“…Most authors and organizations are from the Chinese institute with blockchain and supply chain as its leading research area. The results of this study are in favor of the study proposed by Jin and Chang (2022). Recently, articles on implementing blockchain technology in the supply chain have been hot topics.…”

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“…In another study on blockchain technology in the food supply chain, Pandey et al (2022) used the Scopus database to perform general citations, bibliometric coupling, and coword analysis. Jin and Chang (2022) conducted bibliometric research on blockchain in environmental management. They extracted data from WOS, and for description analysis, they adopted the R-package and VOSviewer for visualization.…”

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A bibliometric study on blockchain-based supply chain: a theme analysis, adopted methodologies, and future research agenda

Shoaib

Zhang

Ali

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The emergence of the underlying blockchain technology of bitcoin has gained extensive attention from researchers and practitioners. As distributed ledger technology, blockchain widely finds its applications in the supply chain to mitigate issues related to transparency, information sharing, process efficiency, and traceability. This study employed a knowledge-based visualization technique to create a vision beyond other review studies on the blockchain-based supply chain. We used bibliometric and network analysis to synthesize the previous literature. In total, 431 articles in the timespan of 2017 to April 2022 from Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) databases were analyzed after applying search string, inclusion, and exclusion criteria. Basic information was extracted from initial data screening; then, data was analyzed on the grounds of co-occurrence, bibliographic coupling, citation, co-authorship, and co-citation analysis. In addition, thematic analysis was performed to analyze the content of the previous studies, adopted research methods, and dynamic industries in the literature. Besides all these, we identified various research gaps and proposed research directions for future study. We believe that this study provides adequate knowledge to academic scholars and supply chain practitioners to fast-track the current research in the supply chain domain using blockchain technology.

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A bibliometric study on blockchain-based supply chain: a theme analysis, adopted methodologies, and future research agenda

Shoaib

Zhang

Ali

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Creating an immutable record of waste generation, collection, and recycling enables transparency and accountability. This data can be utilized to optimize waste management systems, reduce waste, and promote recycling efforts [115]. Summing up, a blockchain can be deployed in smart cities to enhance their efficiency in several ways, as presented in Table 15 [114][115][116].…”

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“…Addressing these challenges requires collaboration between technology providers, city governments, regulatory bodies, and the community. Table 16 presents the main challenges of deploying a blockchain for smart cities [114][115][116].…”

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Enabling Technologies for Next-Generation Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Review and Research Directions

Ali,

Elsaid,

Ateya

et al. 2023

Future Internet

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The concept of smart cities, which aim to enhance the quality of urban life through innovative technologies and policies, has gained significant momentum in recent years. As we approach the era of next-generation smart cities, it becomes crucial to explore the key enabling technologies that will shape their development. This work reviews the leading technologies driving the future of smart cities. The work begins by introducing the main requirements of different smart city applications; then, the enabling technologies are presented. This work highlights the transformative potential of the Internet of things (IoT) to facilitate data collection and analysis to improve urban infrastructure and services. As a complementary technology, distributed edge computing brings computational power closer to devices, reducing the reliance on centralized data centers. Another key technology is virtualization, which optimizes resource utilization, enabling multiple virtual environments to run efficiently on shared hardware. Software-defined networking (SDN) emerges as a pivotal technology that brings flexibility and scalability to smart city networks, allowing for dynamic network management and resource allocation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is another approach for managing smart cities by enabling predictive analytics, automation, and smart decision making based on vast amounts of data. Lastly, the blockchain is introduced as a promising approach for smart cities to achieve the required security. The review concludes by identifying potential research directions to address the challenges and complexities brought about by integrating these key enabling technologies.

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“…In the face of these obstacles, new incentives need to be proposed by governments to improve the model of river governance in the context of blockchain. On the theoretical side, research on blockchain in environmental governance is still in its infancy, but several scholars have explored the effects of blockchain technology on environmental governance (Jin & Chang, 2022). In terms of case studies, there are few studies on the transformation of RCS in the context of blockchain technology, and the mechanism of synergy between blockchain and RCS has not yet been elucidated.…”

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Design of a river chief incentive mechanism based on blockchain: A principal–agent model

2022

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Information asymmetry caused by centralized databases is the main factor hindering the improved performance of river chief governance, and blockchain can solve this dilemma. In view of the mismatch between traceable feature of blockchain and the heavy punishment mechanism, a model of river governance was constructed based on principal-agent theory, and an incentive mechanism of river chiefs in the context of blockchain was designed. The results we conducted will enable the real river management information to be stored permanently in the distributed ledger. These measures are conducive to long-term river management and improve the overall environmental and social benefits.

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The trends of blockchain in environmental management research: a bibliometric analysis

Cited by 13 publications

References 70 publications

A bibliometric study on blockchain-based supply chain: a theme analysis, adopted methodologies, and future research agenda

A bibliometric study on blockchain-based supply chain: a theme analysis, adopted methodologies, and future research agenda

Enabling Technologies for Next-Generation Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Review and Research Directions

Design of a river chief incentive mechanism based on blockchain: A principal–agent model

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