Research on complex socio-environmental systems (also known as socio-ecological systems) has a long tradition in scientific considerations. Their theoretical basis was defined already in the 1970s [1]. In the following decades, the concept of a holistic consideration of complex interactions between social, economic, and environmental systems became permanently embedded in the paradigm of sustainable development. In the 21st century, in the face of global challenges faced by human civilization, it was necessary to develop new study areas in the context of research on social and environmental systems. Such concepts as resilience, integrated assessment of ecosystem services, socio-ecological system frameworks, coupled human and natural systems, and vulnerability frameworks appeared [2].The conceptual framework that considers the vulnerability of complex human-environment systems proposed by Turner et al. ( 2003) is a rapidly developing research perspective [3]. In the context of the latest research, it has become crucial to seek answers to the question of who or what is most vulnerable to global environmental changes and where this vulnerability is the most crucial in terms of the geo-spatial point of view. Research conducted all over the world indicates that vulnerability to change is not a simple function of exposure to hazards, but also depends on the sensitivity and resilience of complex systems at a particular place and time [4].Ongoing parallel processes of urbanization, aging of society, population growth, and increasing consumption interplay with threats caused by climate change, extreme weather events, and depletion of resources. As climate-related hazards impact both human and environmental elements, there is a need to explore, analyze, and understand the vulnerability of socio-environmental systems. Therefore, adaptation to climate change as well as sustainable development required a knowledge-based approach and intelligent solutions for integrated assessment of the state of the environment and society. With the purpose of illustrating the dynamics of research on the vulnerability of socio-environmental systems, we have conducted a query of the term "socio-environmental vulnerability" in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Since 2006, we have observed a gradual increase in interest in the problem of socio-environmental vulnerability. In recent years, on average, six to eight works indexed in databases have appeared annually (Figure 1). Finally, we identified 53 articles in Web of Science and 57 in the Scopus database.According to the classification of research areas in Web of Science, the largest number of works had been assigned to Environmental Sciences (and Studies) (30%), Geography (25%) and Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health (19%). A total of 11% of the papers were in the field of Green and Sustainable Science and Technology and 8% in Education Research. Some articles (4%) had been tagged as Biodiversity Conservation, Economics, Law, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, and Urban Stu...