GREEN JOBS BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS FROM JANUARY 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2025

Aisyah Pia Asrunputri; Meindro  Waskito; Arif Widodo Nugroho

doi:10.37729/segmen.v22i1.7152

Aisyah Pia Asrunputri Universitas Islam As-Syafi'iyah
Meindro Waskito
Arif Widodo Nugroho

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37729/segmen.v22i1.7152

Abstract

This study analyses the global research trends on green jobs from 2008 to 2025. There are 164 scientific articles about green jobs studied in this study. Scientific articles are sourced from the Scopus database with open and closed access publication categories. VOSViewer was used to analyses research findings using a bibliometric methodology. The results show a downward trend of publications in the green jobs research area starting from the early period where the concept of green jobs began to be popular among researchers and practitioners. The most significant and most frequently used keywords in research related to green jobs are green economy. This research implies the importance of optimizing publications related to green jobs, especially related to job creation that can build ecological and economic resilience in the era of sustainability

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