A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions?
Purpose: This study aims to provide the current and future state of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the higher education institutions (HEIs). Since the SDGs’ proliferation, HEIs have played a crucial part in meeting the goals. Despite the central role of HEIs in accomplishing...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
Emerald Publishing Limited
2022
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/7/A%20systematic%20bibliometric%20review%20of%20the%20United%20Nations%20SDGS.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/13/2022_IJSHE_A%20systematic%20bibliometric%20review%20of%20the%20United%20Nations.pdf |
| _version_ | 1848824719357247488 |
|---|---|
| author | Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman Lee, Chia Kuang |
| author_facet | Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman Lee, Chia Kuang |
| author_sort | Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi |
| building | UMP Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Purpose: This study aims to provide the current and future state of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the higher education institutions (HEIs). Since the SDGs’ proliferation, HEIs have played a crucial part in meeting the goals. Despite the central role of HEIs in accomplishing the SDGs, there has been little attention in providing a comprehensive overview of the SDGs in relation to HEIs. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 280 publications in the Web of Science database were analyzed through a bibliometric approach consisting of citation analysis, co-citation analysis and co-occurrence of keywords analysis. This review explores the current state of SDGs, its central themes of research streams and predicts future direction in the context of HEIs. Findings: The findings would assist stakeholders to strategize the SDGs on HEIs, including the government and policymakers, university top management, benefactors and academics. Three main research streams were observed sustainable curriculum; challenges and barriers of SDGs; and COVID-19 and health management. Research limitations/implications: Implications suggest that to achieve the stipulated goals in the SDGs, proper planning and strategy should be aligned proportionate to the national agenda. Originality/value: This paper presents a novel knowledge structure by mapping the most relevant SDGs in the context of HEIs based on bibliometric analysis. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-15T03:17:30Z |
| format | Article |
| id | ump-35214 |
| institution | Universiti Malaysia Pahang |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-15T03:17:30Z |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | ump-352142024-11-05T23:45:06Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/ A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman Lee, Chia Kuang H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races Purpose: This study aims to provide the current and future state of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the higher education institutions (HEIs). Since the SDGs’ proliferation, HEIs have played a crucial part in meeting the goals. Despite the central role of HEIs in accomplishing the SDGs, there has been little attention in providing a comprehensive overview of the SDGs in relation to HEIs. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 280 publications in the Web of Science database were analyzed through a bibliometric approach consisting of citation analysis, co-citation analysis and co-occurrence of keywords analysis. This review explores the current state of SDGs, its central themes of research streams and predicts future direction in the context of HEIs. Findings: The findings would assist stakeholders to strategize the SDGs on HEIs, including the government and policymakers, university top management, benefactors and academics. Three main research streams were observed sustainable curriculum; challenges and barriers of SDGs; and COVID-19 and health management. Research limitations/implications: Implications suggest that to achieve the stipulated goals in the SDGs, proper planning and strategy should be aligned proportionate to the national agenda. Originality/value: This paper presents a novel knowledge structure by mapping the most relevant SDGs in the context of HEIs based on bibliometric analysis. Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/7/A%20systematic%20bibliometric%20review%20of%20the%20United%20Nations%20SDGS.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/13/2022_IJSHE_A%20systematic%20bibliometric%20review%20of%20the%20United%20Nations.pdf Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi and Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman and Lee, Chia Kuang (2022) A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print). pp. 1-23. ISSN 1467-6370. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-12-2021-0520 https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-12-2021-0520 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman Lee, Chia Kuang A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? |
| title | A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? |
| title_full | A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? |
| title_fullStr | A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? |
| title_full_unstemmed | A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? |
| title_short | A systematic bibliometric review of the United Nation’s SDGS: Which are the most related to higher education institutions? |
| title_sort | systematic bibliometric review of the united nation’s sdgs: which are the most related to higher education institutions? |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| url | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/7/A%20systematic%20bibliometric%20review%20of%20the%20United%20Nations%20SDGS.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35214/13/2022_IJSHE_A%20systematic%20bibliometric%20review%20of%20the%20United%20Nations.pdf |