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Trends and Gaps in Sustainable Fashion Research: a Bibliometric Analysis
Summary
Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of 764 sustainable and fast fashion articles published between 2007 and March 2025 using Web of Science, applying co-citation, co-occurrence, and clustering techniques to map thematic trends, finding rapid research growth after 2015 and accelerated output post-2020 across environmental science, business, consumer studies, and textile engineering.
This research consists of a bibliometric analysis on sustainable and fast fashion that were published between 2007 and March 2025. With 764 articles taken from the Web of Science the analysis contains co-citation, co-occurrence, and clustering techniques to map thematic trends. There is an intense growth in research after 2015 and even further intensification post-2020 in alignment with the rising consumer awareness and policy initiatives. The results demonstrate that sustainability is an interdisciplinary field spanning environmental sciences, business, consumer studies, and textile engineering. Fiber recycling, bio-based fabrics, and low-impact dyeing are emerging themes, while gaps remain in communication, ethics, and cultural dimensions.
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