Bibliometric Computational Mapping Analysis of Publications on Environmental Science-Based Product Design using VOSviewer

Abstract

This research aims to determine the development of research related to environmental science-based product design and to examine the relationship between terms used in published research. Bibliometrics with computational mapping analysis using the VOSviewer application is used to determine developments and relationships between terms for literature reviews. The information obtained was filtered using Publish or Perish, and article information was obtained from the Google Scholar database. The keyword "environmental science-based product design" is included in the title and abstract of the article to direct the search process. A total of 888 relevant articles are gathered. The research material consists of scholarly papers that have been indexed by Google Scholar in the recent five years (2018-2023). According to the findings, environmental science-based product design research can be classified into two: environmental science and product design. The phrase "environmental science-based product design" has 324 links out of 1108 total. The term "environmental science" has eight connections totalling 29 links, whereas "product design" has eight connections totalling 14 strength links. Analysis of Research and Development Findings Product design based on environmental science has developed over the previous five years. Between 2020 and 2023, the number dropped from 47 in 2020 to 14 in 2023. There was a variation between 2020 and 2023 (47, 35, 49, and 14 releases each year, respectively). Simultaneously, as many as 381 research articles on popular product design based on environmental science were published in 2018. The results of this research show that the terminology used more often is closer to the term environmental science compared to product design. There was also a decrease in the number of publications because, in 2018–2022, due to COVID-19, research related to the science-based product design environment needs to take field data. Several publications have been written regarding environmental science-based product design and its relationship to VOSviewer problem areas. This review can be used as a starting point to learn more about additional terms. This research will have an impact on the development of the number of affinities between terms used in research related to environmental science-based product design.