Public transport and sustainability: an analysis of publications in the light of bibliometry

Authors

  • Tálita Floriano Santos Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
  • Marcelino Aurélio Vieira Silva Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14488/1676-1901.v19i1.3068

Keywords:

Public Transport. Sustainability. Bibliometrics. Space Indicators. Sustainable Transport.

Abstract

The relationship between public transport and sustainability has been highlighted in scientific research. Thus, the purpose of this article is to use the approaches of bibliometrics and social networks to analyze the publications related to these subjects. For bibliometrics, we used productivity criteria of journals, authors and citations of publications from the bases Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science. A total of 48 articles were selected, highlighting those that dealt with the characterization of travel patterns and modal choice, techniques for public transport improvements, environmental and social sustainability, with the majority (81%) being of practical application. The analysis of social network, made by CiteSpace, approached 245 references, using the metrics of modularity, silhouette and centrality, for cited authors, countries and keywords. The countries with the largest centralities are the United States, China and Australia, but England and the United States contain the most active research areas. For key words, the major centralities were "sustainable development", "built environment" and "travel behavior". The authors with the greatest centralities were Cervero R. and Banister D., showing convergence with what was found in bibliometrics. Finally, the study showed that bibliometric and social network analysis are complementary and convergent, both indicating trends in the literature on environmental and social sustainability.

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Author Biographies

Tálita Floriano Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Graduada em Engenharia de Produção Mecânica e mestre em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Atualmente é professora assistente da Universidade Federal do Piauí e doutorando no Programa de Engenharia de Transporte COPPE/UFRJ.

Marcelino Aurélio Vieira Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Possui graduação em Fortificação e Construção pelo Instituto Militar de Engenharia (2000), mestrado em Engenharia de Transportes pelo Instituto Militar de Engenharia (2006) e doutorado em Engenharia de Transportes pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2013). Atualmente é professor do Programa de Engenharia de Transportes (PET) da COPPE/UFRJ. Atua na área de Planejamento de Transportes.

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Santos, T. F., & Silva, M. A. V. (2019). Public transport and sustainability: an analysis of publications in the light of bibliometry. Revista Produção Online, 19(1), 44–71. https://doi.org/10.14488/1676-1901.v19i1.3068

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