The trend of green supply chain management research(2000–2010): A text mining analysis

In recent years, much research has been devoted to the exploration of the green supply chain management(GSCM); however, few have deployed the study of the trend of green supply chain management research. In fact, grasping the trend of the green supply chain management is imperative for enterprises and researchers. The study aims at analyzing the trend change of the green supply chain management from 2000 to 2010. The contribution of the study includes the following two points. First, the study has found the shift of the green supply chain research from the environmental focus to the topics of sustained development and manufacturing. Second, the study finds a new way of literature survey by using the text mining method in order to explore the trend change.