A review on remanufacturing, reuse, and recycling in supply chain—Exploring the evolution of information technology over two decades

Remanufacturing, reuse, and recycling in supply chain (RRR & Supply chain) are recently gaining significant attention from researchers. This bibliometric study aims to make overall research scenarios on RRR & Supply chain by analyzing the published papers. For a collection of exclusive papers in this area, we rely on the well-known trustworthy database SCOPUS. The bibliometric study is done by the contents of publication and citation structure of influential papers, leading authors, institutions, and countries, citation structure of top ten journals, country analysis in the area of RRR & Supply chain research. Present study reveals that S.M. Gupta has the highest number of publications, the USA is the most influential country, the renowned ‘Journal of Cleaner Production’ has published the greatest number of papers, and the Institute ‘Huazhong University of Science and Technology’ has the highest number of publications in this field. Through data mining this work revealed that closed loop supply chain, industry, waste, review, policy, circular economy, and sustainability are mostly used keywords while highly cited articles frequently used keywords like supply chain management; closed-loop supply chain; reverse logistics; article; logistics; manufacture; costs; decision making; environmental impact; and waste management. This study will help to fill the research gap and show a roadmap for future research direction in this area.