Economic Resilience: Bibliometric Analysis and Directions for Future Research

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on economic resilience based on the Scopus database in order to identify trends, structural features, and promising directions for further research in this field. The study is based on both quantitative and qualitative bibliometric analysis of scientific publications indexed in Scopus, whose keywords include “economic resilience”. Scopus analytical tools were used (publication dynamics, disciplinary and geographical structure, citation analysis), along with VOSviewer software to construct bibliometric network maps and perform keyword clustering. The analysis includes the TOP-5 most cited papers, the geographical distribution of authors, and thematic clusters. A rapid increase in publication activity after 2019 has been identified, indicating growing scientific interest in the topic under the influence of global crises. The largest share of publications belongs to social sciences (21%), environmental sciences (15.4%), and economics, econometrics, and finance (12.7%). The leading countries by number of publications are China (902), the United States (426), and India (268), while Ukrainian scholars are represented by 57 publications. The most cited works are those by R. Martin and A. Rose, who laid the theoretical foundations of regional and adaptive resilience. Using VOSviewer, five thematic clusters were identified: (1) economic and regional resilience in the context of industrial development; (2) community resilience through digital and green innovations; (3) sustainability of agri-food systems; (4) macroeconomic, financial, and global resilience; (5) open access in resilience research. The bibliometric analysis confirms a shift from a narrow understanding of resilience as post-shock recovery toward its interpretation as a complex, multidimensional characteristic of socio-economic systems, integrating economic, social, institutional, environmental, and technological aspects. For Ukraine, research on adaptive resilience under wartime conditions, assessment of regional potential, and the role of digitalization and institutional reforms in post-war recovery are particularly relevant. The obtained results can serve as a scientific basis for shaping effective economic security policies and priorities for further interdisciplinary research.