@article{chen_literature_2026,
	title = {A literature review of textile industry carbon emissions research: research hotspots, themes and emerging trends},
	issn = {1222-5347},
	shorttitle = {A literature review of textile industry carbon emissions research},
	url = {https://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2026/2/015%20XU%20CHEN_INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.2_2026.pdf},
	doi = {10.35530/IT.077.02.202596},
	abstract = {As global climate change issues became increasingly severe, the textile industry, characterised as a high-energy
consumption and high-emission sector, attracted widespread attention regarding its carbon emission challenges.
Exploring the current status of textile industry carbon emissions and identifying emission-reduction pathways has
emerged as a prominent focus in environmental science research. To understand the research status of textile industry
carbon emissions and clarify the research trajectories and future directions of textile carbon reduction, this study
employed bibliometric methods, utilising literature on textile industry carbon emissions from the Web of Science
database (2005–2025) as the analytical subject. CiteSpace visualisation software was used to analyse the research
domains and core content of textile industry carbon emissions over 20 years. Through examining citation frequencies,
the study assessed research hotspots in textile industry carbon emissions and predicted development trends in textile
carbon reduction research. The research findings indicated that since 2012, the volume of research on textile industry
carbon emissions has demonstrated exponential growth. Research outcomes were predominantly published in
environmental science and sustainability journals, whilst traditional textile journals exhibited lower publication volumes,
suggesting that interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in textile industry carbon emissions remained relatively
weak, with research quality requiring improvement. The development of clean production technologies and circular
economy models influenced and promoted the green transformation of the textile industry, leading the direction towards
a low-carbon textile era.},
	urldate = {2026-05-17},
	journal = {Industria Textila},
	author = {Chen, Xu and Wu, Xufeng and Han, Peihua and Wu, Di},
	month = may,
	year = {2026},
	pages = {338},
}