Sustainability Indicator Systems: Bibliometric Analysis of scientific production

The purpose of this article is to carry out a bibliometric analysis of scientific production on Sustainability Indicator Systems. Scientific articles published in National and International Journals, as well as Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations, were collected. These collected works aimed to propose and apply Indicator Systems for measuring Sustainability. The proposed analysis was conducted between 2006 and 2015. The present work is characterized as descriptive and was developed by means of the quantitative approach. Bibliometrics was adopted as a technical procedure from the perspective of scientometrics. As far as the main results are concerned, there has been an increase in the quantity of studies over the years; the topic analyzed here has been discussed in various fields of knowledge; the authors have a preference for empirical studies; the Sustainability Indicator Systems discussed are shaped based on the context of each study; and most works discusses the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) and the three dimensions of Sustainability (economic, social and environmental).