Background India has seen a surge in interest regarding environmental justice and environmental governance as concerns about pollution, public health, resources, climate change and sustainable development continue to rise. This has caused researchers to look at the literature through various disciplines. Although the literature is expanding across these disciplines, the field’s intellectual structure remains fragmented. Methods Bibliometrics using the TCCM Framework was employed for the purpose of this study. All available data on all publications in the Scopus database through 25 Mar 2026 were screened. A total of 508 articles were included in the final dataset. Articles were restricted to those written since 2000 until 2026. Annual science publication trends, cited references, sources and their distributions, source production by year, international collaborations, most frequent keywords, trends of most frequent keywords and keyword co-occurrence were examined using both Biblioshiny and VOSViewer. Results The results indicated a gradual increase in the volume of publications being produced concerning environmental justice and environmental governance in India. The two central concepts that defined the literature were environmental justice and India. The literature contained numerous other supporting themes such as environmental governance, environmental regulations, climate change, sustainability, public health and issues related to economic development. Six thematic clusters were identified through the cluster analysis: environmental justice core, India & governance, regulatory framework, indigenous & community rights, legal & policy perspectives. Conclusion Overall, study demonstrated that environmental justice and environmental governance in India are developing as an interdisciplinary area of research. In addition to demonstrating substantial conceptual growth in this area of research, the TCCM analysis highlighted the necessity for future research to achieve better theoretical synthesis, empirical verification, comparative analyses and evaluations based on outcomes. Areas of future research include assessments of enforcement effectiveness, compliance behaviours and measurable distributive justice outcomes.
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