Ecodesign theoretical and content analysis: initial proposal for future studies

The aim of this article is to conduct a literature study in a structured manner on the subject ecodesign. For this, a three-stage methodology (Planning, Implementation and Reporting) was used. It was considered in planning: research purpose definition and data source identification; time interval used; criteria for database selection; base tests and; publication type definition. The implementation consists of all the steps from searching databases and use of the criteria to arrive to a final sample of 132 articles that deal with this topic. The reporting is about bibliometric analysis performed on articles. With all these proposed procedures, it is intended, in the end, to demonstrate ways for the researcher to address the issue that he wishes, in this case the ecodesign and also to help identify gaps not yet explored this topic.