This article analyses how the concept of sustainability is being incorporated into global research of higher education. This study utilizes different scientometric reviews of global research between 1991 and 2018 using text mining techniques in order to generate first and second-generation bibliometric indicators, the latter are displayed in science maps. A total of 6724 articles and conference proceedings were collected from the Web of Science and Scopus databases to generate this research. From the results obtained, it was possible to build a canvas of the main institutions that have significantly contributed to the topic of sustainability in higher education, and it was found that 40.58% of the records originated in institutions from the United States, China, United Kingdom, and Australia. This study also provides an insight into emerging trend themes, and patterns of research in the area of sustainability worldwide. Terms such as regional planning and environmental protection inside the top keywords found, suggest a greater interest in issues of sustainable planning and social awareness and that higher education is becoming the cornerstone of environmental awareness, innovation, and guidance to achieve sustainability goals in higher education institutions, as well as in society and government.Sustainability 2019, 11, 3521 2 of 18 both basic and applied, (c) campus operations, (d) community outreach, and (e) assessment and reporting. Similarly, Urquiza [7] proposes the labels of (a) education, (b) research, (c) public engagement, (d) operations, and (e) administration. By considering this frame of reference, it is possible to analyze each dimension in order to examine how sustainability has been integrated into higher education.The bibliometric method has been employed to study the research perspective in the area of sustainability and education, some of the most representative studies are: Bibliometric analysis of sustainability and sustainable development [8], evolution of collaborative economy business [9], the identification of emergent trends in education for sustainable development and ecopsychology in higher education [10], the mapping of tools to determine the implementation of sustainability in higher education [11] and the study of environmental education during the period 2001-2010 in Spain [12]. Ávila and co-workers reported a bibliometric analysis of sustainability and higher education from Web of Science (WoS) publications in the period between 2005 and 2014 [13]. Similarly, Hallinger and Chatpinyakoop conducted a bibliometric review related to the scientific production contained in Scopus regarding higher education and sustainable development in the period 1998-2018 [14]. Currently, there are no bibliometric studies that merge documents from both databases in order to conduct a global sample and construct a full visualization canvas along with the analysis of the evolution of the field through different time periods.The authors of this study suggest the use of the text mining methodology along w...