Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Environmental Research & Technology, cilt.8, sa.2, ss.297-314, 2025 (Hakemli Dergi)
The aim of this study is to examine the literature on environmental, social and governance (ESG) studies using bibliometric analysis methods, to analyze authors, documents, sources and country performance, and to reveal the conceptual structure of the field. For this purpose, 2,055 articles published in the Scopus database between 2007 and 2024 were analyzed. As a result of the study, it was revealed that Khaled Hussainey is the most productive and influential author in the field. The article, entitled “Firms and Social Responsibility: A Review of ESG and CSR Research in Corporate Finance”, published by S. Gillan et al. in 2021, is the most influential document, the journal with the highest number of publications is Sustainability (Switzerland), and the country where the most recent studies are conducted is China. In addition, the study found that the articles published in this field were grouped into 6 clusters and the most recent keywords were “green innovation” and digital transformation.