Paper Details

Name: D.P. Warne & Kunal Kumar
Country: India

Year: 2026
Volume: Volume No: 13, Issue No: 1, Year: 2026
Page Number: 64-74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20351903

ABSTRACT
This bibliometric study provides a comprehensive overview of evolution of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) research, its key research themes and prominent contributors in this field. In this study we examine 4810 papers on ESG from 2004 to 2024 by using Scopus database. We use VOSviewer and Biblioshiny to present a bibliometric review of publications, authors, countries, keywords, journals and citation structure on ESG. This analysis reveals that as a research field ESG is growing at a very fast pace that can be identify with the increasing number of publications. Country analysis reveals that China and
USA are the leading countries in respect of number of publications as well as number of citation. Thematic analysis reveals that Sustainable finance, ESG, ESG performance and
ESG investing emerges as key themes in the recent years. Our study gives a broad and comprehensive perspective on ESG research, its key contributors and emerging themes.

Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), Bibliometric analysis, Sustainability, Corporate Social responsibility.