Mapping the landscape of sustainable finance (2004–2025): A bibliometric analysis
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Sustainable finance supports long-term investment and financing aligned with environmental, social, and economic goals. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of 2,101 SSCI-indexed articles on sustainable finance (2004–2025) from the Web of Science (WoS) database. Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer, we examine the following key aspects, in terms of leading journals, institutions and countries, highly cited articles, core research themes and development trend of sustainable finance. Our findings contribute to the deeper understanding of knowledge landscape of sustainable finance and offer valuable insights for future academic inquiry, interdisciplinary collaboration, and policy development.
Source: Economics Letters
Authors: Zhan Wang, Lijuan Xu
Institution: Shanxi University
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,030
OpenAlex ID: W4414224133