Sustainability accounting research trends: A Bibliometrics Approach

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Department of Accounting, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

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For years, concerns about the preservation of the planet Earth have become a hot topic in society, academic activities and businesses. In this regard, waste, energy consumption, the life of future generations, etc. are viewed from a different perspective. In Iran, due to the novelty of sustainability issues, few researches have been done in the field of sustainability accounting, but there is a lot of interest in this field. Therefore, this research has investigated the researches carried out in the field of social responsibility and sustainability accounting in order to provide an insight into sustainability researches and outline the trends and direction of these researches. In this research, using the bibliometric method or knowledge mapping, the researches conducted during the years 2000 to 2024 in two reference sites, Scopus and Wos; have been identified, investigated, classified and trended.Then, the most relevant researches in this field were categorized based on articles, authors, magazines, institutions and countries. The findings of this research give a general view to the researchers regarding the research process, the frontier of sustainability knowledge and future direction.

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Journal of Accounting Advances
Volume 16, Issue 2
February 2024
Pages 1-29

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  • Receive Date: 08 November 2024
  • Revise Date: 15 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 22 February 2025

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