CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST TWO DECADES OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

This study aims to conduct a bibliometric research on the evolution of scientific production in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with a time frame from 2000 to 2023 in the Scopus database, identifying the main publications, authors, and relevance of the topic, thus contributing to the theoretical development of CSR in Brazil and Latin America. The bibliometric review used an of the quantitative approach with a descriptive scope by analyzing and mapping the scientific production on CSR through a descriptive analysis of the main publications on the topic. The research universe comprised all publications indexed in the Scopus database in the period from 2000 to 2023, which constituted the amount of 19,171 articles. This research contributes to expanding the studies on CSR, which is still in the process of development in Latin America and Brazil, where further studies on CSR are needed. The analysis results show an increase from 68 articles in 2000 to 2,432 articles in 2023.