Sustainability Committee Research: A Bibliometric Study

María Dolores Alcaide-Ruiz (), Francisco Bravo-Urquiza and Elena Moreno-Ureba
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María Dolores Alcaide-Ruiz: Department of Accounting and Financial Economics, University of Seville, Avenida Ramón y Cajal 1, 41018 Seville, Spain
Francisco Bravo-Urquiza: Department of Accounting and Financial Economics, University of Seville, Avenida Ramón y Cajal 1, 41018 Seville, Spain
Elena Moreno-Ureba: Department of Accounting and Financial Economics, University of Seville, Avenida Ramón y Cajal 1, 41018 Seville, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of research on sustainability committees. Specifically, our paper analyses the development of this field of research by identifying the most influential articles, authors, and relevant research themes, and highlighting potential future lines of research. Our sample is composed of the publications from the main collection of the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database (WOS) for the period 1900–2021. Our findings stress the interdisciplinary nature of research about sustainability committees. In addition, our evidence emphasizes the need for more research to understand how firms respond to regulatory and societal pressures on sustainability matters. In addition, the network analysis highlights the main research themes and provides a basis for recognizing future research opportunities. Our paper is the first to perform a comprehensive bibliometric analysis for sustainability committees. Our evidence presents relevant implications for academics in the definition of their research projects.

Keywords: sustainability committee; board of directors; sustainable development; bibliometric analysis; WOS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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