Sustainable and Green Finance Research in Emerging Economies: A Bibliometric Mapping and Science-Mapping Analysis

This study provides a comprehensive bibliometric synthesis of scholarly research on sustainable and green finance in emerging economies. The 247 articles selected for the analysis provide an overview of the prevalent scenario of research in the given field. The analysis provides insights into how there has been a rapid development of a new research domain through a substantial increase in the publication trend. The paper also highlights influential authors, important institutions, significant sources, and landmark studies that serve as the key sources of knowledge in the domain.  The diverse interconnected thematic clusters identified through keyword co-occurrence analysis provide insights into the multifaceted nature of the field. It depicts a broad range of themes such as innovation-led sustainability, the energy-sustainable finance nexus, green growth, and several emerging areas of analysis. However, despite this thematic expansion, bibliographic coupling analysis revealed that the intellectual structure of the domain is still at a formative stage, characterised by limited theoretical integration. This suggests that there is a substantial scope for future studies to contribute to stronger theoretical consolidation.  These findings emphasise together the growing relevance of research on sustainable and green finance in emerging economies and capture the growing scholarly interest in the research area. Further, it underscores the evolution of the research domain into an expanding area of study with a shift from core foundational themes to more analytical and policy-driven investigations.

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