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Corporate social responsibility and marketing: A bibliometric and visualization analysis of the literature between the Years 1994 and 2020
Tarcia Quezado (Quezado, T.); William Quezado Cavalcante (Cavalcante, W. Q.); Nuno Fortes (Fortes, N.); Ricardo F. Ramos (Ramos, R. F.);
Journal Title
Sustainability
Year (definitive publication)
2022
Language
English
Country
Switzerland
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Abstract
Several studies explored the effect of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on marketing. However, bibliometric research that organizes this production is scarce. Thus, this study aims to provide a bibliometric view of marketing-related CSR research, identifying this field’s state-of-the-art literature. Two thousand and forty-two articles were collected through the Web of Science (WoS) platform. Data were analyzed using VOSviewer software to map the data graphically. The results show that: (a) the literature on CSR in the marketing area is growing; (b) five articles alone accounted for 9940 citations, and there are several prolific authors; (c) the prominent journals identified in this research published 42.16% of the total; (d) The “Journal of Business Ethics” is the leader in the number of publications, followed by “Sustainability,” which has shown strong growth in recent years, and; (e) The US is the leading country, according to the number of articles and citations. The keyword trending network analysis revealed that CSR is becoming a strategic marketing approach for companies. This study offers an insight into the state-of-the-art and trends identification in CSR and marketing.
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Keywords
Corporate social responsibility,Marketing,Bibliometric analysis
  • Chemical Sciences - Natural Sciences
  • Earth and related Environmental Sciences - Natural Sciences
  • Other Natural Sciences - Natural Sciences
  • Environmental Engineering - Engineering and Technology
  • Social and Economic Geography - Social Sciences