A Bibliometric Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Era of Big Data

The emergence and evolution of big data has affected numerous areas of business organization and operations, but what has been the impact of this development for corporate social responsibility (CSR)? To address this question, we conducted a systematic, quantitative analysis of CSR in the era of big data. Data were collected from 747 peer-reviewed papers, including 39,435 cited references, from the Web of Science over the period 1998-2021. Using bibliometric methods, the current study conducted publication trend analysis, influential journals analysis, productive authors and author collaboration network analysis, publication geographical distribution analysis, co-citation analysis, keyword co-occurrence analysis, keyword cluster analysis, cluster timeline analysis, and citation burst analysis. In doing so, we constructed and visualized the intellectual structure of CSR in the context of big data, and revealed the hot spots and frontiers of current research. We conclude by proposing several promising directions for future research