Abstract
The topic of ethical investment is gaining the attention of not only investors but also academicians and researchers. Ethical investment is a strategy where an investor considers ethical principles in addition to good returns while filtering the investment options. An increased demand for ethical investments will lead to changes in the way companies do business and will also tighten the hold of investors on business. Since this is an important aspect for investors, businesses, policymakers and academicians, there have been a large number of publications, seminars and conferences on the topic. Researchers have attempted to correlate ethical investment with individual products like gilts and pension funds; with individual disciplines like economics, ecology and law; with individual industries like drugs, oil and gas industry and many more. Also many publications have been registered with regard to ‘whys’, ‘how’s’, ‘ambiguities’, ‘negotiations’, ‘analytics’, ‘benefits’ and the scope and success of ethical investments. To put this research in ethical investments at one place and present a concise and precise picture of research on ethical investment, the present study conducts a bibliometric analysis of the literature on ethical investment to reveal research trends in this regard. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the state, trends and potential areas of research in the field of ethical investment as a whole. The data for the study has been fetched from the Scopus database. Performance analysis has been conducted in order to gain insights into the research productivity and impact of publications. Performance analysis covers bibliometric indicators and metrics such as volume of publication, active countries, prolific authors, collaborative research patterns and citation counts to evaluate the research productivity and impact of individuals, research groups, or institutions. Findings reveal a rising trend in the volume of publications.
Keywords: Bibliometric Analysis, Collaborative Research, Citation Analysis
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