Scientific production on social responsibility in the social economy according to Scopus, period 2016-2020

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the behavior of scientific production on social responsibility processes in the social economy, a topic of great boom today, where public administrations, governments, private companies and different organizations emphasize its importance for good corporate practices. From a metric study carried out in the Scopus database, during the period 2016-2020 a total of 389 documents were obtained, where one-dimensional bibliometric indicators of productivity were analyzed by: Authors, keywords, years and language in which it was written the document and productivity of articles by magazines. Likewise, multidimensional bibliometric indicators of author collaboration and keyword co-occurrence were used using the VOSviewer software. The results point to medium-sized producer authors with collaborative relationships of a global nature and a sustained growth of publications per year, with English being the prevailing language. By way of conclusion, it is highlighted that the research carried out contributes to the improvement of knowledge management processes in this field, whose perspective can mark trends to consider for future lines of research on three fundamental fronts: Sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and responsibility Social