Biodiversity: A Bibliometric Analysis of Accounting, Economics, and Finance Journals

Abstract

Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management are imperative for sustaining life on Earth. Despite the growing recognition of its importance outside the field of environmental sciences, biodiversity has been polemically criticized as a fad, arguing that it has become a passing trend in sustainable finance. To foster a comprehensive understanding, we provide a bibliometric analysis of 334 articles in accounting, economics, and finance (AEF) journals retrieved from the Web of Science database. We conduct science mapping and a co-citation analysis to portrait the scientific landscape and research foci. Consistent with previous studies, we find that mainstream AEF journals are largely silent on biodiversity. In addition, research from Asia is severely underrepresented.