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title: "Corporate social responsibility research"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “corporate social responsibility” appeared in 3,017 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (1,127), finance (721) and economics (332)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “corporate social responsibility” appeared in 3,017 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (1,127), finance (721) and economics (332). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “corporate social responsibility”

Research on “corporate social responsibility” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “corporate social responsibility” appeared in 3,017 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (1,127), finance (721) and economics (332).
- 382 of them were published in 2025, against 165 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Xiamen University (31), Renmin University of China (23) and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (22).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Ethics (128), Finance research letters (126) and Journal of Business Research (73).
- The most-cited of them is “Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance” (Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021), with 2,888 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 79 | 94 | 109 | 110 | 135 | 137 | 116 | 123 | 117 | 107 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 18 | 38 | 32 | 50 | 68 | 88 | 85 | 138 | 138 | 66 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 18 | 26 | 23 | 34 | 31 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 37 | 23 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 18 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 34 | 49 | 34 | 40 | 37 | 23 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 14 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 14 | 24 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 8 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 13 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 165 | 221 | 230 | 282 | 336 | 380 | 337 | 420 | 382 | 264 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 128 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 126 |
| 3 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 73 |
| 4 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 67 |
| 5 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 55 |
| 6 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 43 |
| 7 | [Public Relations Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/public-relations-review.md) | 39 |
| 8 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 32 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 22 |
| 10 | [Asia Pacific Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-management.md) | 21 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Xiamen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xiamen-university.md) | 31 |
| 2 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 23 |
| 3 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 21 |
| 5 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 20 |
| 6 | [Xi'an Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xi-an-jiaotong-university.md) | 20 |
| 7 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 19 |
| 8 | [Capital University of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/capital-university-of-economics-and-business.md) | 17 |
| 9 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 17 |
| 10 | [University of Birmingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-birmingham.md) | 17 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 540 |
| 2 | United States | 304 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 173 |
| 4 | Australia | 99 |
| 5 | Canada | 84 |
| 6 | France | 81 |
| 7 | Italy | 62 |
| 8 | Spain | 60 |
| 9 | India | 56 |
| 10 | Germany | 51 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 160 |
| 2 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 134 |
| 3 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 73 |
| 4 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 72 |
| 5 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 69 |
| 6 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 62 |
| 7 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 58 |
| 8 | corporate reputation | 57 |
| 9 | [firm performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-performance.md) | 55 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,888 | 41.8 | [Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.101889) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2021-01-30 | Stuart Gillan, Andrew Koch, Laura T. Starks |
| 2 | 2,547 | 26.0 | [Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.08.013) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2018-09-04 | Alexander Dyck, Karl V. Lins, Lukas Roth et al. |
| 3 | 1,923 | 30.4 | [Mandatory CSR and sustainability reporting: economic analysis and literature review](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-021-09609-5) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2021-07-29 | Hans Bonde Christensen, Luzi Hail, Christian Leuz |
| 4 | 1,481 | 18.0 | [Corporate Immunity to the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.03.005) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2020-01-01 | Wenzhi Ding, Ross Eric Levine, Chen Lin et al. |
| 5 | 1,456 | 18.8 | [The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on corporate social responsibility and marketing philosophy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.030) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-05-21 | Hongwei He, Lloyd C. Harris |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “corporate social responsibility”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-social-responsibility

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