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1 4.1.2 Most influential articles for sustainable finance research
The most influential articles for sustainable finance research in terms of citations are presented in Table 1. The table indicates that article by Branco and Rodrigues (2006) is the most cited article in the field, with an average of 43.67 citations per year and a total of 655 citations since its publication in 2006. This is followed by Renneboog, Ter Horst and Zhang’s (2008) and Edmans’s (2011) articles in Journal of Banking and Finance and Journal of Financial Economics, which have been cited 500 and 431 times, respectively. Interestingly, out of the top three most-cited articles in the field two are about impact investing, which highlights its prominence influence in the field. Noteworthily, the top 25 most-cited articles in the field have amassed a total of 5,970 citations, which reflects the significant influence that sustainable finance research has had in the scientific community.
2 4.1.4 Top contributing authors for sustainable finance research
The top contributing authors for sustainable finance research are presented in Table 3. The table indicates that Scholtens B. from University of Groningen, Netherlands and Cortez M.C. from University of Minho, Portugal are the two most prolific authors in the field with 10 articles each. This is followed by Richardson B.J. from University of British Columbia, United States and Dorfleitner G. from University of Regensburg, Germany with nine and eight articles, respectively. However, the most influential authors are Ter Horst J. from Tilburg University, Netherlands and Derwall J. from Maastricht University, Netherlands with 938 and 741 citations, respectively. Taken collectively, the top 25 contributing authors for sustainable finance research have contributed a total of 132 (14.10%) articles that have amassed 4103 citations in the field.
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Branco, M. C., & Rodrigues, L. L. (2006). Corporate social responsibility and resource-based perspectives. Journal of Business Ethics, 69(2), 111–132.
Edmans, A. (2011). Does the stock market fully value intangibles? Employee satisfaction and equity prices. Journal of Financial Economics, 101(3), 621–640.
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Kumar, S., Sharma, D., Rao, S. et al. Correction to: Past, present, and future of sustainable finance: insights from big data analytics through machine learning of scholarly research. Ann Oper Res 332, 1199–1205 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04535-4
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