Bibliometric Analysis of Social Responsibility of Banks with Sustainable Development Approach

Abstract
Considering the dispersion of previous researches and the lack of a comprehensive perspective, the main goal of this research is to analyze the social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach, to identify the general trend of research and to identify new and up-to-date issues in this field. The method of carrying out qualitative research is a systematic review of bibliometrics and it was done with the help of VOS Viewer software and bibliometrics package of R Studio programming software. In the recognition of the performance of the scientific field, countries and top universities and institutions active in the world were identified. Using network visualization maps, networks of co-authorship, Co-Occurrence, citation and Bibliometric Coupling were drawn and their clusters and items were identified. Also, research topics related to the social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach, the general trend of research and new and up-to-date topics and keywords in this field were identified. The most important results of the research indicate that the countries of America, England, and China are the best countries in producing scientific works related to the research topic. The network of co-authorship of the research includes 4 clusters and 21 items and the researcher who has mastered the topic of the research is Navid Ahmed. The topic Co-Occurrence network includes 21 clusters and 247 items and the dominant keywords include sustainable development, social responsibility, green banking, etc. The Bibliometric Coupling network has 224 items and 17 clusters, and business ethics, sustainability, environmental science, and international pollution research journals are the most cited journals. Also, the issues of green finance, banking competition, banking sector, sustainability, financing limitations and bibliometric review are some of the new issues that have received more attention from authors during the last two years.
Introduction
The role of banks as facilitators and drivers of economic and trade wheels, as wealth generating institutions and also as service providers for the local, national and international society shows the importance of these institutions in promoting the intellectual movement of social responsibility in the whole society (Rastegovian, 2024). The environment in which banks operate is complex and prone to uncontrolled human activities. Therefore, in their operations, banks should consider an approach that has positive economic, social and environmental effects. It should also be noted that the banking industry is of great importance to achieve sustainable development due to its unique intermediary role in mobilizing financial resources towards sustainable goals. Sustainable banking is defined as the provision of financial products and services, which are created to meet people's needs and protect the environment while generating profit, with transparent and efficient use of resources, sustainable economic, social and environmental values ​​and it provides long-term (Erasil et al., 2021). Therefore, banking institutions are considered directly and indirectly responsible for achieving sustainable development goals (Storopoulos et al., 2023). The review of existing studies on the social responsibility of banks and sustainable banking shows that there have been many studies in this field, but each of them focuses on specific issues and is not able to provide a complete picture of this field; In fact, most of the researches that have been conducted in the field of social responsibility of banks and banking with a sustainable development approach have been focused on individual and separate parts of these issues and have been done in order to respond to a specific need or issue. This has resulted in scattered, unorganized and sometimes conflicting and unupdated knowledge. Therefore, there is a weak participation in creating a general view of the social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach. In Iran, according to the studies, the lack of qualitative research in the field of social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach is noticeable. As a result of this research, with the aim of developing literature and increasing researchers' understanding of the framework of social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach, overcoming research gaps and creating a comprehensive and coherent view in relation to this research field, to the bibliometric analysis of social responsibility of banks with a development approach It has been stable. Currently, the bibliometric method is one of the most practical, accessible and well-known tools in the academic world (Todo et al., 2019), which can be used to identify the cornerstone of the scientific field, the main variables, theories and methods (Lim et al., 2021). Therefore, the current research aims to carry out the following actions:

Comprehensive analysis of scientific performance in the field of social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach using bibliometric method and review of up-to-date scientific research resources in a reliable database.
Mapping the distribution of magazines, countries and institutions and universities in the world in relation to the social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach.
Mapping the results of bibliometric visualization in the field of social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach based on the number of clusters and their cases.
Mapping the research topics around the social responsibility of banks with the approach of sustainable development and specifying the general research process using the bibliometric method.

Case study
Bibliometric analysis of the scientific data of the lens database on the subject of social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach
Materials and Methods
The research method is qualitative and it is a bibliometric systematic review, and it was done with the help of VOS Viewer software and bibliometrics package of R Studio programming software.
Discussion and Results
 Due to the lack of a comprehensive review of the social responsibility of banks with the approach of sustainable development and the lack of a systematic review in this field, the present research was conducted with the aim of bibliometric analysis of the social responsibility of banks with the approach of sustainable development. In order to achieve this goal, data was collected from the Lenz database in the period 1957-2024, which includes articles published in journals, articles presented in various conferences, book chapters, books, journals and other scientific documents. This study subjected 2925 scientific documents to extensive and detailed bibliometric analysis using the VOS viewer software and bibliometrics package of R Studio programming software.The results of the research indicate the identification of the performance of the scientific field, which includes the identification of countries, universities and top institutions active in the world in the field of producing and publishing scientific works related to the social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach. In this section, the research findings indicate that the International Monetary Fund, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of London, Harvard University, and the Russian Academy of Sciences are respectively the top institutions and universities; And the countries of America, England, China, Germany, and Canada are the top countries in publishing scientific works related to the social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach. The co-authorship network included 4 clusters and 21 items. The results showed that researchers who have mastered the issue of social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach, Navid Ahmad; Mobin Fatima; Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi; Yaran Bai; Bret Schultens and Edward J. Kane. Regarding the Co-Occurrence, 21 clusters and 247 items have been shown, the dominant topics and keywords that have been the most focused by researchers and scientific institutions, including economic development, sustainable development, social responsibility, green banking, financial affairs, banking development, sustainability, financial management, sustainable development goals, corporate social responsibility, banking performance, economic growth, etc. The co-citation network shows 29 clusters and 638 related authors. In the bibliometric pair network, we identified the most cited journals and scientific sources. In the bibliometric pair network, we identified the most cited journals and scientific sources. According to it, the Journal of Business Ethics, Sustainability, Environmental Science and International Pollution Research, etc., are the top journals that are cited the most.
Conclusion
In this research, a bibliometric analysis of the issue of social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach was done in detail. There is no similar case in past researches, and this has been done for the first time. By identifying the topics and keywords that have been used during the last 6 decades in relation to the research topic, this research showed the general trend of research in the field of the research topic and also by identifying and introducing new topics and keywords during In the last 3 years, introduced research gaps in this field and new and current topics to students, professors and researchers who are looking for new and current research.In general, the results of this research can lead to a better understanding of the current situation, the growth and the general trend of research related to the social responsibility of banks with a sustainable development approach and lay the groundwork for new study areas in the future and shape the research process in this field.