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Ramneek Kaur
Assistant Professor
Post Graduate Department of Commerce
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector-26, Chandigarh
E-mail: ramneek.1905@gmail.com
 The last few decades of the 20th century have witnessed a
growing awareness of not only the severity but also the
diversity of environmental problems.
 Managing environmental responsibilities has become an
integral part of doing business in the global economy. Poor
environmental performance can damage a company’s
public image, prevent it from achieving its strategic goals
and diminish its financial performance.
 In a developing country such as India, environmental reporting
is all the more essential as it will make the politicians,
economists, technologists, sociologists and company
managers aware of the limitations of growth as well as the
suitable course of growth without damaging the environment.
 As a result of the growing attention and importance generated
by Environmental Reporting at academic level during the past
several decades, this study offers a Bibliometric analysis of
research in the area of environmental reporting. This will allow
us to answer the following questions:
 What are the main countries, authors and universities in the
field of environmental reporting?
 Which is the main subject area for the field environmental
reporting?
 In which year there is maximum number of publications for
environmental reporting?
 Environmental reporting is the communication
of environmental performance information by an organisation
to its stakeholders.
 Information on environmental performance includes among
others:
 Impacts on the environment,
 Performance in managing those impacts, and
 Contribution to ecological and sustainable development.
 Nowadays, such information is becoming increasingly
important to satisfy the expectations of stakeholders groups
like: employees, shareholders, the public/ regulators,
contractors, suppliers and other interested parties who have
varying objectives and expectations.
 Bibliometric Analysis is the statistical method
to analyse research literature such as books,
articles, journals or any other publications.
 It is a statistical tool which shows
quantitatively the analysis of written
publications.
 It helps to study the pattern and trends of
authorship, publications and literature use.
 To select articles for this research paper the Scopus database is
applied.
 The Sciverse Scopus was launched in November 2004 by Elsevier
and comprised over 69 million records from about 22000 peer-
reviewed journals.
 It performs such features as search by documents, authors, affiliation,
advanced search and refine results by source type, year, language,
author, affiliation and more.
 It uses various tools and quality measures such as tracking citations
over time for a set of authors or documents, viewing the H- Index for
specific authors, gaining insight into journal performance with
Citescore, SNIP and SJR, visualisation of data exporting MS Excel.
 After the selection of database, searching step was
conducted.
 In Scopus, the search was done by a query
“Environmental Reporting in India” in title, abstract or
keywords of articles.
 Further, some limitations were set up, such as publication
year from 2009 to 2019, and language was set as –
‘English’ resulting in 156 articles.
COUNTRY/TERRITORY
India 103
United States 29
United
Kingdom
19
Australia 10
South Africa 5
Switzerland 5
China 4
Germany 4
Iran 3
Italy 3
Netherlands 3
New Zealand 3
Sweden 3
Canada 2
Costa Rica 2
France 2
Hong Kong 2
Indonesia 2
Israel 2
Russian
Federation
2
Singapore 2
Spain 2
Taiwan 2
21 countries 1
Table 1 depicts the country
in which the research
articles have been
published. It is seen from
the table that India having
103 publications closely
followed by 29 articles
from United States and 19
publications from United
Kingdom. There are 21
countries with only one
publication in this
research area.
AUTHOR No. Of Publications
Bhattacharya, S. 2
Brownstein, J.S 2
Clasen, T 2
Das, N. 2
Giri, J.P.N 2
Hay, S.I 2
Jonjua, M 2
Khuntia, H.K 2
Mukhopadhyay, S.C 2
Pal, B.B 2
Roy, J.K. 2
Sharma, D 2
146 authors 1
Table 2 depicts the publications
by authors showing
Bhattacharya. S, Browstien J.S,
and Clasen. T. and Das.,N have
two publications. However, there
are 146 authors that have only
one publication in this research
area.
There are 37 first authors in the
list of selected papers. However,
there are 5 authors namely
Bhattacharya.S, Brownstein, J.S,
Clasen. T, Das, N., Giri, J.P.N. who
have more than one article
directly related to the research
topic. Based on our analysis, the
most cited authors in the specific
research field are from American
universities.
Document Type
Number of
Publications
Article 124
Review 16
Book Chapter 6
Conference Paper 6
Book 2
Abstract Report 1
Note 1
Table 3 shows the document
type depicting that there are
124 articles, 16 review and 6
book chapter and 6
conference papers.
However, there are only one
publications in note and
abstract reports.
Year
Number of
Publications
2019 26
2018 20
2017 20
2016 21
2015 19
2014 12
2013 9
2012 14
2011 6
2010 2
2009 7
Table 4 shows the year
and the number of
publications in those
years. The year 2019 has
26 publications, 20
publications in the year
2018 and 2017. There is
deficit of publications
of in the year 2009 and
2010.
AFFILIATION
Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education &
Research, Chandigarh
4
Deakin University 4
University of Oxford 4
Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine
3
University of Delhi 3
Amity University, Noida 3
Symbiosis International
Deemed University
3
28 universities 2
Table 5 depicts that
Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education & Research,
Chandigarh, Deakin University
and University of Oxford have 4
publications showing that
these universities lay more
emphasis to this research area.
SUBJECT AREA
Environmental Science 54
Medicine 41
Social Sciences 33
Business, Management and Accounting 25
Engineering 19
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular
Biology
14
Energy 14
Immunology and Microbiology 12
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11
Earth and Planetary Sciences 7
Multidisciplinary 7
Computer Science 5
Arts and Humanities 3
Materials Science 3
Physics and Astronomy 3
Table 6 depicts the subject area
of publications showing
environmental sciences having
the maximum number of
publications reaching 54. The
fields of Neuroscience,
Pharmacology, Toxicology and
Pharmaceutics, Psychology and
Veterinary have only two
publications in this research
subject.
THANK YOU

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bibliometric analysis on environment reporting

  • 1. Submitted by Ramneek Kaur Assistant Professor Post Graduate Department of Commerce Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector-26, Chandigarh E-mail: ramneek.1905@gmail.com
  • 2.  The last few decades of the 20th century have witnessed a growing awareness of not only the severity but also the diversity of environmental problems.  Managing environmental responsibilities has become an integral part of doing business in the global economy. Poor environmental performance can damage a company’s public image, prevent it from achieving its strategic goals and diminish its financial performance.  In a developing country such as India, environmental reporting is all the more essential as it will make the politicians, economists, technologists, sociologists and company managers aware of the limitations of growth as well as the suitable course of growth without damaging the environment.
  • 3.  As a result of the growing attention and importance generated by Environmental Reporting at academic level during the past several decades, this study offers a Bibliometric analysis of research in the area of environmental reporting. This will allow us to answer the following questions:  What are the main countries, authors and universities in the field of environmental reporting?  Which is the main subject area for the field environmental reporting?  In which year there is maximum number of publications for environmental reporting?
  • 4.  Environmental reporting is the communication of environmental performance information by an organisation to its stakeholders.  Information on environmental performance includes among others:  Impacts on the environment,  Performance in managing those impacts, and  Contribution to ecological and sustainable development.  Nowadays, such information is becoming increasingly important to satisfy the expectations of stakeholders groups like: employees, shareholders, the public/ regulators, contractors, suppliers and other interested parties who have varying objectives and expectations.
  • 5.  Bibliometric Analysis is the statistical method to analyse research literature such as books, articles, journals or any other publications.  It is a statistical tool which shows quantitatively the analysis of written publications.  It helps to study the pattern and trends of authorship, publications and literature use.
  • 6.  To select articles for this research paper the Scopus database is applied.  The Sciverse Scopus was launched in November 2004 by Elsevier and comprised over 69 million records from about 22000 peer- reviewed journals.  It performs such features as search by documents, authors, affiliation, advanced search and refine results by source type, year, language, author, affiliation and more.  It uses various tools and quality measures such as tracking citations over time for a set of authors or documents, viewing the H- Index for specific authors, gaining insight into journal performance with Citescore, SNIP and SJR, visualisation of data exporting MS Excel.
  • 7.  After the selection of database, searching step was conducted.  In Scopus, the search was done by a query “Environmental Reporting in India” in title, abstract or keywords of articles.  Further, some limitations were set up, such as publication year from 2009 to 2019, and language was set as – ‘English’ resulting in 156 articles.
  • 8. COUNTRY/TERRITORY India 103 United States 29 United Kingdom 19 Australia 10 South Africa 5 Switzerland 5 China 4 Germany 4 Iran 3 Italy 3 Netherlands 3 New Zealand 3 Sweden 3 Canada 2 Costa Rica 2 France 2 Hong Kong 2 Indonesia 2 Israel 2 Russian Federation 2 Singapore 2 Spain 2 Taiwan 2 21 countries 1 Table 1 depicts the country in which the research articles have been published. It is seen from the table that India having 103 publications closely followed by 29 articles from United States and 19 publications from United Kingdom. There are 21 countries with only one publication in this research area.
  • 9. AUTHOR No. Of Publications Bhattacharya, S. 2 Brownstein, J.S 2 Clasen, T 2 Das, N. 2 Giri, J.P.N 2 Hay, S.I 2 Jonjua, M 2 Khuntia, H.K 2 Mukhopadhyay, S.C 2 Pal, B.B 2 Roy, J.K. 2 Sharma, D 2 146 authors 1 Table 2 depicts the publications by authors showing Bhattacharya. S, Browstien J.S, and Clasen. T. and Das.,N have two publications. However, there are 146 authors that have only one publication in this research area. There are 37 first authors in the list of selected papers. However, there are 5 authors namely Bhattacharya.S, Brownstein, J.S, Clasen. T, Das, N., Giri, J.P.N. who have more than one article directly related to the research topic. Based on our analysis, the most cited authors in the specific research field are from American universities.
  • 10. Document Type Number of Publications Article 124 Review 16 Book Chapter 6 Conference Paper 6 Book 2 Abstract Report 1 Note 1 Table 3 shows the document type depicting that there are 124 articles, 16 review and 6 book chapter and 6 conference papers. However, there are only one publications in note and abstract reports.
  • 11. Year Number of Publications 2019 26 2018 20 2017 20 2016 21 2015 19 2014 12 2013 9 2012 14 2011 6 2010 2 2009 7 Table 4 shows the year and the number of publications in those years. The year 2019 has 26 publications, 20 publications in the year 2018 and 2017. There is deficit of publications of in the year 2009 and 2010.
  • 12. AFFILIATION Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh 4 Deakin University 4 University of Oxford 4 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 3 University of Delhi 3 Amity University, Noida 3 Symbiosis International Deemed University 3 28 universities 2 Table 5 depicts that Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, Deakin University and University of Oxford have 4 publications showing that these universities lay more emphasis to this research area.
  • 13. SUBJECT AREA Environmental Science 54 Medicine 41 Social Sciences 33 Business, Management and Accounting 25 Engineering 19 Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 Energy 14 Immunology and Microbiology 12 Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11 Earth and Planetary Sciences 7 Multidisciplinary 7 Computer Science 5 Arts and Humanities 3 Materials Science 3 Physics and Astronomy 3 Table 6 depicts the subject area of publications showing environmental sciences having the maximum number of publications reaching 54. The fields of Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, Psychology and Veterinary have only two publications in this research subject.
  • 14.