Finansal Sürdürülebilirlik Konusundaki Araştırma Eğilimlerinin Bibliyometrik Analizi

Financial sustainability has become a multidimensional concept that has gained importance at academic and corporate levels within companies' capacity to create long-term value and sustain their operations. In this study, the research trends of the existing literature were revealed by analyzing academic publications on financial sustainability according to their number, subject, and citation density. In this study, which was conducted using the bibliometric analysis method, 975 studies published in the Web of Science database between 2001 and 2025 containing the keyword “financial sustainability” were evaluated. VOSviewer software was used in the analysis. According to the findings, the most publications were made in 2021, and the most cited authors were Wai Fong Chua, Roger Simnett, and Ann Vanstraelen (822 citations each). The most frequently used keywords were “financial sustainability” (260 occurrences), “sustainability” (80 occurrences), and “microfinance” (32 occurrences), with the highest number of citations and publications coming from the UK (2,947 citations) and the US (115 publications). Authors such as David C. Wilson, Rodic, and Velis are in central thematic clusters in the bibliographic matching analysis. In contrast, in the inter-institutional analysis, Imperial College London is the structure with the highest scientific connection strength. The study aims to reveal the current state of the literature by analyzing the thematic clusters, geographical distribution, and basic research networks of academic production on financial sustainability in a holistic manner.