A bibliometric and visualized analysis of research on green finance and energy in a global perspective

Abstract

In order to explore the current status and progress trend of global research in the field of green finance and energy, this paper is based on 162 literature information of research in this field published from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2022 in the Web of Science Core Collection, using bibliometric methods and CiteSpace and VOSviewer software to analyze the number of publications, citation frequency, authors, journals, keywords and countries, etc., so as to analyze the global research progress in this field during this period. The results illustrate that the number of literature publications in this field has grown dramatically since 2021. The literature in the WOS database involves 48 countries around the world, among which China has the largest number of publications, accounting for 75.31% of the total number of publications, and Japanese scholars have the highest average number of citations for their articles, at 57.21. “Environmental science and pollution research” and “Renewable energy” are the main journal carriers of the literature in this field. High-frequency keywords for instance “green finance”, “economic-growth”, “renewable energy”, “CO2 emissions”, and “consumption” constitute the representative terms in this field and are the core content of the research in this field. Exploring the link between green finance and carbon dioxide emissions intensity, climate finance and renewable energy are the core objectives of investigation in this field. At present, there is a paucity of literature that systematically explores the intrinsic links between green finance and the energy field, so we have filled the relevant research gaps to some extent. The results analyzed by a bibliometric method are helpful to comprehensive understand the current status, progress and foresight of this field, and to provide reference for future studies. Furthermore, we identified key themes in this research area, finally, provide the following policy recommendations: (1) Integrated planning, cooperation, and global transformation for green finance (2) Research, diversify finance, and support for green energy progress (3) Collaboration for sustainable development and environmental responsibility.