Drawing and Analyzing Scientometric Maps of International Studies regarding Welfare and Mental Health in the Field of Accounting

Abstract

Introduction: Today, accounting unit is known as the heart of every organization. Since accountants are responsible for recording and maintaining financial information as well as analyzing financial statements, it is very important to address their well-being and the factors affecting their mental health. Therefore, the present research tries to discover and investigate the research gaps by analyzing and illustrating the scientific productions related to the issue of mental well-being of accountants based on articles indexed in the Web of Science database.
 Methods: This was an applied scientific research. The required data included articles published from 1998 to 2022 about well-being and mental health in the accounting profession. In addition, the selected articles have been subjected to scientific research using VOS software.
 Results: The final analysis of 443 articles in the three fields of finance-commerce, behavioral sciences, and commerce showed that the most influential research related to Hemsworth and the United States included the highest amount of research and communication between the authors. In addition, in the co-occurrence map, accountants' well-being and mental health is more related to concepts such as disgust, fear, stress, and ethics.
 Conclusion: Paying attention to the most and least productive countries and researchers through scientometrics can reveal research opportunities and weaknesses regarding accountants' well-being and mental health and open the horizon for Iranian researchers to present their research results at the international level.