Social entrepreneurship and sustainable development bibliometric analysis

Social entrepreneurship has the characteristics of several disciplines, but despite its rapid expansion, it lacks a dominant framework and literature; For this reason, the aim of this article is to map the bibliography of relevant publications with the help of Biblioshiny R studio) and VoSviewer based on the publications in the Scopus database; The preliminary results indicate an increase in the interest of scientists, especially after 5435. The analysis of a significant number of industrial publications in Western countries shows that the field of research is completely new and the authors need to work together; In addition, several topics related to sustainability have been identified that are of great importance and are included in the research field related to this work. Quantitative research from underdeveloped countries or emerging economies can point the way for future research study directions