Scope of Social Responsibility in Latin America

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers related to the study of the variable Social Responsibility in Latin America. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 201 7-2022, achieving the identification of 839 publications. The information provided by this platform was organized through graphs and figures categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors towards the proposed theme is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that Brazil, with 294 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions in that country. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material regarding the scope of Social Responsibility in Latin America was Business, Administration and Accounting with 481 published documents, and the Type of Publication most used during the period indicated above wasJournal Articles with 79% of the total scientific production.