Table 1.
Most influential articles for sustainable finance research
| Author(s) | Article title | Source title | Year | TC | C/Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedusenko E.A. | Impact investing trends in Russia and tourism | Journal of Business Ethics | 2006 | 655 | 43.67 |
| Viviers S., Ractliffe T., Hand D. | From philanthropy to impact investing: Shifting mindsets in South Africa | Journal of Banking and Finance | 2008 | 500 | 38.46 |
| Roundy P.T. | Regional differences in impact investment: A theory of impact investing ecosystems | Journal of Financial Economics | 2011 | 431 | 43.10 |
| Agrawal A., Hockerts K. | Impact investing strategy: Managing conflicts between impact investor and investee social enterprise | Journal of Banking and Finance | 2011 | 383 | 38.30 |
| Lehner O.M., Harrer T., Quast M. | Building institutional legitimacy in impact investing: Strategies and gaps in financial communication and discourse | Financial Analysts Journal | 2005 | 354 | 22.13 |
| Kimbu A.N., Tichaawa T.M. | Determinants of impact investing for tourism development in emerging destinations of sub-Saharan Africa | Financial Analysts Journal | 2000 | 340 | 16.19 |
| Lee M., Adbi A., Singh J. | Categorical cognition and outcome efficiency in impact investing decisions | Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis | 2001 | 287 | 14.35 |
| Novak P.K., Amicis L.D., Mozetič I. | Impact investing market on Twitter: Influential users and communities | Journal of Corporate Finance | 2008 | 268 | 20.62 |
| Jackson E.T. | Interrogating the theory of change: Evaluating impact investing where it matters most | European Financial Management | 2007 | 260 | 18.57 |
| Phillips S.D., Johnson B. | Inching to impact: The demand side of social impact investing | Journal of Banking and Finance | 2008 | 236 | 18.15 |
| Agrawal A., Hockerts K. | Impact investing: Review and research agenda | Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment | 2015 | 188 | 31.33 |
| Viviani J.-L., Maurel C. | Performance of impact investing: A value creation approach | Journal of Business Ethics | 2004 | 185 | 10.88 |
| Jafri J. | When billions meet trillions: Impact investing and shadow banking in Pakistan | Business Strategy and the Environment | 2010 | 180 | 16.36 |
| Höchstädter A.K., Scheck B. | What’s in a name: An analysis of impact investing understandings by academics and practitioners | Journal of Management | 2010 | 172 | 15.64 |
| Tekula R., Andersen K. | The role of government, nonprofit, and private facilitation of the impact investing marketplace | Accounting, Organizations and Society | 1993 | 172 | 6.14 |
| León T., Liern V., Pérez-Gladish B. | A multicriteria assessment model for countries’ degree of preparedness for successful impact investing | Journal of Business Ethics | 2007 | 159 | 11.36 |
| Chen S., Harrison R. | Beyond profit vs. purpose: Transactional-relational practices in impact investing | Journal of Management and Governance | 2004 | 152 | 8.94 |
| Wood D., Thornley B., Grace K. | Institutional impact investing: Practice and policy | Journal of Financial Research | 2005 | 151 | 9.44 |
| Kappen J., Mitchell M., Chawla K. | Institutionalizing social impact investing: Implications for Islamic finance | Journal of Financial Economics | 2012 | 145 | 16.11 |
| Wong M.C.S., Yap R.C.Y. | Social impact investing for marginalized communities in Hong Kong: Cases and issues | Journal of Banking and Finance | 2011 | 142 | 14.20 |
| Jackson E.T. | Evaluating social impact bonds: Questions, challenges, innovations, and possibilities in measuring outcomes in impact investing | Financial Management | 2012 | 130 | 14.44 |
| Mendell M., Barbosa E. | Impact investing: A preliminary analysis of emergent primary and secondary exchange platforms | Journal of Business Ethics | 2008 | 123 | 9.46 |
| Espinosa S. | From philanthropy to impact investing: The case of Luxembourg | Management Science | 2014 | 121 | 17.29 |
| Urban B., George J. | An empirical study on measures relating to impact investing in South Africa | Journal of Business Ethics | 2007 | 120 | 8.57 |
| Lieberman D. | Impact investing 2.0—not just for do-gooders anymore | Journal of Business Finance and Accounting | 2007 | 116 | 8.29 |
TC Total citations, C/Y Average citations per year