Title: A bibliometric analysis of women's economic empowerment literature

Authors: Navneet Gera; Swati Rohatgi

Addresses: Jagannath International Management School, MOR Pocket 105, Kalkaji, New Delhi, Delhi – 110019, India ' Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management and Research, A-4, Rohtak Rd., Shiva Enclave, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi – 110063, India

Abstract: Research on the issues of women's economic empowerment has been gaining strength in recent years, and this progress is consistent with the accomplishment of United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This study provides an extensive bibliometric literature review of women's economic empowerment as a term and concept using research articles from the Scopus index database. The Scopus database was accessed to extract bibliometric data of 437 articles. Various bibliometric and network analysis tools have been used to achieve the research objectives. VOSviewer software was used to perform science mapping of the data. This article discusses the main authors, journals, and countries along with the citation structure and the advancement in this field. The findings indicate that the publication trend increased from 2010 onwards, but the maximum production of articles was in 2018. The USA, India, and the UK are the most representative nations when it comes to global influence. The most influential journals were identified as PLOS One and Gender and Development. The key contribution of this study is that it highlights the gap in the literature and proposes actionable themes for future research.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; bibliographic coupling; women's economic empowerment; WEE; co-citation; co-occurrence.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSEM.2025.150785

International Journal of Services, Economics and Management, 2025 Vol.16 No.6, pp.702 - 718

Received: 14 Dec 2022
Accepted: 24 Jul 2023
Published online: 23 Dec 2025 *

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