Purpose This paper aims to help scholars know about the focus and frontier in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Although related research in CSR started 60 years ago, there is not much systematical literature review on CSR in recent years. This paper applies scientometric method, especially co-word analysis, to explore the frontier and focus of CSR in the twenty-first century, based on the articles from 2001 to 2014 in SSCI database. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors first use the scientometric method and co-word analysis for keywords filtering and apply social network methodology to investigate the networks of high-frequency keywords and high-frequency authors. Findings The authors summarize the current state of CSR research in two aspects. By co-word analysis of high-frequency keywords, the findings show that the focus and frontier are highly related to CSR. Based on the findings of social network analysis, this paper concludes four important research directions and possible future research of CSR. Originality/value The findings in this paper will help scholars of CSR or other related fields to realize the focus and frontier of CSR and provide some guidance for their future research.

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企业社会责任的重点和前沿

目的本文旨在帮助学者了解公司社会责任（CSR）领域的重点和前沿。尽管有关企业社会责任的相关研究始于60年前，但近年来对企业社会责任的系统文献综述并不多。本文基于2001年至2014年SSCI数据库中的文章，运用科学计量方法，尤其是共词分析法，探索了二十一世纪企业社会责任的前沿和焦点。设计/方法/方法本文中，作者首先使用科学测度法和共词分析进行关键词过滤，并应用社交网络方法研究高频关键词和高频作者的网络。结论作者从两个方面总结了企业社会责任研究的现状。通过高频关键词的共词分析，研究结果表明，重点和前沿领域与企业社会责任高度相关。基于社会网络分析的发现，本文总结了四个重要的研究方向以及企业社会责任的未来研究方向。原创性/价值本文的研究结果将有助于企业社会责任或其他相关领域的学者认识企业社会责任的重点和前沿，并为他们的未来研究提供一些指导。