Evolución de la literatura sobre la responsabilidad social en pymes como disciplina científica

This paper describes the evolution of the corporate social responsibility in small and medium enterprises research over the period 1976-2013. A database has been complied of the 321 articles focused on this field published in journals included in the Social Science Citation Index. Bibliometric methods and techniques are used to describe the evolution of scientific activity, the most active countries and institutions, the most productive authors, the methodologies and the main topics investigated in order to describe trends, and the status and evolution of literature in this field. Based on these analyses, potential avenues for future research are proposed to advance the consolidation of the field as a scientific discipline.