Recent developments on research in sustainability in higher education management and accounting areas

Acknowledgements: This research is financed by National Funds of the FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology within the project UIDB/04928/2020 and under the Scientific Employment Stimulus – Institutional Call CEECINST/00051/2018.☆ The journals Accounting Education; Business Strategy and the Environment; Education and Training; Issues in Accounting Education; Management in Education; Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management; and Social Responsibility Journal did not publish any articles containing the terms searched during the period of analysis and addressing the areas of Accounting and Management.The purpose of this study is to investigate recent developments in sustainability in higher edu- cation, seeking to understand what is happening in the areas of Management and Accounting. This study seeking to identify the scientific research production for the period of 2014–2020 in journals ranked in the Scimago Journal Rank (SJR). Bibliometric analysis was used to describe the sample of articles and used systematic review methodology to answer the research questions. The bibliometric network analysis allowed to identify the journals that published more and seven clusters showed the influential authors by citation and co-citations. By systematic review, uni- versities in different countries are well represented and the objects of analysis most focused were Curricular content, Teachers, and Students. Most studies have a qualitative approach and employ content analysis. This study adds to the previous literature with two main contributions: the first lies in the reported evidence on the state of the sustainability theme in Management and Ac- counting as a contemporary field. The second maybe a useful starting point in this area, as it offers perspectives and reflections for future research, given that literature reviews on sustainability in higher education are not typically situated in the context of management education. This study provides a contribution to the development of the research area on sustainability in higher ed- ucation as well as having potential implications for educators as it is useful for educational purposes.