In recent years, sustainable entrepreneurship has emerged as an important area of entrepreneurship. The purpose of this article is to identify the most influential and impactful sources, documents, authors, contributors and institutions in sustainable entrepreneurship research between 2002 and 2021. The data were extracted from the Scopus database, and all documents related to sustainable entrepreneurship were retrieved. Bibliometric analysis was conducted using R package, Biblioshiny and VOSviewer software on the retrieved information. The article uses bibliometric analysis to demonstrate publication metrics, citation metrics, co-authorship and keyword analysis. The study’s findings would greatly benefit future researchers and academics working in the sustainable entrepreneurship domain and identifying future research areas where research can be conducted.
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