Meta-analysis: An analysis of scientific production in business, management and cost accounting

The purpose of the article is to present a detailed analysis of the scientific production on business and cost accounting, mainly using a bibliometric analysis. The research was conducted in two global databases, Scopus and Web of Science. The articles found were processed using MS Excel, RStudio, VosViewer, Infogram and Bibliometrix, providing information on annual production, by country, by journal, by author, citations, keywords and documentary analysis. Production is increasing over time, with studies in engineering, business, medicine, computing and the environment standing out. Production is highly concentrated at the level of countries, continents and authors, and a low level of co-citations was also observed. Medicine, economics and finance concentrate the largest number of publications, and at the time Covid-19 affected the development that had been taking place at the level of very good productivity, and despite this, some authors predict that as a consequence of the pandemic, research on the subject will increase.