Mapping the Knowledge Landscape of Mineral Funds: A Bibliometric Analysis Utilizing R and VOSviewer

Abstract

Mineral sectors have magnifying effects on a country's economic activities, and there is no doubt about their negligence over the extracted regions regarding socio-economic development(as suggested by the resource curse hypothesis), which contributes significantly to fulfilling the financial purse for its developmental goals and aspirations. A country striving to become a ‘viswagurus’ (a significant player in the global arena) and a developed country by 2047, as stated by the head of state of India, cannot be accomplished without focusing on the backwards regions where inequalities exist. Mining areas are being neglected as a result of the skewed distribution of mining earnings towards the development of non-mining regions, and hence the concept of the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Fund, based on the Mineral fund, is the outcome of the product of imbalanced regional growth and its programmed to mitigate the imbalance in development in terms of socioeconomic and other disparities.  This article discusses the findings, which relate to the most productive sources, authors, and journals belonging to the developed world, and there is an uptick in the developing world in this area of study. The Recent surge in annual scientific production shows us that interest in this field has been on the rise, and the introduction of DMF funds in India makes society curious to know about its achievements. The study discusses the future scope of mineral-related revenue/royalties.