A Bibliometric Analysis of Hibah-Related Studies

Abstract

Hibah (inter vivos) is relatively one of the important topics in Islamic wealth management. Despite its importance, previous studies found that the practice of hibah remains at a low level in comparison to waqf and zakat. Therefore, this study is conducted to assist academics to get started on developing a theoretical framework and to instruct researchers who are just starting in hibah-research on which journals and authors to look to for further analysis on this phenomenon. To do so, this study uses the SCOPUS and Web of Science (WoS) databases to identify the research fields with the highest output of research, the nations, and languages that have produced the most hibah-related research, the year that hibah-research first began, the journals that publish the majority of research, and the most pertinent authors with hibahrelated publications. The finding shows that hibah-related research is indeed less published in the two databases. Therefore, researchers on this topic should publish more in the future to provide more reference to those who want to take benefits from academic writing.