The bibliometric analysis of Islamic banking and finance

Abstract

Purpose Islamic banking and finance (IBF) have been the subject of central scientific interest, as demonstrated by the significant increase in publications on the subject in recent years. In the present paper, the use of the bibliometric analytical technique is proposed to examine the research on IBF. The purpose of this study is to carry out a bibliometric analysis of all the publications on Scopus relative to IBF. Design/methodology/approach The screening methodology conducted in May 2020, in the foreground, for precise research and as complete as possible, sought all references to “Islamic finance” or “Islamic bank” in “all fields” of Scopus and 7,662 scientific contributions were found. Therefore, the results include a time frame for publications between 1980 and 2020. Findings This study shows that the literature on Islamic finance focusses on banking, rates, comparisons with traditional banks and portfolios, analysis of governance and control structures. In the journals taken into consideration in this paper from which the sample of selected articles comes, it can be deduced that the ethicality of the finance and the bank is placed in second place. Originality/value Through analysis, citation rates are proposed, and the impact factors of journals are quantitative and objective indicators directly linked to published science. The implications of this paper are to identify the future trend of research in the field of IBF.

Social Finance and Banking Research as a Driver for Sustainable Development: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…The growing interest in the literature and the intersection of SF and SB theories, however, are not accompanied by specific bibliometric studies. For example, recent studies have focused on vertical research flows such as social entrepreneurship [36], the social aspects of Islamic finance [37] and sustainable banking investments [38], leaving aside a relevant research gap in addition to what Rizzi et al (2018) [9] have pointed out, as well as the social impact outlined in Sustainability journal [12].…”

Islamic Banking Performance: A Bibliometric Review

“…Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature; hence, this database's selection is relevant. In IBF-related bibliometric studies, Biancone et al (2020) have used this database to evaluate IBF literature.…”

“…The bibliometric analysis procedures consist of two core analyses; sample selection and bibliometric citation analysis (Çoğaltay and Karadağ 2015, Olczyk 2016, Biancone et al 2020. There are three analytical steps in bibliometric citation analysis: co-citation analysis, citation analysis, and co-authorship (Olczyk 2016, Biancone et al 2020. Figure 1 depicts our steps in performing bibliometric analysis, which primarily followed with additional keywords association and cluster dendrogram analyses.…”

“…The analysis began with the procedures of meta-analysis review as outlined by Çoğaltay and Karadağ (2015), Biancone et al (2020), and . In the first step, we used the keyword; 'Islamic banking' and 'Islamic banks' to sample relevant articles from the Scopus database.…”

“…At the time this study is conducted in November 2020, bibliometric analysis on the topic of Islamic banking and finance is yet to address a specific issue on IBs performance. Contemporary researches broadly covered Islamic banking and finance (IBF) in general (Biancone et al 2020), literature review on IBs sustainability (Aliyu et al 2017), and an evaluation of takāful (Islamic insurance) literature .…”