Literature Review of International Anti-Money Laundering Research: A Scientometrical Perspective

Abstract

Based on the information visualization technology and the Web of Science database, which in-cludes English research articles on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing from 1993 to 2013, this paper explores the law and development status and research focus of interna-tional anti-money laundering research by analyzing national distribution, authors' distribution, organization distribution, cited journals, keywords, and situation to be cited by literatures (1993-2013) on money laundering with CiteSpace II application.