Islamic Fintech Research Worldwide: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Islamic Fintech continues to grow as innovation in the field of technology accelerates human life. Although relatively new, research on Islamic Fintech continues to grow and has been quite attractive to researchers in recent years. Seeing this phenomenon, it is necessary to anticipate the increasing interest of academics in researching Islamic Fintech. This paper aims to facilitate researchers in finding out the development of Islamic Fintech research, find topics that can be developed, and know the main contributors and sources that shape research in the field of Islamic Fintech. This research analysis is a Bibliometric analysis with Biblioshiny and VOSviewer software, using metadata consisting of 98 Scopus-indexed data published in 10 years, namely 2013-2022. The results of the study found that the potential for developing research on the theme of Islamic Finance is huge, topics that can be developed for further research include "Crowdfunding" and "Crowdsourcing.” Meanwhile, Muslim-majority countries dominate Islamic Finance research, including with their authors and affiliations.