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Mapping the Intellectual Landscape of Fintech: A Bibliometric and Thematic Analysis

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Table 1.

Main Information of Data.

DescriptionResults
Timespan2006:2025
Sources (Journals, Books, etc)99
Documents159
Annual Growth Rate %8.84
Document Average Age4.12
Average citations per doc64.64
References10512
DOCUMENT CONTENTS
Keywords Plus (ID)874
Author’s Keywords (DE)518
AUTHORS
Authors455
Authors of single-authored docs15
AUTHORS COLLABORATION
Single-authored docs17
Co-Authors per Doc3.08
International co-authorships %44.03
DOCUMENT TYPES
Article159
Table 2.

Keywords Analysis.

KeywordsFrequency
Finance47
Financial inclusions44
Financial system36
Technology adoption25
Financial services23
Innovation22
Economic development21
Sustainable development21
Developing world18
Developing countries17
Banking16
Electronic money16
China14
Information and communication technology14
Financial market13
Mobile phone12
Sustainability12
Carbon dioxide11
India11
Economic growth10
Figure 1.

Themes of Research Publication Through Keywords.

Table 3.

Most Productive Author.

AuthorsArticlesArticles Fractionalised
ASONGU S.A.51.75
AL-OKAILY M.40.75
OZILI P.K.43.50
CASSIMON D31.00
OSABUTEY ELC31.33
SENYO PK31.08
AHMAD AH20.67
AL-QUDAH AA20.41
BERNARDS N21.50
BIEKPE N20.67
CHATTERJEE A21.50
CHEN P20.83
COFFIE CPK20.70
GABOR D21.00
HONGJIANG Z20.70
Figure 2.

Three field plot method: Author, Source and Keywords.

Figure 3.

Global Cited Documents.

Table 4.

Most Global Documents.

PaperDOITotal CitationsTC per YearNormalized TC
GABOR D, 2017, NEW POLIT ECON10.1080/13563467.2017.125929848654.002.110
TCHAMYOU VS, 2019, TECHNOL FORECAST SOC CHANGE10.1016/j.techfore.2018.11.00445765.2853.325
SCHUETZ S, 2020, INT J INF MANAGE10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.04.00930550.8333.603
SENYO PK, 2020, TECHNOVATION10.1016/j.technovation.2020.10215525642.6673.024
MUSHTAQ R, 2019, TECHNOL SOC10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.10115425035.7141.819
LEONG C, 2017, INT J INF MANAGE10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.11.00624927.6671.081
OZILI P.K., 2021, FORUM SOC ECON10.1080/07360932.2020.171523824849.6003.563
LASHITEW AA, 2019, RES POLICY10.1016/j.respol.2018.12.01021330.4281.550
AZIZ A, 2021, TECHNOL SOC10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.10150921242.4003.045
PRADHAN RP, 2021, TECHNOL FORECAST SOC CHANGE10.1016/j.techfore.2021.12075817735.4002.543
ORWAT C, 2008, BMC MED INFORMATICS DECIS MAK10.1186/1472-6947-8-261759.7221.483
MÜNZEL C, 2019, ENERGY ECON10.1016/j.eneco.2019.10449316824.001.222
DINIZ E, 2012, ELECT COMMER RES APPL10.1016/j.elerap.2011.07.00616411.7141.789
TRUBY J, 2020, SUSTAINABLE DEV10.1002/sd.204814624.3331.724
Table 5.

Prominent Journals.

SourcesArticles
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE15
SUSTAINABILITY (SWITZERLAND)8
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY6
RESOURCES POLICY5
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH4
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT4
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY4
APPLIED ECONOMICS3
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS3
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION3
RESEARCH POLICY3
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS2
BEHAVIOUR AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY2
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS2
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE2
Table 6.

Country-Wise Documents.

RegionFrequency
CHINA70
INDONESIA38
UK36
INDIA28
USA27
MALAYSIA17
GHANA16
JORDAN16
AUSTRALIA13
GERMANY13
FRANCE12
ITALY11
NIGERIA11
SOUTH AFRICA11
PAKISTAN10
Figure 4.

Country-Specific Production.

Figure 5.

Keyword co-occurrence network.

Table 7.

Country-Wise Citations.

CountryTCAverage Article Citations
UNITED KINGDOM1480105.7
CHINA127955.6
USA83075.5
INDIA61555.9
BELGIUM538179.3
GERMANY42785.4
NIGERIA41869.7
NETHERLANDS338169
FRANCE33182.8
AUSTRALIA301100.3
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES27054
HUNGARY25785.7
MALAYSIA22876
GHANA22556.2
BRAZIL224112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/law-2026-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2720-1279
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Language: English
Published on: May 15, 2026
Published by: Polish Economic Security Foundation. Institute for Legal and Economic Dialogue and Analysis
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
fintech,
financial technology,
blockchain,
financial information systems,
e-finance,
transformation,
financial inclusion
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Business management, other,
Law,
Commercial law,
Commercial law, other,
Commercial legal protection,
Commercial legal protection, other,
Public law,
Public law, other

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