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Mapping global research on cryptocurrency: A bibliometric analysis
Mapping global research on cryptocurrency: A bibliometric analysis
Over
the past decade, researchers have noticed immense interest in cryptocurrencies.
The effects of cryptocurrency-based research on the Scopus database must be
examined in this area. This study uses a method that combines bibliometrics and
content analysis to find the countries, publications, authors, and articles
that talk about cryptocurrency and how it might be used between 2013 and 2022.
A totally of 1370 different articles were then included in the bibliometric
study. The literature on cryptocurrencies is constantly evolving. Development
continued for the first five years, 2013–2017, with fewer than 15 articles per
year. However, starting in 2018, it skyrocketed, peaking in 2022 with a total
of 458 articles in Scopus. The US was the most prolific country in
cryptocurrency research during this period. With six papers, Giulia C. Fanti
from CMU in Philadelphia, USA, became a prolific author. The Ho Chi Minh City
University of Economics in Vietnam has written 21 articles about cryptocurrency
and has become a well-known research partner. Elie Bouri from Lebanese American
University, Beirut, Lebanon, is the most prolific author in cryptocurrency
research from 2013-2022, with 15 articles in the Scopus database. Not only is
he prolific, but he is also the most influential author, with 823 citations in
four years. Until 2020, bitcoin-related research dominated, followed by
blockchain research. Nevertheless, in 2021, cryptocurrency research related to
blockchain will dominate. This indicates that research related to
cryptocurrency is evolving toward its security.