Bibliometric Analysis of Financial Risk Assessment Literature in Islamic Banking and Finance: Trends, Contributors, and Global Insights

Abstract

This paper’s overarching goal is to offer a bibliometric analysis of the growth of financial risk assessment literature in Islamic banking and finance. The study primarily examined publication trends, patterns of authorship, prominent keywords and notable researchers, sources and countries in all Scopus-indexed IBF articles. The VOSviewer has been employed for the bibliometric analysis of 568 articles for the period 1993-2023. Accordingly, paper highlights risk management trends and developments in the Islamic banking, as well as top contributing journals, countries and key publications. The research conducted in this topic has a global and cooperative nature, as seen by the annual growth rate of 9.45 and involvement of academics from other countries in around 32.22% of co-authorships. Hence, by using bibliometric research to analyse pertinent literature on risk management, this study offers valuable insights into the risks that are associated with Islamic banks.

Key Words: Bibliometric Analysis, Financial Risk Assessment, Islamic Banking, Publication Trends, Global Cooperation, Risk Management Trends