Beyond Cash: The Future of Financial Transactions and the Role of Financial Technology: A Bibliometric Analysis (Prabandhan Darpan - Journal of Management Studies)
Summary
- Small and Medium Sized Enterprises across the world utilize FinTech services at approximately 25 percent.p.2
- The systematic methodology initially retrieved 269 records from Scopus, resulting in 115 final documents after filtering duplicate and non-article entries.p.4
- Academic output in FinTech grew significantly from 1 publication in 2018 to 44 publications in 2024.p.5
- Citations in the analyzed dataset peaked at 519 citations in 2023 before declining to 160 citations in 2024 due to recency.p.5
- The top-cited study by Albayati et al. (2020) on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency acceptance received 253 citations.p.6
Key insights
- SMEs worldwide adopt FinTech solutions at roughly 25 percent, leaving substantial room for future market expansion.p.2
- Research volume accelerated rapidly following the COVID-19 pandemic, expanding from 3 articles in 2020 to 40 in 2023.p.5
- Annual citation totals reached their highest point in 2023 with 519 citations across the sample.p.5
- Albayati et al. (2020) authored the highest-impact paper in the analyzed sample with 253 citations.p.6
- Venkatesh leads author co-citations with 254 citations and a total link strength of 6462.p.12
- Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) stands out as a primary quantitative analytical method in FinTech literature.p.12
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