Emerging Trends and Innovation Modes of Internet Finance—Results from Co-Word and Co-Citation Networks

Xiaoyu Li, Jiahong Yuan, Yan Shi, Zilai Sun and Junhu Ruan
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Xiaoyu Li: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Jiahong Yuan: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Yan Shi: Center for Liberal Arts, Tokai University, Kumamoto 862-8652, Japan
Zilai Sun: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Junhu Ruan: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China

Future Internet, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: Internet finance is a financial mode combining traditional financial industry with Internet technologies, which has become a crucial part of the financial field. Due to the rapid change of information technologies and public financial needs, Internet finance has produced quite a few specific operation modes, which have interested many scholars. To better appreciate its development process and innovation modes, we used bibliometrics to analyze 2,877 articles on Internet finance in Web of Science. Through the co-word network, co-citation network and various results generated by CiteSpace, we recognized six main modes of Internet finance, that is, Internet bank, peer to peer lending (P2P lending), crowdfunding, big data finance, digital currency and fintech. Emerging research topics and the development history of each mode are also detected. We find that the mainstream modes in current research are P2P lending and crowdfunding and the research on fintech and digital currency has just begun. Through the review, we also suggest some research directions for the research direction of each mode. These results will help to deepen relevant scholars’ understanding of Internet finance and provide guidance for them to choose research directions.

Keywords: internet finance; emerging trends; bibliometrics; Co-word analysis; Co-citation analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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