FinTech Companies: A Bibliometric Analysis

Gencay Tepe, Umut Burak Geyikci and Fatih Mehmet Sancak
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Gencay Tepe: Faculty of Business, Manisa Celal Bayar University, 45140 Manisa, Turkey
Umut Burak Geyikci: Faculty of Business, Manisa Celal Bayar University, 45140 Manisa, Turkey
Fatih Mehmet Sancak: Dikkan Group, 35730 Izmir, Turkey

IJFS, 2021, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: The financial-technology industry has recently attracted the attention of many sectors. The financial-technology industry designs new and unusual technological financial services in many areas. It combines technology with finance and provides an alternative to the traditional financial system. In the scope of this study, 636 publications were obtained from Scopus. Various tools, such as Microsoft Excel for frequency analysis, and VOSviewer for data visualization, were used. The open-source codes used for bibliometric analysis through the R Studio program were developed by the authors and used for citation-metrics analysis. The main aim of this study was to find out the most influential studies and authors and to reveal the distributions and impacts of publications in the FinTech area between 2015 and 2021 from the Scopus database. The results indicate that the most influential journal is Sustainability Switzerland, and the most cited author is Gomber et al. Additionally, Rabbani has the most publications, while China has emerged as the most productive country. On the other hand, this study found that FinTech research clustered in four areas. These areas are computer science, business management, economics, and social sciences. This FinTech study examines financial services, financial access, and financial technology, where FinTech is at the center. It also focuses on cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and smart contracts where the blockchain is at the center. The results reveal a systematic map of existing studies. Further, the study plays a guiding role in future research.

Keywords: FinTech; financial technology; blockchain; financial information systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 F3 F41 F42 G1 G2 G3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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