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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]