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Blockchain technology in the investment domain: a bibliometric analysis

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  • Shubhangi Gautam
  • Pardeep Kumar

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Blockchain technology has significant implications for investments and has opened up new opportunities for investors by providing a more secure and decentralised system for financial transactions. Therefore, the study employs bibliometric analysis to assess how blockchain technology growing in the investment domain. A bibliometric analysis of the biographies of articles published in the category of blockchain and investment trends is carried out using the VOSviewer tool and Scopus analysis. A total of 165 publications were taken from the Scopus database to analyse the patterns in this field. We studied the total number of citations, the most-cited papers, authors and journals, notable organisations and country contributions. This study offers insight into the top five renowned journals of investing and blockchain trends in addition to listing the top ten most substantial articles with their years of publication and total citations. In addition, during the past few years, publications and citations in the disciplines of investing and blockchain trends have been most frequently received by Germany, the Netherlands and the USA. This analysis also identifies and critically examines the top five journals in the specialised field with the greatest SNIP, SJR and citation scores.

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  • Shubhangi Gautam & Pardeep Kumar, 2026. "Blockchain technology in the investment domain: a bibliometric analysis," International Journal of Electronic Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 15(1), pages 79-91.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijelfi:v:15:y:2026:i:1:p:79-91
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