Mapping the Landscape of Macroprudential Policies: A Bibliometric Analysis

Macroprudential policies have gained significant attention since the Global Financial Crisis, as policymakers and academia recognized the need for having a more resilient financial system that withstands shocks and ensures that financial services continue to be provided efficiently to the real economy in both favorable and unfavorable periods of the economic cycle. Our research aims to reveal the research trends in the field of macroprudential policies based on publication outputs, co-occurrence of keywords, authors’ impact and the collaboration between them. Using Scopus database, a total of 1460 articles from 2524 authors was retrieved for the period between 2005 and 2025. The main results show that the interest for the topic has grown exponentially particularly after major economic events (the subprime and debt sovereign crises, the pandemic, the geopolitical tensions or the interest rate hikes), with the most articles on this subject being published in 2024 (199). The main author in this field is professor Rubio Margarita, having the largest number of articles (21), and she is also the most influential one as measured by the H index. In terms of related subjects, a lot of attention has been paid to the connections between macroprudential policies and themes such as monetary policy, banking, financial crisis, financial system or financial policy. Another topic of interest on the agenda of central bankers is the interaction between financial stability policies (macroprudential policy) and fiscal policy, and the impact of macroprudential policies on the transitional effects of climate change with further development potential.