Tracing Islamic Fintech Research in Indonesia and Malaysia: a Bibliometric Approach

Abstract

Indonesia and Malaysia are countries that have a rapidly growing financial industry, especially in Southeast Asia. This research aims to examine the development of Islamic fintech studies in Indonesia and Malaysia which are published in Scopus indexed publications. Analysis was conducted on 76 articles discussing Islamic fintech in Indonesia and Malaysia. The method used is bibliometric by utilizing R Biblioshiny to generate bibliometric maps. The results show that Islamic fintech research in Indonesia is more dominated by sharia Peer to Peer Lending studies, while in Malaysia it is more dominated by Islamic crowdfunding. This research contributes to an understanding of the Islamic fintech study map for academics.