Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date of this Version
Fall 12-18-2020
Abstract
This bibliometric study investigated the current state of documents on Islamic accounting published by digital object identifier equipped journals from 1990 to 2020 listed in Dimension. The analysis focused on the trends of the keywords, authors and journals. The data analyzed were 556 publications of research publications in Dimension (https://dimension.ai). Search terms were 'Islamic accounting'. The searches used to establish the study dataset were last updated on November 13, 2020. Descriptive statistical methods were used, and a bibliometric analysis was conducted using the R Biblioshiny to find out the bibliometric map. The number of articles discussing the theme of Islamic accounting has been quite extensive in years, along with the development of Islamic financial institutions. Many journals publish this theme, among which the top journal is the Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research. The most popular keywords used are Islamic, Accounting dan Financial. The most prolific author is Karim RAA, who has been writing since 1990. The country with the most popular and the most number of authors is Malaysia. This study provides an overview of trends in the most popular keywords, journals and authors in articles on the topic of Islamic accounting, thus providing information for researchers focused on research in the field of Islamic accounting. In the end, this theme has the potential to continue to be developed.