Banking without limits: a bibliometric analysis of scholarly works on electronic banking

Rockson Mintah, Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu, Rita Amoah-Bekoe, Gorkel Obro-Adibo

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Abstract

Purpose: This paper reviews scholarly literature on electronic banking (EB) research over a three-decade period. The focus of this review is to evaluate the intellectual structure and trends and unearth new areas in the research domain of EB. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing data from the Scopus database, a bibliometric analysis was performed on 2,391 research articles published in the EB domain. The articles were examined and synthesized through volume analysis, citation analysis, authorship analysis and the level of collaboration, co-citation analysis and keyword co-occurrence analysis. A well-known bibliometric tool, VOSviewer, was used to create and analyse various bibliometric maps, networks and tables. Findings: This study uncovers the temporal and spatial trends of publications on EB, the most influential documents, authors, productive publication outlets, countries in the domain, the status of collaboration and the major themes that have been studied in the literature. The publication trail over the years has been gauged using overlay visualization. Practical implications: This paper highlights new concepts that have emerged in EB over the past three decades and suggests future avenues for research in this area. Originality/value: Research in the domain of EB is empirical, with only a handful of studies being literature reviews. This is the first-of-its-kind study that aims to trace the development of electronic banking over the past 29 years, from 1994 to 2022, through bibliometric analysis and network visualization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1559-1586
Number of pages28
JournalInternational Journal of Bank Marketing
Volume42
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Electronic banking
  • Intellectual structure
  • Internet
  • Performance analysis
  • Self-service

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