A Bibliometric Descriptive Content Analysis of Quality Research Papers in the Islamic Monetary Field within the Scopus Database

Abstract

The study analyses the trend in Islamic monetary studies on the Scopus database from 1979-2025 which aims to investigate the following topics: (1) the growth of international publications, (2) the core journals in international publications, (3) the productivity of researchers, (4) the number of documents based on agency collaboration in international publications, and (5) the growth of international publication co-authorship. The VOS Viewer program is deployed to analyze the progression pattern of international publications related to Islamic monetary subjects. The results indicate that research development reached its peak in 2022, with 50 articles out of 446, or 11.2%. The International Islamic University of Malaysia produced the most publications, with 32 articles, and Malaysia made the most significant contribution, with 132 documents. Subsequently, Alam, M. K. appears to be the author with the highest number of publications. The International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Isra International Journal of Islamic Finance and Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance have published most of the research papers in this field. Finally, co-word and co-authorship analysis suggest multiple clusters of keywords and expertise in the field