Citation analysis

Accounting

Business

Library science

Bibliometrics

Chemistry

Sample (material)

Pure mathematics

Data science

Geometry

Bibliographic coupling

Distributed ledger

Citation

Blockchain

Point (geometry)

Mathematics

Computer security

Computer science

Chromatography

Knowledge management

Ledger

Field (mathematics)

Research in International Business and Finance

Blockchain is a disruptive, decentralized, replicable, distributed ledger technology with the potential to change the conventional business landscape in banking and finance. This study consists of a bibliometric review and a content analysis of the academic literature dealing with the antecedents, the applications, and the consequences of the adoption of blockchain-based technologies in these highly interconnected industries. With a final sample of 154 papers published between 2009 and 2021, we map their influential aspects, in terms of trending topic, authors and target journals. We then provide a bibliographic analysis, which consists of co-authorship, cartographic, co-citation and coupling analyses. Finally, we identify the main literature streams and the future research agenda, which may serve as a valid starting point for future research in the field for both scholars and practitioners.

Blockchain in banking and finance: A bibliometric review