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 Volume 9, Issue 2 (February 2022), Pages: 1-8

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Analyzing publication trend on microcredit research using bibliometrics approach

 Author(s): Nguyen Minh Sang *

 Affiliation(s):

 International Economics Faculty, Banking University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-0247

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.02.001

 Abstract:

This paper aims to apply the bibliometrics method to investigate the research trends in the study of microcredit, specifically analyzing the quality of the research productions by the citation status and the mutual influence of these publications. This study has used the bibliometric method for an overview analysis of all 382 publications on the topic of microcredit indexed in the Scopus database for the period of 1994 to 2021. The results of the study provide an overview of the publication trend on the microcredit topic, such as (i) the most influential publications; (ii) the most cited authors; (iii) the most cited journals by publications on the microcredit topic; (iv) the main research keywords that network linked among publications on the microcredit topic; (v) the most productive institutions; (vi) the trend of research collaboration among countries in publications on the microcredit topic. The article provides an objective overview of the microcredit topic development and is a valuable reference for scholars studying finance, economics, and business management. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Bibliometrics analysis, Microcredit, Visualization, VOSviewer

 Article History: Received 25 August 2021, Received in revised form 12 November 2021, Accepted 13 November 2021

 Acknowledgment 

The author wishes to acknowledge support from the Banking University-Ho Chi Minh City. This research was made possible thanks to all the valuable support from relevant stakeholders.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Sang NM (2022). Analyzing publication trend on microcredit research using bibliometrics approach. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(2): 1-8

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