Financialization: A bibliometric review, research streams, influential works, and future research paths

Abstract

Bibliometric analysis is one of the most prominent methods for conducting a quantitative assessment of publications. Thus, this study focuses on conducting a bibliometric analysis of the structural research development of financialization. By collecting relevant data from the Scopus database and subsequently graphing the results on VOSviewer, we were able to draw conclusive findings on financialization research development. Research on financialization is considered vital, as no study has analyzed research articles on this topic in the past 25 years, even though it is an emerging topic that is expected to have a great impact on the future of finance. Hence, this report presents the detailed and meticulous process of this analysis while highlighting suggestions for future research.

Keywords: Fictionalization, financial system, neoliberalism, political economy, capitalism.