Behavioural economics is a research agenda, which gradually has moved from the periphery to the centre of the discipline of economics. The rise of behavioural economics has fostered a burgeoning number of studies dealing with the past, present and future of the field. In contrast to these studies which focus on predestinated scholars, outlets and key concepts, this article uses exploratory bibliometric approaches to map behavioural economics. Utilising a novel data set, comprising 104,558 references across 1,872 articles published in the period 1956–2016, the article systematically illuminates the historical foundations, development and interdisciplinary nature of behavioural economics. The article shows (a) the overlooked role of several behavioural psychologists in shaping the field; (b) the influence of the Anglo-Saxon universities, such as University of California Berkeley, Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania; and that (c) behavioural economics mainly draws knowledge from five disciplinary clusters: (a) economics and policy, (b) psychology, (c) pharmacology, (d) health and (e) law.

行为经济学是一个研究议程，已逐渐从经济学学科的外围转向中心学科。行为经济学的兴起催生了涉及该领域的过去，现在和未来的大量研究。与这些针对预定学者，研究对象和关键概念的研究相反，本文使用探索性的文献计量方法来绘制行为经济学。该文章利用一个新颖的数据集，包括在1956年至2016年期间发表的1,872篇文章中的104,558篇参考文献，系统地阐明了行为经济学的历史基础，发展和学科性质。该文章表明：（a）几位行为心理学家在塑造这一领域中被忽视的作用；（b）盎格鲁撒克逊大学的影响力，如加州大学伯克利分校，哈佛大学和宾夕法尼亚大学；（c）行为经济学主要从五个学科领域中汲取知识：（a）经济学和政策，（b）心理学，（c）药理学，（d）健康和（e）法律。