ABSTRACT

Within a decade, cryptocurrencies have captured significant attention. After Bitcoin's emergence in 2008, new cryptocurrencies started to enter the financial market. We use bibliometric analysis to explore the cryptocurrency literature in the areas of business and management. We review and analyze 464 research articles through bibliometric measurements and social network analysis using Biblioshiny in R. Our study highlights the most influential authors, institutions, countries, and studies. Using the results of the social network analysis of the authors and countries, we illustrate the co-authorship and collaboration among authors from various countries at the institutional level and demonstrate how they have expanded the knowledge in this area. We identify four streams in the current cryptocurrency literature: (i) the determinants of cryptocurrency returns, (ii) the efficiency of cryptocurrencies, (iii) tests of portfolio diversification and sheep flock behaviour and (iv) the regulation, governance, and socio-economic impact of cryptocurrencies. Finally, we present an agenda for future research in the field.

摘要

在十年内，加密货币引起了极大的关注。2008 年比特币出现后，新的加密货币开始进入金融市场。我们使用文献计量分析来探索商业和管理领域的加密货币文献。我们使用 R 中的 Biblioshiny 通过文献计量测量和社交网络分析来审查和分析 464 篇研究文章。我们的研究突出了最有影响力的作者、机构、国家和研究。使用作者和国家的社交网络分析结果，我们说明了来自不同国家的作者在机构层面的合着和合作，并展示了他们如何扩展该领域的知识。我们在当前的加密货币文献中确定了四个流：(i) 加密货币回报的决定因素，(ii) 加密货币的效率，(iii) 投资组合多样化和羊群行为的测试，以及 (iv) 加密货币的监管、治理和社会经济影响。最后，我们提出了该领域未来研究的议程。