Mapping the terrain of digital financial literacy: a bibliometric review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64171/JSRD.5.1.32-40Keywords:
DFl, Bibliometric, Co-citations, Co-authorshipAbstract
Purpose: Today's in the face of growing literature on digital financial literacy, it's still in babyhood as the era has progressed. In the world of digital innovations in financial services like digital payment, cryptocurrencies and robo advisor, the need for financial literacy is especially important. Consequently, a call for digital financial literacy has been realized.
Methodology: This document used 397 Scopus database papers from 2019 to 2025. Which was collected for the vos viewer program for various bibliometric indicators like annual growth rate, document sources and authorship pattern.
Findings: "Sustainability (Switzerland)" and “Journal of Risk Management” leads in the Digital Financial literacy “demonstrate impactful research venues India has the highest number of outputs, whereas China has the largest number of citations, suggesting that the two countries have different ways of handling citations. Additionally, strong collaboration was revealed by the co-authorship network, with Josephine Kass-Hanna one of most impactful connections among research elements.
Implications: This study came up with a pivotal cognizance of financial behavior, digital finance literacy and digital financial services to the policy makers and institutions in areas of Digital Financial literacy.
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