Open AccessBibliometric analysis about Economics approach to Bitcoins
Author(s) -
Carla Cristiane Sokulski,
Rafael Vignoli de Moura,
Gustavo Tadra Waldmann,
Antônio Carlos de Francisco,
Gustavo Dambiski Gomes de Carvalho
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
exacta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1983-9308
pISSN - 1678-5428
DOI - 10.5585/exactaep.v18n1.10492
Subject(s) - web of science , subject (documents) , field (mathematics) , library science , descriptive statistics , impact factor , bibliometrics , data science , regional science , social network analysis , computer science , world wide web , operations research , sociology , engineering , political science , statistics , medline , mathematics , pure mathematics , law , social media
The objective of this article is to identify the main characteristics of scientific research regarding the approach economic about bitcoins. This study is based on bibliometric research and network analysis, with the use of descriptive statistics in 84 articles found on the Web of Science database. The analysis used the programs VOSviewer and Excel. The main results show that Bouri, Bouoiyour, Dyhrberg and Selmi are the authors who published most articles and that the Université de Pau (France) and the University College Dublin (Ireland) are the institutions with most publications. The journal with most publications is Plos One, which presented a 3.057 impact factor. There are only three co-authoring networks with greater expressiveness, however, there are no links between them and the others. Despite the growing number of publications on the subject, the researchs is beginning, showing a wide field of exploration.