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title: "Global Findex: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 124 archived papers mentioned Global Findex in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Aug 2026 (9)."
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 124 archived papers mentioned Global Findex in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Aug 2026 (9). (as of 2026-11-05)"
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---

# Global Findex

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/3.md)

Surveys run in many countries on values, trust, well-being, financial inclusion and skills.

- data category: Cross-country social and attitude surveys
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Global Findex, Findex

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Cross-country social and attitude surveys datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/cross-country-social-and-attitude-surveys.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 124 archived papers mentioned Global Findex in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Aug 2026 (9).
- Global Findex was mentioned in 4 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #79 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Management (2), Economics (1) and Finance (1).
- Most of them appeared in Future Business Journal (2), World Development (1) and Finance research letters (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Global Findex was mentioned in 140 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (53), economics (41) and management (33).
- 30 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of Sheffield (4), University of South Africa (4) and Edinburgh Napier University (3).
- The journals publishing most of them were Future Business Journal (15), Financial Innovation (11) and Borsa Istanbul Review (10).
- The most-cited of them is “Bridging the financial inclusion gender gap in smallholder agriculture in Nigeria: An untapped potential for sustainable development” (World Development, 2019), with 248 citations.
- Papers use Global Findex most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (41), Global Financial Development Database (16) and Worldwide Governance Indicators (16); it has 23 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 34 | 28 | 62 | 124 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 20 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 30 | 55 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 8 |
| 5 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 5 |
| 6 | [Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [Information Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-economics-and-policy.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [Journal of Financial Services Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-services-marketing.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 3 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Sheffield](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-sheffield.md) | 4 |
| 2 | University of South Africa | 4 |
| 3 | Edinburgh Napier University | 3 |
| 4 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 3 |
| 5 | Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem | 3 |
| 6 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 3 |
| 7 | Universitas Indo Global Mandiri | 3 |
| 8 | [University of Johannesburg](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-johannesburg.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [University of Nottingham](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-nottingham.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [World Bank](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/world-bank.md) | 3 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 24 |
| 2 | China | 13 |
| 3 | India | 12 |
| 4 | United States | 12 |
| 5 | South Africa | 11 |
| 6 | Germany | 8 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 8 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 8 |
| 9 | Spain | 7 |
| 10 | Australia | 6 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [financial inclusion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-inclusion.md) | 69 |
| 2 | [fintech](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/fintech.md) | 16 |
| 3 | mobile money | 16 |
| 4 | digital financial inclusion | 15 |
| 5 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 14 |
| 7 | fintech adoption | 13 |
| 8 | [sub-Saharan Africa](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sub-saharan-africa.md) | 13 |
| 9 | Global Findex | 12 |
| 10 | access to finance | 12 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 248 | 3.0 | [Bridging the financial inclusion gender gap in smallholder agriculture in Nigeria: An untapped potential for sustainable development](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104755) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | 2019-11-21 | Olayinka O. Adegbite, Charles L Machethe |
| 2 | 155 | 1.8 | [Trust and financial inclusion: A cross-country study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2019.101310) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2019-10-09 | Xiaoyan Xu |
| 3 | 139 | 1.7 | [Access to finance – Mind the gender gap](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2020.02.005) | [The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-quarterly-review-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 2020-02-27 | Hanan Morsy |
| 4 | 112 | 1.3 | [Financial inclusion and tax revenue](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbrev.2019.08.004) | [Central Bank Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/central-bank-review.md) | 2019-09-01 | Gamze Öz-Yalaman |
| 5 | 111 | 5.2 | [Financial inclusion and fintech: a state-of-the-art systematic literature review](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-024-00741-0) | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 2025-01-26 | Dao Thi-Thieu Ha, Phuong Le, Duc Khuong Nguyen |

## Used together with

Papers use Global Findex most often with World Development Indicators (World Bank) (41), Global Financial Development Database (16) and Worldwide Governance Indicators (16); it has 23 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Global Findex together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [World Development Indicators (World Bank)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-development-indicators-world-bank.md) | Dataset | 41 | 14.8 |
| [Global Financial Development Database](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/global-financial-development-database.md) | Dataset | 16 | 60.3 |
| [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/worldwide-governance-indicators.md) | Dataset | 16 | 12.1 |
| [World Bank Enterprise Surveys](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-bank-enterprise-surveys.md) | Dataset | 10 | 11.3 |
| [China Household Finance Survey (CHFS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-household-finance-survey-chfs.md) | Dataset | 7 | 6.0 |
| [Economic Policy Uncertainty index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/economic-policy-uncertainty-index.md) | Dataset | 7 | 1.0 |
| [Peking University Digital Financial Inclusion Index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/peking-university-digital-financial-inclusion-index.md) | Dataset | 7 | 48.5 |
| [Corruption Perceptions Index](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/corruption-perceptions-index.md) | Dataset | 5 | 8.3 |
| [IMF data (IFS, WEO, DOTS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/imf-data-ifs-weo-dots.md) | Dataset | 5 | 9.0 |
| [World Bank Doing Business](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-bank-doing-business.md) | Dataset | 5 | 11.3 |
| [World Values Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/world-values-survey.md) | Dataset | 5 | 5.8 |
| [Credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/credit-bureaus-equifax-experian-transunion.md) | Dataset | 4 | 12.7 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Global Findex in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | [Digital financial inclusion and SME performance: a structural equation modeling analysis of FinTech adoption impact in emerging markets](https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-026-01024-z) | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | Rodrigo Bochner |  |
| 2026-10-10 | [When heat hits: Short-run saving and withdrawal behavior among microfinance clients in Benin](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107578) | [World Development](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/world-development.md) | Anna Mader, Oliver Mußhoff | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2026-10-08 | [Entrepreneurship development, corruption perception, and sustainable development outcomes in emerging economies: the moderating role of digital financial inclusion](https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-026-01019-w) | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | Seun Adebowale Adebanjo |  |
| 2026-10-07 | [Agricultural income and financial resilience: Buffer or fragility?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2026.110851) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | Michael Machokoto, Mamadou Bah | African Development Bank Group; University of South Africa |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Global Findex. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/global-findex

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-global-findex,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Global Findex},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/global-findex}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).