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title: "Cryptocurrency research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “cryptocurrency” appeared in 799 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (494), economics (168) and management (51)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “cryptocurrency” appeared in 799 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (494), economics (168) and management (51). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “cryptocurrency”

Research on “cryptocurrency” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “cryptocurrency” appeared in 799 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (494), economics (168) and management (51).
- 102 of them were published in 2025, against 11 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Lebanese American University (20), Sunway University (14) and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (12).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (46), International Review of Economics & Finance (34) and Research in International Business and Finance (31).
- The most-cited of them is “Exploring the Dynamic Relationships between Cryptocurrencies and Other Financial Assets” (Economics Letters, 2017), with 1,342 citations.

## 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) | 6 | 22 | 37 | 44 | 66 | 62 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 46 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 16 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 11 | 35 | 60 | 80 | 106 | 96 | 119 | 116 | 102 | 74 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 46 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 34 |
| 3 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 31 |
| 4 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 28 |
| 5 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 28 |
| 6 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Computational Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computational-economics.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 9 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 20 |
| 2 | [Sunway University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sunway-university.md) | 14 |
| 3 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 12 |
| 4 | [University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-economics-ho-chi-minh-city.md) | 12 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates University | 11 |
| 6 | Abu Dhabi University | 7 |
| 7 | [University of Lisbon](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-lisbon.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [University of Oxford](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-oxford.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [University of Southampton](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-southampton.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 81 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 59 |
| 3 | United States | 52 |
| 4 | India | 37 |
| 5 | France | 33 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 29 |
| 7 | Tunisia | 26 |
| 8 | Turkey | 26 |
| 9 | Italy | 24 |
| 10 | Lebanon | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Bitcoin](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/bitcoin.md) | 146 |
| 2 | Ethereum | 69 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 67 |
| 4 | gold | 53 |
| 5 | [hedging](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/hedging.md) | 48 |
| 6 | [Russian invasion of Ukraine](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/russian-invasion-of-ukraine.md) | 46 |
| 7 | [portfolio diversification](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/portfolio-diversification.md) | 45 |
| 8 | safe-haven assets | 37 |
| 9 | [blockchain](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/blockchain.md) | 35 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,342 | 11.4 | [Exploring the Dynamic Relationships between Cryptocurrencies and Other Financial Assets](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.01.004) | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 2017-01-01 | Shaen Corbet, Andrew Meegan, Charles James Larkin et al. |
| 2 | 1,208 | 14.0 | [Fintech and banking: What do we know?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2019.100833) | [Journal of Financial Intermediation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-intermediation.md) | 2019-08-21 | Anjan V. Thakor |
| 3 | 1,172 | 12.0 | [RETRACTED: Cryptocurrencies as a financial asset: A systematic analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2018.09.003) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2018-09-12 | Shaen Corbet, Brian M. Lucey, Andrew Urquhart et al. |
| 4 | 889 | 9.2 | [Blockchain technology for enhancing supply chain resilience](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.08.012) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-10-25 | Hokey Min |
| 5 | 880 | 11.3 | [The contagion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from gold and cryptocurrencies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101554) | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 2020-05-14 | Shaen Corbet, Charles James Larkin, Brian M. Lucey |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Is Bitcoin an inflation hedge after all?](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/is-bitcoin-an-inflation-hedge.md)
- [Financial literacy and crypto speculation](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/financial-literacy-and-crypto-speculation.md)
- [Liquidation cascades in decentralized finance](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/defi-liquidation-cascades.md)

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “cryptocurrency”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cryptocurrency

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “cryptocurrency”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/cryptocurrency}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  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/).