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title: "Fintech research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “fintech” appeared in 1,041 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (490), economics (275) and management (128)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “fintech” appeared in 1,041 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (490), economics (275) and management (128). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “fintech”

Research on “fintech” 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 “fintech” appeared in 1,041 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (490), economics (275) and management (128).
- 198 of them were published in 2025, against 9 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Peking University (20), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (16) and Lebanese American University (15).
- The journals publishing most of them were Resources Policy (140), Finance research letters (130) and Research in International Business and Finance (44).
- The most-cited of them is “Digital Finance and FinTech: current research and future research directions” (Journal of Business Economics, 2017), with 1,736 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) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 32 | 63 | 114 | 128 | 100 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 124 | 27 | 27 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 21 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 9 | 21 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 89 | 162 | 282 | 198 | 170 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 140 |
| 2 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 130 |
| 3 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 44 |
| 4 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 41 |
| 5 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 34 |
| 6 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 26 |
| 7 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 25 |
| 8 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 21 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 20 |
| 10 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 15 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | 20 |
| 2 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 16 |
| 3 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [Zhongnan University of Economics and Law](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhongnan-university-of-economics-and-law.md) | 15 |
| 5 | King Saud University | 13 |
| 6 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 13 |
| 7 | Tashkent State University of Economics | 13 |
| 8 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 13 |
| 9 | [Nanjing University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 12 |
| 10 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 11 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 455 |
| 2 | United States | 77 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 67 |
| 4 | India | 55 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 52 |
| 6 | Italy | 50 |
| 7 | Australia | 48 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 48 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 47 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 23 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 117 |
| 2 | [financial inclusion](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-inclusion.md) | 107 |
| 3 | [green finance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-finance.md) | 65 |
| 4 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 63 |
| 5 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 62 |
| 6 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 55 |
| 7 | [sustainable development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/sustainable-development.md) | 50 |
| 8 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 49 |
| 9 | [blockchain](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/blockchain.md) | 45 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,736 | 14.9 | [Digital Finance and FinTech: current research and future research directions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11573-017-0852-x) | [Journal of Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-economics.md) | 2017-02-25 | Peter Gomber, Jascha-Alexander Koch, Michael Siering |
| 2 | 1,703 | 15.7 | [Fintech: Ecosystem, business models, investment decisions, and challenges](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2017.09.003) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2017-10-12 | In Lee, Yong Jae Shin |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 802 | 8.5 | [Blockchain Disruption and Decentralized Finance: The Rise of Decentralized Business Models](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2019.e00151) | [Journal of Business Venturing Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-venturing-insights.md) | 2019-01-01 | Yan Chen, Cristiano Bellavitis |
| 5 | 753 | 7.3 | [The emergence of the global fintech market: economic and technological determinants](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-9991-x) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2018-03-27 | Christian Haddad, Lars Hornuf |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Did fintech make banking more competitive?](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/fintech-entry-and-bank-competition.md)

## Cite this page

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

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “fintech”},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).