Title: Bitcoin: an analysis of the accounting and finance research published in international journals

Authors: Vinícius Henrique Rocha Araújo; Thiago Alberto dos Reis Prado; Juliano Augusto Orsi de Araujo

Addresses: Federal University of Uberlandia, Rua Vinte, No. 1600, 38304402, Ituiutaba, MG, Brazil ' Federal University of Uberlandia, Rua Vinte, No. 1600, 38304402, Ituiutaba, MG, Brazil; Faculty of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto (FEA-RP), University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil ' Ibirapuera University, Avenida Interlagos 1329, 04661100, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Faculty of Economics, Business and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto (FEA-RP), University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

Abstract: This paper consists of a literature review and a survey of scientific research published in journals about the theme cryptocurrencies. In a descriptive study, we used bibliometrics and the content analysis of articles that address the central theme, bitcoin. The study analysed 337 articles. The number of studies has been increased in the period from 2013 to 2018. The findings corroborate with the law of Bradford (many journals with few articles) and will meet with the Lotka's law (80% of the authors are logged only one study on the theme). The majority of researches conducted, in short, comparative studies with indexes and mathematical properties, using statistical tools such as analysis of variance and regression. It generally noted the lack of research on the topic in Brazilian journals, which enables opportunities for future studies.

Keywords: bitcoin; cryptocurrency; bibliometrics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISAM.2022.128545

International Journal of Information Systems and Management, 2022 Vol.2 No.3, pp.201 - 210

Received: 13 Jan 2020
Accepted: 14 Sep 2020
Published online: 26 Jan 2023 *

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