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Exploring the Landscape of Forensic Accounting Literature: A Bibliometric Review

Dileep Kumar Singh*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62206/sajm.30.5.2024.58-81

PUBLISHED : 11 JUNE 2024

Abstract

The forensic accounting research with a retrospective and prospective view has been reviewed in this paper. An exhaustive investigation and bibliometric analysis were conducted in order to objectively and methodically reveal the information expansion in the field of forensic accounting. 459 documents were chosen for the study from the Scopus database. Following that, the papers were examined in light of bibliometric elements like the year of publication, sources, authors, and institutions. The relevant literature was organized using a term co-occurrence network. The results of the bibliometric study show that there are several applications for forensic accounting in the claim, dispute, and insurance industries. Top sources, most productive authors, most contributing organizations, and countries are identified. By using the BiblioshinyR Package, citation analysis was performed to identify the top ten papers. Moreover, thematic evolution has also been analyzed in the manuscript.

Key Words

Bibliographic coupling, Bibliometrics, Co-citation analysis, Forensic accounting, Scopus database

Author Biography

Dileep Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad. E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , dileepkumar.singh@nmims.eduin

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