This study reviews Islamic FinTech research development from 2017 to 2022. The study adopts a hybrid approach combining bibliometric and content analysis to reveal the current research trend of Islamic FinTech research. Using the Scopus database, we retrieve 85 documents and analyze them using RStudio and VOSviewer. The content analysis categorizes the research output in Islamic FinTech into four distinct streams. The study finds potential for cointegrating FinTech into Islamic finance to benefit the unbanked and small-medium-size businesses, the adoption of FinTech in Islamic finance will also help the government improve financial inclusion, conquer financial crises, such as COVID-19, and achieve SDGs for a sustainable nation. However, the lack of legal regulation and the lower financial literacy becomes the primary obstacle to the development of FinTech in Islamic finance.

The Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment (JSFI) has started its publication in April 2011 and celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2021. The purpose of this study is to provide a bibliometric analysis of JSFI between 2011 and 2020. It uses the Scopus database to collect JSFI’s publications and analyse their contents. A total of 263 documents are reviewed using RStudio, VOSviewer and Microsoft Excel. This study uses bibliometric indicators to analyse publications and citations in addition to bibliographic coupling, keyword analysis and content analysis. The findings show that JSFI had a stable performance in terms of publications until 2019, with a decline in citations in the last four years. Network analysis shows that the popularity of ‘Sustainable finance’ and ‘ESG’ topics has increased, while that of ‘Corporate governance’ and ‘Socially responsible investment’ has declined. Bibliographic coupling analysis shows that the major themes published in JSFI involve four main clusters: ‘Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development’; ‘Sustainable finance and green bonds’; ‘Corporate governance and ESG’; and ‘Responsible investment and pension funds’. This study provides the readers with the first overview of JSFI publication and citation trends, in addition to thematic structure.

The destructive COVID-19 has emerged as the most lethal disease and dented the global economies in every aspect. Consequently, a large amount of research emerged to understand the dynamics of COVID-19. Using meta-literature approach with combination of both bibliometric (quantitative) and content analysis (qualitative) approach, this study aims to present a comprehensive review of COVID-19 business-related research of 477 articles. The results reveal the most the most relevant and influential scientific aspects of the literature such as authors, articles, institutions, journals, and countries. We also identify intellectual structure within six streams: 1) COVID-19 and global economy, 2) Dynamics of COVID-19 in business and management research, 3) COVID-19 and financial markets, 4) COVID-19 and its implication for tourism & hospitality industry, 5) Dynamic of supply chain and COVID-19 and 6) COVID-19 and functionality of government. Lastly, the review of the literature helps us to identify the research gaps and present 62 future research directions.