Title: Mapping the intellectual structure of non-performing assets: a bibliometric study

Authors: Biswajit Prasad Chhatoi

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, 760007, India

Abstract: The rising non-performing assets (NPAs)/non-performing loans (NPLs) have become an economic predicament and an alarming factor for developing economies in India. With a purpose to quantitatively assess the progress of the field of research on NPAs, the authors of this work have deployed bibliometric technique to 785 documents retrieved from the Scopus citation database. Analysing the data obtained for a period 2000-2019, we explored trends of citations, prominent authors and journals, emerging fields of study within NPAs and keyword analysis. The network analysis has been performed using 'VOSviewer' to exhibit bibliographic coupling of authors and keywords. The study found that NPA has drawn significant attention by the scholars, and Ghose was found to be highly productive among them. Similarly, journal Bank and Bank Systems was ascertained as the most contributing journal to this field. The 'European Central Bank' was most influential through its promising output and publications.

Keywords: non-performing assets; NPAs; non-performing loans; NPLs; bibliometric analysis; VOSviewer; bad loans; credit risk; credit pollution.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2023.134215

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2023 Vol.14 No.4, pp.485 - 510

Received: 03 Jul 2022
Accepted: 18 Aug 2022
Published online: 13 Oct 2023 *

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