Trends in Muslim behavior research: A five-year bibliometric and content analysis

Muslim behavior encompasses the actions performed by Muslims. This study examines the progress in research on Muslim behavior over the past five years (2018-2022) using a detailed bibliometric analysis that merges bibliometric and content analysis techniques. The study collected data from the Scopus database using the keyword "Muslim behavior." An initial search yielded 3820 documents, which were then refined to match the research topic. After filtering, 297 documents remained and were analyzed using VOSviewer software. The findings categorize the articles into six sub-topics: 1) Muslim consumers, halal products, and halal tourism, with 45 articles; 2) Islamic finance, social finance, and banking, with 35 articles; 3) Politics, culture, and nationality, with 93 articles; 4) History, ideology, rituals, and worship, with 49 articles; 5) Management, industry, and Muslim performance, with 38 articles; 6) Muslim health, with 37 articles.