Trends and Patterns in Islamic Home Financing Research: A Bibliometric Assessment

Contradictory to the conventional home purchase mortgage system, Islamic banks also provide the Islamic home financing which is the halal version of such a mortgage. Interestingly, this financing scheme is increasingly demanded by buyers. Academically, such scheme of Islamic home financing has been witnessing an increase in attention given by scholars when studying the consumer behavior. This paper takes on the trends of research on Islamic home financing contextualized to Malaysia. The primary aim of this research is to analyze the scholarly production of Islamic home financing which are indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus. The bibliometric analysis conducted revealed the increasing numbers of scholarly publications when taking into analysis the journals these scholarly productions are published, the most active organizations and countries to publish the articles, and the most popularly cited articles of all. The identification of Islamic home financing research trends is seen as significantly relevant due to Islamic home financing progressive evolution in addition to increasingly challenging development endured by Islamic banking.