Mapping the Efficiency: A Bibliometric Review of Islamic and Conventional Banking

Bank efficiency is one of the vital indicators to measure a bank’s performance. An efficient bank indicates the bank’s good performance and contributes to the country’s financial health and economic growth. This study aims to investigate the trend of academic literatures in the field of bank efficiency in Islamic and conventional banks using bibliometric analysis. The dataset is collected using LENS.ORG and analysed using VOSviewer. The bibliometric analysis is based on three keywords search which are efficiency, data envelopment analysis (DEA), and Islamic and conventional banks. Three major clusters were linked with efficiency. VOSviewer, through the generated network and density visualization suggested possible area that can be further studied in the future, such as comparing the performance of rural Islamic and conventional banks and incorporating corporate finance, governance, and crises in the studies of bank efficiency.