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Table 5 Distribution by research area

From: A bibliometric review of cryptocurrencies: how have they grown?

RW

A

RC

A

Economics

156

Computer Science

269

Business finance

125

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

217

Computer science information systems

96

Social Sciences

188

Law

62

Engineering

166

Engineering electrical electronic

43

Business, Management and Accounting

133

Telecommunications

43

Mathematics

70

Computer science theory methods

42

Materials Science

39

Computer science software engineering

40

Decision Sciences

33

Multidisciplinary sciences

38

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

31

Computer science interdisciplinary applications

28

Arts and Humanities

29

Computer science hardware architecture

24

Physics and Astronomy

28

Business

22

Multidisciplinary

20

Physics multidisciplinary

20

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

16

Management

14

Energy

16

Remaining areas

209

Remaining areas

68

  1. RW = Research area WoS, RC = Research area Scopus, A = Articles. Source: Own compilation