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Purpose: This research seeks to analyse bibliometric indicators of Islamic financial technology-related intellectual structures released in scientific journals indexed by the Scopus database. The purpose is to track the development of research in this domain to suggest future research avenues that may be beneficial in contemplating the substantial influence of FinTech on the advancement of Islamic finance. Methodology: Quantitative bibliometric analytic technique has been employed to understand the state-of-the-art in the development of Islamic financial technology literature based on several bibliographic indicators and visualisation. The authors assembled a dataset comprising 279 scientific papers retained from the Scopus database, covering the period from 2016 to 2025. VOSviewer and R bibliometrix (biblioshiny) were employed to examine the gathered data. Findings: A rapid increase in publications in recent years demonstrates the significance attained by this study domain. The bibliometric study identifies research on Islamic FinTech originating from the business, management, and accounting fields. Leading author Hassan M. Kabir and research institutes are at the University of Bahrain. The Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research is ranked 1, and Malaysia is leading the sector with the largest number of articles. Several critical research gaps and supplementary recommendations for future studies, together with concrete recommendations for researchers and Islamic finance authorities, are delineated. Originality/value: This research contributes to knowledge about Islamic FinTech by integrating the available literature, underlining that the banking industry must deal with such innovation in the context of the growing relevance of digital transformation aimed at the industrial revolution.
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