Revisiting The Development Of Islamic Civilization In 75 Years In Scopus: Bibliometric Analysis And Systematic Literature Review (SLR)

Abstract

Islamic civilization has been a concern of the world since centuries ago. Since its heyday in the 7th to 13th centuries, Islamic civilization has influenced and shaped many aspects of life in the world; The main aim of this research is to update the current knowledge boundaries around investigations related to Islamic civilization and identify key research topics and analyze their evolution over time. Bibliometric analysis has been applied in this article: we retrieved 485 academic articles related to Islamic civilization from Scopus after several data cleaning and preparation steps. The R package "Bibliometrics" was mainly used to analyze this content. Our study has two parts, and the performance analysis contains five categories (Annual Scientific Productions, Most Relevant Sources, Most Prolific Authors, Most Cited Publications, and Most Relevant Keywords). Science mapping includes country collaboration analysis and thematic analysis. Analysis with NVivo in the form of research gaps and novelty. This study is one of the most comprehensive bibliometric reviews in analyzing studies related to Islamic civilization. We explain how the results will benefit understanding current academic research interest in Islamic civilization today.