DIVIDEND POLICY IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON SCOPUS DATABASE IN 2018-2022

Abstract

The topic of dividend policy is still of interest to researchers from year to year. This study aims to map and analyze research trends related to dividend policy in the period 2018 to 2022. A collection of articles on dividend policy obtained from the Scopus database were analyzed using bibliometric analysis. The stages of bibliometric analysis of this study were determining keywords, searching data, selecting articles, validating data, and analyzing data using Microsoft Excel and VOSViewer. The results of the analysis show that research trends regarding dividend policy in the 2018-2022 period tend to increase every year. The average number of articles on dividend policy topics is 311 articles per year.