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Followed by these five countries, India, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Germany and
Malaysia are placed in top contributors. The findings of the study revealed both
developing and developed countries are contributing to the current domain, which
highlights the global relevance of mobile trading applications in retail investment
practices. The findings also suggest that the dominance of publications by Asia
countries in the research domain including China, South Korea, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, may attributed a significant rapid expansion of technological advancement
of the financial ecosystem. Followed by these five countries, India, Azerbaijan,
Indonesia, Germany and Malaysia are placed in top contributors. The findings of the
study revealed both developing and developed countries are contributing to the current
domain, which highlights the global relevance of mobile trading applications in retail
investment practices. The findings also suggest that the dominance of publications by
Asia countries in the research domain including China, South Korea, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, may attributed a significant rapid expansion of technological advancement

of the financial ecosystem.

3.4 Authors in terms of publications and citations
The retrieved 243 articles based on the study’s inclusion criteria revealed that 684
authors have contributed in the current field. Out of 684 authors, the study presented
top 10 authors in terms of publications and citations as presented in Table 2. In terms
of research productivity, Serhat Yuksel emerged out as the leading contributor with
10 documents. Among the most productive authors, Serhat Yüksel has made a
significant scholarly contribution to the fields of financial markets, investment
decision-making, fintech, banking, risk management, sustainability, renewable energy
economics, and multi-criteria decision-making approaches.

Table 2: Author Wise Publications and Citations

S.No Author Documents S.No Author Citations
1 Yuksel, Serhat 10 1 Ashta, Arvind 288
2 Dinçer, Hasan 9 2 Herrmann, Heinz 288
3 Eti, Serkan 8 3 Esteves, Ana Maria 162
4 Kou, Gang 4 4 Vanclay, Frank 162
Shanmuganathan,
5 Pamucar, Dragan 4 5 Manchuna 157
6 Burghof, Hans-Peter 3 6 Khalid, Fahad 140
7 Deveci, Muhammet 3 7 Dai, Ke 134
8 Ergun, Edanur 3 8 Su, Chi-Wei 134
9 Gokalp, Yaşar 3 9 Tao, Ran 134
10 Kirikkaleli, Dervis 3 10 Xiao, Yidong 134

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