Mapping the Research in Commodity Derivatives Market (CDM) through Bibliometric Analysis (2010-2021): An Insight from Literature Survey

Abstract

Commodity derivatives are investment vehicles allowing investors to reap profits by investing in commodities without owning them. A commodity exchange is place where various commodities and their derivatives contracts are bought and sold, Indian commodity exchange mainly trade in commodity futures. This paper mainly focused on bibliometric analysis on commodity derivatives market research, for this purpose, I extracted 1612 research papers in different steps which is published through 2010-2021 after the global financial crisis period and listed in the Scopus database. Paper employed a blend of bibliometric and network analysis techniques (through “R” and VOSviewer) to classify and evaluate the literature for identifying significant trends and themes in the domain. The unprecedented growth in the commodity derivatives market research is observed from 2010 to 2021. The analysis highlights most impactful authors, prominent journals and most productive countries based on various parameters like total publications, total citations, or h-index. The study also provides an analysis of co-occurrence of keywords, bibliographic coupling and co-authorship analysis in the context of commodity derivatives market research. This research paper will assist academicians, practitioners, future researchers, and other stakeholders by providing new perspectives for future research projects.