Systematic Review of Islamic Law and Human Rights Controversies: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Islamic law and human rights are two frames of reference that have significant relevance and impact on the governance of society and human life; the main objective of this study is to update the current knowledge frontiers around investigations related to Islamic law and human rights and more profoundly, identify the main research topics and analyze their evolution over time. Bibliometric Analysis has been applied in this article: we retrieved 202 academic articles related to Islamic law and human rights from Scopus after several data cleaning and preparation steps. The R package "Bibliometrix" was mainly used to analyze this content. Our study has two parts, and the performance analysis contains five categories (Annual Scientific Production, Most Relevant Sources, Most Productive Authors, Most Cited Publications, and Most Relevant Keywords). Science mapping includes country collaboration analysis and thematic Analysis. We highlighted our thematic Analysis by splitting the entire bibliographic dataset. This study is one of the most comprehensive bibliometric reviews analyzing studies related to Islamic law and human rights so far. We explain how the results will benefit current academic research interests' understanding of the importance of research on this topic.