This paper takes a total of 288 articles in the field of digital financial inclusion in the Web of Science database from 2015 to 2022 as a sample, uses VOSviewer to draw the knowledge map of the field of digital inclusive finance at home and abroad, and sorts out and analyzes the research status, hot spots and trends in this field, and finds that: 1) From 2015 to 2022, the number of international digital financial inclusion research publications has increased rapidly and steadily, of which the number of articles published in China is significantly higher than that in other countries. China is a leader in the field of digital financial inclusion; 2) High-output authors and research institutions in the field of digital inclusive finance at home and abroad have initially formed a certain cooperation network, but the degree of cooperation should be further strengthened; 3) There are certain differences and differences in research hotspots and trends at home and abroad, and the focus of research is different due to the specific national conditions of each country. 

Qingxuan Yu, Jialei Liu. Research Status and Trend of Digital Financial Inclusion at Home and Abroad: Visual Analysis Based on VOSviewer. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 2: 153-161. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2023.050222.

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