A Bibliometric Analysis of the Relationship between Governance Banking and Performance (2004-2023)

Positive bank performance is considered a crucial and significant factor in economic growth. Through their traditional role, banks collect deposits from surplus holders and provide them as loans to investors, who, in turn, contribute to overall economic growth. Additionally, banks utilisevarious modern financing techniques. Given their critical role in the global economy, banks seek to increase their performance and combat potential deviations, which necessitates compliance with the directives of international financial bodies and the recommendations of various researchers regarding the importance of strengthening corporate governance mechanisms owing to their significant role in improving performance levels. Considering the vast body of literature addressing the relationship between bank governance and performance, we employed bibliometric analysis to examine this relationship. We addressed all the performance indicators recommended for such analyses (providing a comprehensive overview) and analysed the scientific mapping of keywords and contributing countries via the "VOSviewer" tool. We analysed a total of 586 articles retrieved from the Scopus database. The study's results revealed a growing interest in this topic over the last 20 years (2004-2023), ultimately allowing us to identify five main themes: board structure, environmental and social governance mechanisms, the performance of conventional banks, ownership structure, and Islamic banks.