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Table 1

Bibliometric methods used to analyse the research topic

Techniques	Objective	Research questions	Bibliometric method	Analysis
Evaluative techniques: SCI-mat	(1) To assess academic impact and relative influence	RQ1: What has been the evolution of publications?	Measures of productivity	Historical evolution of publications Distribution of articles by journal Distribution of articles by author Citation analysis Co-citations analysis: documents Co-citation analysis: authors Co-citation analysis: journals Co-word analysis
Evaluative techniques: SCI-mat	(1) To assess academic impact and relative influence	RQ2: What are the major journals, countries, institutions, authors and articles in this research stream?	Measures of productivity
Relational Techniques: VOS Viewer	(2) To determine intellectual structure	RQ3: What is the main research structure of financial fraud in older adults’ literacy research?	Impact metrics Co-citation
	(3) To identify thematic organization (4) To identify conceptual structure	RQ4: What current research opportunities does this emerging research field offer?	Co-occurrence
	(5) To identify the hottest research trends	RQ4: What current research opportunities does this emerging research field offer?	Bibliographic coupling

Techniques	Objective	Research questions	Bibliometric method	Analysis
Evaluative techniques: SCI-mat	(1) To assess academic impact and relative influence	RQ1: What has been the evolution of publications?	Measures of productivity	Historical evolution of publications Distribution of articles by journal Distribution of articles by author Citation analysis Co-citations analysis: documents Co-citation analysis: authors Co-citation analysis: journals Co-word analysis
Evaluative techniques: SCI-mat	(1) To assess academic impact and relative influence	RQ2: What are the major journals, countries, institutions, authors and articles in this research stream?	Measures of productivity
Relational Techniques: VOS Viewer	(2) To determine intellectual structure	RQ3: What is the main research structure of financial fraud in older adults’ literacy research?	Impact metrics Co-citation
	(3) To identify thematic organization (4) To identify conceptual structure	RQ4: What current research opportunities does this emerging research field offer?	Co-occurrence
	(5) To identify the hottest research trends	RQ4: What current research opportunities does this emerging research field offer?	Bibliographic coupling

Source(s): Gallego-Losada et al. (2023, p. 3). Authors’ own work