Iranian Financial Engineering Association(IFEA) International Journal of Finance & Managerial Accounting 2588-4379 11 43 2026 09 01 An Elapsing of Corporate Bankruptcy and Financial Crisis with a Bibliographic Scientometric Approach 99 110 23955 10.22034/ijfma.2025.72845.2005 EN Fariba Korani PhD student, Department of Industrial Management, Finance, Tehran Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Mahmood Hematfar Department of Accounting, Borujard Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujard, Iran Seyed Javad Iranban Department of Management, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran Journal Article 2023 04 18 The aim of the current study is to review the progress of bankruptcy studies and the financial fragility of companies. The research method is the bibliometric analysis of studies that investigate the characteristics of published articles such as authors, countries, topics, and frequently used keywords. The research samples are 115 articles in the field of bankruptcy indexed in the Scopus scientific database from 2013 to 2023. The reviews indicated that research in the field of corporate bankruptcy and financial crises has entered reputable databases since 1989. The United States and England have published the majority of articles on bankruptcy. Through an examination of the co-occurrence map of keywords, it was revealed that the term "financial crisis" is the most recurrent keyword in this category of articles. Additionally, following the identification of research gaps, the most cited articles in this field were introduced,the most cited article was "Financial Distress Prediction in an International Context: A Review and Empirical Analysis of Altman's Z-Score Model" Altman, in 2017. http://www.ijfma.ir/article_23955_c3489537e72478d37e99d662c53be24b.pdf