Economics and Business Journal
Vol. 4 No. 5 (2026)

Mapping The Intellectual Structure of Service Quality and Customer Loyalty Research: A Global Bibliometric Study in The Banking Industry

Yanik Febriyani (Master of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Malang, Indonesia)
Budi Eko Soetjipto (Faculty of Economics and Business, Malang, Indonesia)
Madziatul Churiyah (Faculty of Economics and Business, Malang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 May 2026

Abstract

This study aims to map the intellectual structure and global research trends regarding service quality and customer loyalty in the banking industry through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and bibliometric analysis. Research data were obtained from the Scopus database covering the period from 2018 to 2025 using the keywords service quality, customer loyalty, and banking industry. The literature selection process was conducted using the PRISMA protocol, resulting in 33 scientific articles that met the inclusion criteria for further analysis. Bibliometric analysis was performed using VOSviewer software to map author collaboration networks, keyword relationships, and the evolution of research themes. The research findings indicate that the concepts of service quality, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty are core themes dominating the research literature in the banking sector. Additionally, the study highlights the emergence of new themes related to customer experience, digital services, corporate social responsibility, and customer relationship management, which enrich the understanding of customer loyalty formation. Bibliometric visualizations also indicate that research collaboration remains relatively limited and scattered across several small groups of authors, despite the research having been reviewed on a global scale. These findings confirm that research on service quality and customer loyalty in the banking industry continues to evolve toward a more multidimensional approach in tandem with the ongoing digital transformation of services.

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Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Economics and Business Journal (ECBIS) | ISSN (e): 2963-7589 is an international peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level research in the fields of Economics, Management and Business, this journal ...