This paper presents a quantitative analysis of research papers related to Intelligent Blockchain. Intelligent blockchain is an emerging topic that aims to study the impact of artificial intelligence into blockchain technology and its application. The goal of this paper is twofold: to provide a quantitative analysis and to experiment with new methodologies for studying large, significant topics. The first objective is to provide a valuable analysis of the corpus of publications using various metrics, such as bibliometric indices integrated with techniques from complex network analysis, to evaluate how these publications have been received by the scientific community. The second objective is to validate the effectiveness of network analysis in discovering hidden relationships between researchers and countries, thereby enhancing our understanding of certain dynamics within the scientific community.