Mapping the Convergence of Digital Humanistic Scholarship and LIS: A Bibliometric Study

Mapping the Digital Divide: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Trends from 2006 to 2025

Global research on the digital divide from 2006 to 2025 is mapped using bibliometric analysis of publications indexed in Scopus to highlight underexplored issues such as the experiences of marginalized groups, the offline impact of digital exclusion, and new challenges posed by AI, IoT and metaverse.

Global Trends in Digital Literacy and Women Entrepreneurship: Insights from a Bibliometric Analysis

Digital literacy has become a key driver of women’s entrepreneurship in the evolving digital economy, enabling access to information, markets, and financial resources. Despite increasing academic attention, the research landscape at the intersection of digital literacy and women entrepreneurship remains fragmented. The aim of this study is to provide a detailed bibliometric analysis to map the global trends in research, the intellectual structures and emerging themes in this field. The analysis is performed based on publications published in the Scopus database from 2021 to 2026. The performance analysis and science mapping techniques are used to analyse the growth of publications, leading authors, influential journals and country level contributions. Collaboration analysis using co-authorship, co-citation and keyword co-occurrence methods are performed to detect the co-authorship patterns and thematic clusters in the literature. The results show that there is a considerable increase in research activity over the last few years, which points to an increase in research interest in digital inclusion and women’s economic empowerment globally. The paper covers the studies on financial inclusion, e-commerce adoption, financial empowerment, and financial skill development. The analysis also yields an impression of regional imbalance, with more publications from developed countries and less from developing economies, notwithstanding their context. The present study helps in this regard in providing a structured overview of the knowledge domain and highlighting the research gaps. It offers insights and relevance for researchers, policy makers and practitioners on how the transformative potential of digital literacy in promoting inclusive and sustainable womenled entrepreneurship.

Bibliometric analysis of civil society: trends and developments from 2019-2024

Scholarship on civil society is dispersed across disciplines, journals, and regional traditions, which makes the field difficult to see as a whole. The objective of this study is to map trends, developments, and structures in civil society research globally during the period 2019–2024. A bibliometric approach was used to analyze 2,528 articles from the Scopus database. A thorough analysis employing Biblioshiny and VOSviewer has been conducted, revealing active research domains with considerable citation impact. Furthermore, the analysis discloses annual output fluctuations that exhibit responsiveness to the global context. The results indicate the preeminence of productivity from the Global North, though there is an increasing trend of participation from the Global South, accompanied by intricate citation impact patterns. Thematically, research focuses on democracy, human rights, and governance, while adapting to challenges such as authoritarianism and the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with a focus on NGOs and collective action. International collaboration (19.42%) and intellectual connectivity are extensive, albeit centered on North-North and North-South networks. This comprehensive mapping underscores the relevance of civil society and highlights the need for efforts to promote more inclusive collaboration and deeper contextual research.

Mapping the evolution of digital business research during COVID-19: a bibliometric analysis

This review maps the intellectual structure of digital commerce during a global crisis and identifies opportunities for future research to enhance resilience and adaptability in digital ecosystems.

The Transformation of Authentic Learning Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis

This study employs bibliometric methods to provide a comprehensive overview of the intellectual structure, knowledge production dynamics, and conceptual evolution of authentic learning literature. This research analyzes 3,663 documents retrieved from the Web of Science, Scopus, Lens, and PubMed databases covering the period from 1984 to 2025 to map the development of the field using RStudio and the Bibliometrix package. The findings show a quantitative increase in publication output, particularly after 2020, coinciding with global crises and the accelerating digitalization of education. Geographical and institutional distribution analyses revealed the dominance of academic production from Australia in the literature, led by institutions such as Queensland University of Technology. Trend analysis points to a structural shift in research focus within the field: Initially clustered around theoretical frameworks such as “constructivism” and “situated learning,” the literature now reflects a shift toward technological and ethical dimensions represented by keywords such as “artificial intelligence,” “ChatGPT,” “virtual reality,” and “academic integrity.” Furthermore, keyword co-occurrence network analysis shows that the concept of “authentic assessment” has become central to the network structure, frequently co-occurring with “authentic learning,” and is positioned as one of the core research clusters. In conclusion, this research documents that authentic learning is conceptualized in literature not merely as a pedagogical approach, but as a multidimensional educational ecosystem positioned at the intersection of advanced technology, ethics, and assessment.

Mapping the intellectual terrain of plagiarism research: a bibliometric deep dive of academia reputed publishers