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Front. Polit. Sci.
Sec. Comparative Governance
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpos.2024.1403404
This article is part of the Research Topic Assessing the effectiveness and efficacy of Constitutional provisions using empirical research methods View all articles

Research on Digital Governance Based on Web of Science-A Bibliometric Analysis

Provisionally accepted
Lin Zhao Lin Zhao 1*Mohd R. Yaakop Mohd R. Yaakop 2,3
  • 1 National Intelligence Center, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of social science and humanities of UKM, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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    Exploring digital governance is essential for grasping how technology can be employed to enhance public services, boost efficiency, and foster transparency and engagement. This study aims to conduct a systematic review of digital governance research in order to explore its development, emerging research trends, network of leading researchers, countries and institutions that contribute greatly to this field. A bibliometric study was conducted on digital governance works using the following terms: "digital governance," "e-governance," "digital government," and "e-government" as the keywords. VOSviewer and CiteSpace were two tools used for the bibliometric analysis. Results showed that the United States played a dominate role in digital governance studies, followed by China,

    Keywords: digital governance, Bibliometric, Developmental trends, Research hotspots, VOSviewer, Citespace

    Received: 25 Apr 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Zhao and Yaakop. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Lin Zhao, National Intelligence Center, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

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