Analyzing the scientific evolution and impact of e-Participation research in JCR journals using science mapping

Manuel Pedro Rodríguez-Bolívar, Laura Alcaide-Muñoz and Manuel Jesús Cobo

International Journal of Information Management, 2018, vol. 40, issue C, 111-119

Abstract: This study presents a science mapping approach to analysing the thematic evolution of e-Participation research. We combine different bibliometric tools to analyse the evolution of the cognitive structure of this research topic, allowing us to discover the most prominent, productive and highest-impact subfields. In addition, we are able to identify thematic areas and show their evolutionary behaviour, supported by different visualization tools to show a graphical and dynamic vision of the e-Participation field. Findings indicate an increase in e-Participation research in the last five years, and the evolution of this field of knowledge to a more techno-social system in order to engage the citizenry in public sector management.

Keywords: E-Participation; Science mapping; Co-word analysis; Performance analysis; Thematic evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.12.011

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