The digital transformation of government. A bibliometric study and research agenda

Abstract

The professional and scholarly interest in digital government has been rapidly growing and fragmenting over the past three decades. This article presents a bibliometric analysis of the academic literature to improve our understanding of the evolution and current state of the field. The analysis covers 19525 published journal and conference papers identified using the Scopus database. We first describe the evolution of the field, before conducting a performance analysis of the corpus using Bibliometrix software. The most influential works, authors, sources, institutions, and countries within the field are ranked. An examination of the conceptual structure revealed seven themes in the extant literature, confirming its fragmented nature. We conclude by highlighting potential opportunities for future research.