The Evolution and Emerging Trends of Cloud Computing Adoption Research: Visual Analysis of CiteSpace Based on WOS Papers

With the continuous promotion and application of cloud computing, the issue of its adoption has increasingly attracted widespread attention from the theoretical and practical circles at home and abroad. Therefore, it is of great significance to summarize and analyze the research status and hotspots of cloud computing adoption and promote the subsequent research on cloud computing adoption. This paper uses CiteSpace, a visualized literature analysis software, to draw core authors, core journals, key words cluster and other knowledge maps in the field of cloud computing adoption based on 668 documents related to cloud computing adoption from 2011 to 2019 included in the Web of Science database. The research status and trend of cloud computing adoption are visualized and analyzed. The results of the study indicate that the attention paid to cloud computing adoption is gradually increasing. It shows that the research on the security, risk and other technical characteristics of cloud computing, the research on the influencing factors of cloud computing adoption and user behavior, and the research on the cost and performance of cloud computing are the three main research contents in the field of cloud computing adoption. The research hotspots in the field of cloud computing adoption have experienced the evolution process from specific research issues such as cloud computing business and technology, to the application and implementation of cloud computing in enterprises, to the integration of cloud computing and other emerging technologies.