Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Political Patronage Articles in Indonesia Indexed in Scopus

. This research aims to analyze the bibliometric characteristics and trends of articles on political patronage on Indonesia indexed by Scopus. For data retrieval taken from the Scopus database. Retrieval of data on articles that were traced in July 2021 with existing restrictions in Indonesia. The keywords used in this study are political patronage and Indonesia. This study using simple statistical methods and bibliometric analysis with VOSviewer software. This study visualizes the co-occurrence pattern of keywords, document citations, co-citation relationships, and bibliographic merging. The research on political patronage that have taken place in Indonesia has been minimal in the last five years. The results obtained from articles on political patronage have been published in more than 53 journals. Bibliometric analysis shows nine documents have the most significant citation relationship, 53 journals have the largest coupling network, and 72 documents have the most significant bibliographic coupling relationship. Research in the field of political patronage in Indonesia has experienced a decline from last five years.