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Two Decades (2000–2020) of Scientific Production About Digital Economy: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract:

Scientific research constitutes the basis for developing new knowledge. Thus, a bibliometric study was conducted to describe the scientific production in the field of digital economy and to group the existing literature into thematic clusters. To achieve these objectives, a search was carried out in Scopus and the Web of Science (WoS) databases. Subsequently, a chronological filter was used limiting the search period from 2000 to 2020, with 86 publications counted. Finally, only “article” and “review” documents were considered subject to blind peer review. In this study, a total of 27 articles were considered. The VOSviewer software, version 1.6.16, was used to perform the bibliometric analysis. Three clusters were identified. The first cluster encompassed all publications that reported changes, as a result of digitization, both at the level of companies and businesses, and at the level of consumer behavior and attitudes. The second cluster included publications that describe improvements in the functioning and communication of countries as a result of the adoption of technologies and the Internet. The third cluster related the digital economy with the implementation, in organizations, of software and tools that allowed to stimulate electronic commerce, in a more secure way and favor international trade.