Appearance of Critical Infrastructures in Foreign Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

This study aims to present a projection from a macro perspective to researchers, policymakers, institutions, and organizations by examining how the concept of “critical infrastructure” has developed analytically and systematically over the years. Compared to Turkish literature, academic studies on the concept of critical infrastructure in foreign literature have advanced. This study seeks to answer the following research questions by focusing on this relatively rich literature. How does the distribution vary according to the types of publications, the trend by years, related disciplines, authors, institution, country collaborations, citation, and keyword status related to critical infrastructure? It is aimed to reveal a typology to pave the way for future research in Türkiye. This paper uses Visual and scientific mapping methods based on Bibliographic Matching and Common Citations. 4,227 English articles which time span 1996-2022 (September) were selected from the Web of Science (WoS) database. In light of the obtained data, network and density graphs were created with VOSviewer software

Keywords

• critical infrastructure
• meta-analysis
• bibliometric analysis
• literature review
• vosviewer