Bibliometric Analysis of digitization business economy

Abstract

Digital technology is being applied by different organizations, for example, the sharing economy, blockchain, and other topics are very popular in recent years, which leads to obvious changes in different fields. At the same time, there is growing interest in the digital business economy. However, there is less bibliometrics on the subject, and this is a good solution for addressing the opportunities and risks of digital transformation. Based on 731 articles retrieved from the Web of Science（Wos） database between 2000 and 2020, the study reviewed the literature on “ICT industry”, “digital economy”, “economic analysis” and “market research”. Since 2015, publications have experienced rapid growth in several disciplines, such as management, business, economics, library and information science, business economics, etc. At the same time, research institutions in Germany, the United States, and Sweden have performed well in this field. Using this database, the author analyzed what happened and made a concise keyword map to clearly show the connections among the topics based on the co-occurrence network generated by the keyword data. This paper provides a reference point for researchers, funding agencies, policymakers, and industry professionals to study the progress of the digital business economy.