The 21st Century in Smart Governance and Transparency Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abidi, N., El Herradi, M., & Sakha, S. (2023). Digitalization and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telecommunications Policy, 47(4), 102522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102522

Aria, M., & Cuccurullo, C. (2017). Bibliometrix: An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis. Journal of Informetrics, 11(4), 959–975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.007

Ariffin, M., Muhammad, H., Hassan, M., & Samad, A. R. A. (2023). Bibliometric analysis of government venture capital Mohd Suhaimi. Journal of Information Technology Management, 15, 166–168. https://doi.org/10.22059/jitm.2022.89420

Basri, Y. M., Findayani, T. I., & Zarefar, A. (2021). Implementation of good governance to improve the performance of village governments. Jurnal Akuntansi, 11(2), 123–136. https://doi.org/10.33369/j.akuntansi.11.2.123-136

Bastida Albaladejo, F. J. (2019). Transparency and government trust. Public Sector Economics, 43(1), 15–19. https://doi.org/10.3326/PSE.43.1.3

Biancone, P., Brescia, V., & Oppioli, M. (2022). Collaborative governance and technologies: A bibliometric analysis. International Public Management Review, 22(1), 46–76. www.ipmr.net

Brito, J., Perrault, D., & Perraut, D. (2010). Transparency and performance in government. North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology, 11(09), 161–162.

Carothers, T., & Brechenmacher, S. (2014). Accountability, transparency, participation, and inclusion: A new development consensus? Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1–21. https://carnegieendowment.org/2014/10/20/accountability-transparency-participation-and-inclusion-new-development-consensus-pub-56968

Chien, N. B., & Thanh, N. N. (2022). The impact of good governance on the people’s satisfaction with public administrative services in Vietnam. Administrative Sciences, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci12010035

Christodoulou, P., Psillaki, M., Sklias, G., & Chatzichristofis, S. A. (2023). A blockchain-based framework for effective monitoring of EU green bonds. Finance Research Letters, 58(PB), 104397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104397

Contini, C., Boncinelli, F., Piracci, G., Scozzafava, G., & Casini, L. (2023). Can blockchain technology strengthen consumer preferences for credence attributes? Agricultural and Food Economics, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-023-00270-x

Criado, J. I., & Gil-Garcia, J. R. (2019). Creating public value through smart technologies and strategies: From digital services to artificial intelligence and beyond. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 32(5), 438–450. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-07-2019-0178

Danquah, L. O., Hasham, N., MacFarlane, M., Conteh, F. E., Momoh, F., Tedesco, A. A., Jambai, A., Ross, D. A., & Weiss, H. A. (2019). Use of a mobile application for Ebola contact tracing and monitoring in northern Sierra Leone: A proof-of-concept study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4354-z

Deligiaouri, A. (2013). Open governance and e-rulemaking: Online deliberation and policy-making in contemporary greek politics. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 10(1), 104–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2012.746109

Donthu, N., Kumar, S., Mukherjee, D., Pandey, N., & Lim, W. M. (2021). How to conduct a bibliometric analysis: An overview and guidelines. Journal of Business Research, 133(5), 285–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.070

Ellegaard, O., & Wallin, J. A. (2015). The bibliometric analysis of scholarly production: How great is the impact? Scientometrics, 105(3), 1809–1831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-015-1645-z

Giffinger, R. (2007). Smart cities ranking of European medium-sized cities. Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Services, 16(October), 1–24. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S026427519800050X

Glybovets, A., & Mohammad, A. (2017). E-Government versus smart government: Jordan versus the United States. EUREKA: Social and Humanities, 3(3), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.21303/2504-5571.2017.00338

Goh, J. M., & Arenas, A. E. (2020). IT value creation in public sector: How IT-enabled capabilities mitigate tradeoffs in public organisations. European Journal of Information Systems, 29(1), 25–43. https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2019.1708821

Gulluscio, C., Puntillo, P., Luciani, V., & Huisingh, D. (2020). Climate change reporting: A systematic literature review. Sustainability, 12(13), 60–88. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2022.10052469

Hartley, K. (2023). Public perceptions about smart cities: Governance and quality-of-life in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research, 166(3), 731–753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03087-9

Hastuti, H. ., & Mardijuwono, A. . (2020). Good government governance against government accountability performance. International Journal of Management, 11(6), 2023–2030. https://doi.org/10.34218/IJM.11.6.2020.187

Hauer, M. P., Krafft, T. D., & Zweig, K. (2023). Overview of transparency and inspectability mechanisms to achieve accountability of artificial intelligence systems. Data and Policy, 5, e36. https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2023.30

Husni, M., Damayanti, R. A., & Indrijawati, A. (2023). The role of the village government performance and transparency in influencing village public trust. Journal of Accounting and Investment, 24(2), 450–461. https://doi.org/10.18196/jai.v24i2.17114

Ibrahim, A. H., & Nurmandi, A. (2023). Range of publications for e-government services: A review and bibliometric analysis. Journal of Information Technology Management, 15(2), 164–182. https://doi.org/10.22059/jitm.2022.336969.3000

Koeswayo, P. S., Handoyo, S., & Abdul Hasyir, D. (2024). Investigating the relationship between public governance and the corruption perception index. Cogent Social Sciences, 10(1), 2342513. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2342513

Kopits, G., & Craig, J. (1998). Transparency in government operations. International Monetary Fund, 158, 1-42. https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557756978.084

Kosack, S., & Fung, A. (2014). Does transparency improve governance? Annual Review of Political Science, 17, 65–87. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-032210-144356

Kuckertz, A., & Block, J. (2021). Reviewing systematic literature reviews: Ten key questions and criteria for reviewers. Management Review Quarterly, 71(3), 519–524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-021-00228-7

Lim, W. M., Kumar, S., & Ali, F. (2022). Advancing knowledge through literature reviews: “What,” “why,” and “how to contribute.” Service Industries Journal, 42(7-8), 481–513. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2022.2047941

Liu, D., & Qi, X. (2021). Smart governance:The era requirements and realization path of the modernization of the basic government governance ability. Procedia Computer Science, 199, 674–680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2022.01.083

Luo, Z. (2023). Trend of intelligent society governance in the context of aging. In 2022 2nd International conference on public management and intelligent society (PMIS 2022) (pp. 492–499). Atlantis Press. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-016-9_51

Maier, E., Doerk, M., Reimer, U., & Baldauf, M. (2023). Digital natives aren’t concerned much about privacy, or are they? I-Com, 22(1), 83–98. https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2022-0041

Mbaidin, H. O., Alsmairat, M. A. K., & Al-Adaileh, R. (2023). Blockchain adoption for sustainable development in developing countries: Challenges and opportunities in the banking sector. International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, 3(2), 100199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjimei.2023.100199

Meijer, A., & Bolívar, M. P. R. (2016). Governing the smart city: A review of the literature on smart urban governance. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 82(2), 392–408. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852314564308

Mensah, I. K., Adams, S., Adjei, J. K., & Mwakapesa, D. S. (2022). Drivers of egovernment adoption amidst COVID-19 pandemic: The Information Adoption Model (IAM) approach. Information Development, 38(4), 494–509. https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669211010872

Mooij, J. (2003). Smart governance ? Politics in the policy process in Andhra Pradesh , India (Vol. 228). Overseas Development Institute.

Mushtaq, R., Dastane, O., Rafiq, M., & Başar, B. D. (2023). Women financial inclusion research: A bibliometric and network analysis. International Journal of Social Economics, 50(8), 1169–1185. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-06-2022-0438

Nastjuk, I., Trang, S., & Papageorgiou, E. I. (2022). Smart cities and smart governance models for future cities: Current research and future directions. Electronic Markets, 32(4), 1917–1924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-022-00609-0

Norris, D. F., & Reddick, C. G. (2013). Local E-Government in the United States: Transformation or Incremental Change? Public Administration Review, 73(1), 165–175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2012.02647.x

Ochoa, G. V., Alvarez, J. N., & Acevedo, C. (2019). Research evolution on renewable energies resources from 2007 to 2017: A comparative study on solar, geothermal, wind and biomass energy. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 9(6), 242–253. https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.8051

Oktarina, A., Pertiwi, C., Paluseri, A. R. A., Fazri, M., Nababan, F. E., Roidatua, M. R., & Imron, D. K. (2023). Smart governance in indonesian village towards SDGs achievement. Politik Indonesia: Indonesian Political Science Review, 8(1), 107–122. https://doi.org/10.15294/ipsr.v8i1.39168

Parappallil Mathew, B., & Bangwal, D. (2024). People centric governance model for smart cities development: A systematic review, thematic analysis, and findings. Research in Globalization, 9(July), 100237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2024.100237

Pereira, G. V., Parycek, P., Falco, E., & Kleinhans, R. (2018). Smart governance in the context of smart cities: A literature review. Information Polity, 23(2), 143–162. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-170067

Prakasa, S. U. W., Asis, & Sahid, M. M. (2022). Reduce corruption in public procurement: The effort towards good governance. Bestuur, 10(1), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.20961/bestuur.v10i1.51339

Pratolo, S., Sofyani, H., & Maulidini, R. W. (2022). The roles of accountability and transparency on public trust in the village governments: The intervening role of COVID-19 handling services quality. Cogent Business and Management, 9(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2022.2110648

Ravšelj, D., Umek, L., Todorovski, L., & Aristovnik, A. (2022). A review of digital era governance research in the first two decades: A bibliometric study. Future Internet, 14(5), 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi14050126

Rodrigues, K. F. (2020). Unveiling the concept of transparency: Its limits, varieties and the creation of a typology. Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 18(2), 237–253. https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-395173192x

Rubasundram, G. A., & Rasiah, R. (2019). Corruption and good governance: An analysis of ASEAN’s e-governance experience. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 36(1), 57–70. https://doi.org/10.1355/ae36-1f

Scholl, H. J., & Scholl, M. C. (2014). Smart governance: A roadmap for research and practice. In IConference 2014 proceedings (pp. 163-176). https://doi.org/10.9776/14060

Setiawan, D., Santoso, A., Asrihapsari, A., Brahmana, R. K., & Jaaffar, A. H. (2025). What do we know about carbon disclosure ? A bibliometric analysis. Cogent Social Sciences, 11(1), 2453899. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2025.2453899

Setyaningrum, D., Wardhani, R., & Syakhroza, A. (2017). Good public governance, corruption and public service quality: Indonesia evidence. International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, 15(19), 327–338.

Stechemesser, K., & Guenther, E. (2012). Carbon accounting: A systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 36(9), 17–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.021

Sulistyaningsih, T., Loilatu, M. J., & Roziqin, A. (2023). Research trends on smart urban governance in Asia: A bibliometric analysis. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 15(5), 997-1015. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSTPM-03-2022-0045

Tan, S. Y., & Taeihagh, A. (2020). Smart city governance in developing countries: A systematic literature review. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(3). 899. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030899

Tautiva, J. A. D., Huaman, J., & Oliva, R. D. P. (2022). Trends in research on climate change and organizations: A bibliometric analysis (1999–2021). Management Review Quarterly, 74(1), 227-261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-022-00298-1

Tawiah, V., Zakari, A., Li, G., & Kyiu, A. (2022). Blockchain technology and environmental efficiency: Evidence from US-listed firms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(8), 3757–3768. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3030

Tomor, Z., Meijer, A., Michels, A., & Geertman, S. (2019). Smart governance for sustainable cities: Findings from a systematic literature review. Journal of Urban Technology, 26(4), 3–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2019.1651178

Tran, T. B., & La, H. A. (2022). Participation, transparency and trust in local governance in transitional countries: The case of Vietnam. Post-Communist Economies, 34(4), 478–498. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2021.2006493

Viale Pereira, G., Cunha, M. A., Lampoltshammer, T. J., Parycek, P., & Testa, M. G. (2017). Increasing collaboration and participation in smart city governance: A cross-case analysis of smart city initiatives. Information Technology for Development, 23(3), 526–553. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2017.1353946

Vujković, P., Ravšelj, D., Umek, L., & Aristovnik, A. (2022). Bibliometric analysis of smart public governance research: Smart city and smart government in comparative perspective. Social Sciences, 11(7). 293. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070293

Wang, Q., & Ren, S. (2022). Evaluation of green technology innovation efficiency in a regional context: A dynamic network slacks-based measuring approach. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 182(185), 121836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121836

Willke, H. (2009). Smart Governance. Complexity and the megacity. In U. Matthiesen, G. Mahnken (Eds.), Das Wissen Der Städte (pp. 365–378). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91648-4_24

Zhang, F., Pan, Z., & Lu, Y. (2023). AIoT-enabled smart surveillance for personal data digitalization: Contextual personalization-privacy paradox in smart home. Information and Management, 60(2), 103736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2022.103736

Zhou, S., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Zhang, K., & Zhao, Y. (2020). Exploring development of smart city research through perspectives of governance and information systems: A scientometric analysis using CiteSpace. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 11(4), 431–454. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSTPM-05-2019-0051

Zupic, I., & Čater, T. (2015). Bibliometric methods in management and organization. Organizational Research Methods, 18(3), 429–472. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428114562629