Research Trends of ICT and Bangladesh: A Bibliometric Approach

Abstract

The paper aims to demonstrate the bibliometric analysis of the documents on
ICT and Bangladesh published in the Scopus database. Through a basic search
in Title, abstract, and keyword, a total of 337 documents were extracted and
through title search a total of 59 has been consided for the final analysis. In
2020, paper publishing reach its pinnacle. VOSviewer and Microsoft Excel
were used to analyze the extracted documents. The study has shown the most
influential author in terms of document and citation, institutions/organizations,
influential countries in terms of document publication, and highest citation
received. Both author and all keywords were also presented through tabular and
visualization maps. In terms of document publication, Dewan A.M. and Nazmin
S.A. are the most influential author.In their single document, Chadni M.H.,
Ferdaus J., and Murshed M. got high citations. In all keyword co-occurrences
and author keywords utilized, Bangladesh was determined to be the most
influential nation and most used keywords. Bangladesh was determined to be in
first place among 18 nations in terms of document publishing and citations.
When compared to the organizational analysis, Dhaka University generated the
most documents, and the department of Economics at Cumilla University
earned the most citations. The leading source in terms of document publishing is
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, whereas the top
rank in terms of citationsin this study is Energy, Ecology and Environment.