THE PHENOMENON OF E-PARTICIPATION: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF STUDIES PUBLISHED IN THE WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASE

The aim of this study is to present bibliometric analyses and trends of 783 articles published between 1991 and January 30, 2024, in the Web of Science Core Collection Database regarding the concept of "e-participation," focusing on quantitative data and numerical measurement indicators, and providing researchers with a holistic perspective using VOSviewer software. As a result of the analyses, it was found that the highest number of publications on the concept of e-participation was in 2010 (n=80), the leadership in the distribution of publications by countries was held by the United States (n=143), the journal that has the highest publication count in the field was Government Information Quarterly (n=43), Sonia Roya from the University of Zaragoza was both the most prolific author (n=11) and the most cited author (n=916), the most connected authors were Zahir Irani (n=27) and Muhammad Kamal (n=24), and apart from the e-participation (n=298) the most frequently used keywords in publications e-government with 115 repetitions, and e-democracy with 52 repetitions. These analyses on the concept of e-participation will raise awareness of the use of bibliometric analyses in the field of social sciences and provide researchers working on this topic with a theoretical foundation and a comprehensive roadmap.