Bibliometric Analysis of Studies in The Field of Cloud Accounting with Visual Mapping Technique

The aim of this study is to examine the academic publications in the field of cloud accounting, which has developed rapidly in the last decade, by bibliometric analysis method and to identify the main trends, collaboration networks and focal points of research in the field. Studies on cloud accounting were analysed from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Among the 205 publications accessed using the keywords 'cloud accounting' and 'cloud-based accounting', 137 publications in the fields of 'Business Finance', then 'Management', 'Business' and 'Economics' were subjected to visualisation and analysis by bibliometric analysis method using Vosviewer software program. The main findings of the study; It was determined that an increase in publications on cloud accounting was observed after 2020, the country with the highest number of publications was China with 29 publications, the highest cited authors Cleary and Quinn ranked first with 64 citations, and the International Journal of Accounting Information Systems was the most cited publisher with 30 citations. As a result of the analysis of keywords, it was found that terms such as 'ERP', 'law firms' and 'information security', where innovative technologies such as 'artificial intelligence', 'big data' and 'blockchain' are increasingly the subject of research, are included in a limited number of studies. This research will provide a strategic perspective to both academia and practitioners by filling the gaps in the cloud accounting literature. It will be an important resource for understanding and guiding the evolution of accounting practices in the digital transformation process.