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Mapping the quantity, quality and structural indicators of Asian (48 countries and 3 territories) research productivity on cloud computing

Waqar Ahmad Awan (Department of Information Management, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan)
Akhtar Abbas (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 12 January 2022

Issue publication date: 1 June 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to map the quantity (frequency), quality (impact) and structural indicators (correlations) of research produced on cloud computing in 48 countries and 3 territories in the Asia continent.

Design/methodology/approach

To achieve the objectives of the study and scientifically map the indicators, data were extracted from the Scopus database. The extracted bibliographic data was first cleaned properly using Endnote and then analyzed using Biblioshiny and VosViewer application software. In the software, calculations include citations count; h, g and m indexes; Bradford's and Lotka's laws; and other scientific mappings.

Findings

Results of the study indicate that China remained the most productive, impactful and collaborative country in Asia. All the top 20 impactful authors were also from China. The other most researched areas associated with cloud computing were revealed to be mobile cloud computing and data security in clouds. The most prominent journal currently publishing research studies on cloud computing was “Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing.”

Originality/value

The study is the first of its kind which identified the quantity (frequencies), quality (impact) and structural indicators (correlations) of Asian (48 countries and 3 territories) research productivity on cloud computing. The results are of great importance for researchers and countries interested in further exploring, publishing and increasing cross country collaborations related to the phenomenon of cloud computing.

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Citation

Awan, W.A. and Abbas, A. (2023), "Mapping the quantity, quality and structural indicators of Asian (48 countries and 3 territories) research productivity on cloud computing", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 41 No. 2, pp. 309-332. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-07-2021-0233

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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