Mapping of Smart Economy Research Themes: A Nine-Year Review

Research on the smart economy as a part of a smart city continues to develop but is limited to one country and/or one field. From a bibliometric review, this study aims to visually study mapping and research trends in the field of the smart economy on an international scale. This study used bibliometric techniques with secondary data from Scopus. Analyze and visualize data using the VOSViewer program and the analyze search results function on Scopus. This study analyzed 125 scientific documents published from 2011 to 2020. According to the research, the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia, and Mboup, G. had the most active individual scientists and in smart economy research. Computer science and Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements were the most studied and disseminated outlet of smart economy research. There was one category map of collaborative researchers from around the world. Based on the identification of a collection of knowledge generated from nine years of publication, this research proposes a grouping of smart economy research themes: Economy, Application of smart cities, Smart technology, Smart cities character, Economy of urban, Education and Smart environment, abbreviated as EASSEES research themes.