A Bibliometric Review of Publications on Research Data Management

Abstract

Research Data Management (RDM) is the process, policies, and tools used to keep track of research data throughout the research lifecycle. The present study aims to identify the growth of the literature, the most prolific authors, institutes and countries and their collaboration patterns in RDM research. To accomplish the objectives, a bibliometric analysis approach was adopted, and data was collected from the Scopus database. The extracted data was analysed using MS Excel, R-package bibliometrix, and VOSviewer. A total of 1088 documents have been published on this topic in 465 sources, receiving 8088 citations. "Article" was the most prominent document type. The vast majority of the documents were published under the Computer Sciences subject domain. C. Ribeiro from the Universidade do Porto was the most prolific author in this field, while the United States was the most prolific country. The study also found that only 15% of the documents received nearly 75% of the total citations. The results of this study give important information about the growth, authorship, and citation trends of RDM literature, which can help guide future research in this field.