DIGITALIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE
Abstract
The importance of studying the influence of digitalisation on sustainable development of the social and economic systems is based not only on the fact that information technologies are developing rapidly but also on the nature of the restructuring global economic, social, and environmental processes, which requires a new approach to managing the development process. The digital technologies are integral to the success of Sustainable Development Goals in improving management capacity by ensuring transparency, improving communication, and fostering creativity in business and public administration models. The paper performs a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications based on the SCOPUS international information and analytical database owned by Elsevier. The data was further analyzed and viewed with the help of VOSviewer software, which provides an opportunity to track core ideas, scholarly trends, author links, institutional ties, and country contributions in the field of research. The aim of the analysis is to detect key fields of scientific activity in the interconnection of digitalisation and sustainable development plus the authors, institutions, and countries that outline the structure of modern scientific discourse. The results of the study show a rising trend of interest from the scientific community on this subject based on the increase in publications over the last decade, most especially in post-pandemic recovery and global climate initiatives. The analysis also helped single out the most typical research areas: digital energy, smart urbanism, e-governance, big data applications in ecosystem modeling, and using digital solutions in implementing the circular economy. The study is crucial as a part of shaping a comprehensive view of the digital economy development with sustainability principles. The results can be used as the basis for strategies of digital transition, state regulation, and even curricula reformulating the development of digital literacy along with the innovation potential for this society.
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