SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Innovation and Governance
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2025.1605736
Charting Digital Governance: A Bibliometric Analysis of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research in Nigeria's Public Administration Using Scopus
Provisionally accepted
- 1Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
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The increasing adoption of technology by developing nations' governments has sparked academic interest in Nigeria, particularly regarding its role in public service delivery. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of 128 Scopus-indexed publications on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Nigerian public administration using VOSviewer and Biblioshiny tools. The analysis reveals that leading researchers from the University of Johannesburg, Obafemi Awolowo University, and the University of Ilorin dominate the field. Key publications appear in journals such as Electronic Library, Information Development, and Africa Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. Current research primarily focuses on e-governance adoption, implementation challenges, and success factors, with emerging interest in digital libraries, public value, and e-services. The study identifies critical research gaps, particularly in understanding digital governance's impact on vulnerable populations like children, rural communities, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Additionally, there's a need to develop contextappropriate indigenous technologies that incorporate emerging trends like IoT, big data, and digital twins. The study recommends increased institutional support and funding for academic research to address these gaps and enhance the quality of ICT-public administration research in Nigeria.
Keywords: E-governance, bibliometric analysis, ICT, Public administration, Scopus, Nigeria
Received: 03 Apr 2025; Accepted: 19 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ishola, Maramura and Gumbo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Abdulrasaq Ajadi Ishola, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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