Bibliometric mapping of computer and information ethics

Heersmink, R.; Van den Hoven, J.; Van Eck, N.J.; Van den Berg, J.

doi:doi:10.1007/s10676-011-9273-7

Bibliometric mapping of computer and information ethics

Title

Bibliometric mapping of computer and information ethics

Author

Heersmink, R.
Van den Hoven, J.
Van Eck, N.J.
Van den Berg, J.

Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Infrastructures, Systems and Services

Date

2011-04-19

Abstract

This paper presents the first bibliometric mapping analysis of the field of computer and information ethics (C&IE). It provides a map of the relations between 400 key terms in the field. This term map can be used to get an overview of concepts and topics in the field and to identify relations between information and communication technology concepts on the one hand and ethical concepts on the other hand. To produce the term map, a data set of over thousand articles published in leading journals and conference proceedings in the C&IE field was constructed. With the help of various computer algorithms, key terms were identified in the titles and abstracts of the articles and co-occurrence frequencies of these key terms were calculated. Based on the co-occurrence frequencies, the term map was constructed. This was done using a computer program called VOSviewer. The term map provides a visual representation of the C&IE field and, more specifically, of the organization of the field around three main concepts, namely privacy, ethics, and the Internet.

Subject

bibliometric mapping
computer and information ethics
term map
VOSviewer

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-011-9273-7

Publisher

Springer

ISSN

1388-1957

Source

http://www.springerlink.com/content/t81800j64p30380w/