Global Research on Emerging Digital Technology: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Digital technology has become a demand in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. This research aimed to explore technological developments globally and comprehensively based on the Scopus database. The method used bibliometric analysis. In recent decades, it has been more common to utilize bibliometric data to perform comprehensive statistical analyses of research progress, trends, and focal points. This study became the first study that used the quantitative and qualitative evidence for examining technological developments. The literature review used the publications on technology studies from 1969 to September 2023. The number of documents found in the Scopus database was 1730. Worldwide, the majority of researchers in this particular field originated from China, the USA, and India. The results of the study showed that the number of papers on technology had continued to increase significantly since the 2000s. Furthermore, this study examined the challenges, problems, and impacts of technology in education. Digital technology areas currently have a great interest and the prospective avenues for future research.