Examining the trend of the research on cybercrime: a bibliometric review

Abstract

Cybercrime has recently become a major scientific emphasis, as seen by an increase in the number of papers on the subject. The bibliometric analytical technique is proposed in this article to evaluate cybercrime research. In addition, this research aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of scopus publications related to cybercrime. On july 15, 2022, in the foreground, for precise and complete examination, the screening procedure looked for all references to "cybercrime" in all scopus topic areas and found 377 scholarly contributions. As a result, the findings include a publication time frame ranging from 1998 to 2022. The findings show increased academic interest in the research issue, particularly from 2005 to now, emphasising cybercrime in computer science. The united states leads the contributing countries in cybercrime research. The most productive researchers were grabosky, p., and broadhurst, r. With the highest number of publications. The collaborative index showed an increasing trend from 1998 onwards. International journal of cyber criminology is the most prestigious journal in the field of cybercrime research. The australian national university, on the other hand, is the most productive affiliation in cybercrime research. This paper contributes to the field by evaluating the current status of cybercrime research, identifying gaps in the literature, and most importantly, proposing a research agenda.