Strengthening open data practices, promoting substantive citizen participation, and enhancing accountability through independent oversight and integrated digital governance are proposed as key strategies to advance democratic governance in Tunisia and the broader MENA region.
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This study explores the evolution of open government in Tunisia by mapping scholarly literature published between 2011 and 2025, coinciding with the country’s accession to the Open Government Partnership. Using bibliometric analysis with VOSviewer, the research examines review articles retrieved via Publish or Perish and indexed in Google Scholar, focusing on transparency, public participation, and accountability. The analysis identifies three thematic clusters: fiscal transparency and access to information, public participation and democratic innovation, and institutional accountability and digital governance. These clusters reflect the priorities of both government and civil society, while highlighting Tunisia’s role as the first MENA country to join the OGP. Findings reveal that academic discourse has shifted from exploratory studies after the Arab Spring to more consolidated analyses of implementation and institutionalization. Nonetheless, challenges remain, including institutional fragmentation, political instability, and limited civic capacity to influence policymaking. This study contributes by providing a systematic overview of research trends and thematic priorities, and by offering policy-relevant recommendations. Strengthening open data practices, promoting substantive citizen participation, and enhancing accountability through independent oversight and integrated digital governance are proposed as key strategies to advance democratic governance in Tunisia and the broader MENA region.
Research on Public Administration in Indonesia has evolved substantially over the past two decades, driven by the increasing complexity of governance challenges, the digitalization of the public sector, and the increasing demand for evidence-based policymaking. This research aims to map the evolution, thematic structure, and intellectual landscape of Public Administration research in Indonesia through a comprehensive bibliographic analysis. Using publication data extracted from the Scopus database for the period 2000–2024, the study applied bibliometric techniques, including descriptive performance analysis, keyword co-occurrence mapping, co-authorship networks, and thematic evolution analysis. VOSviewer and Bibliometrix are used to visualize structural patterns and research clusters. The results reveal a significant increase in publication volumes starting in 2015, followed by a noticeable shift in research orientation towards digital governance, public service innovation, collaborative governance, and performance management. Four main thematic clusters are identified, reflecting growing scientific interests in policy governance and implementation, innovation and service delivery, digital transformation, and inter-organizational collaboration. Network visualizations show that research productivity is concentrated in a small number of Indonesian universities, despite the increasing international collaboration. This analysis also shows a transition from normative and descriptive research to a more empirical and data-driven approach. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the intellectual development of Public Administration in Indonesia and highlight some gaps in areas such as equity, evaluation frameworks, and evidence-based policies. Future research should expand methodological diversity and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration to strengthen the theoretical and practical impact of the field.
Dila Erlianti, E. Hijeriah· Journal of Social Science an...· 0 citations
This study analyzes research trends and substantive developments in scholarship on policies concerning indigenous peoples using a scientometric approach, with particular attention to debates on the recurring failure of indigenous public policies (Figueroa Huencho, 2022), Data were collected from the Web of Science database with the keyword “indigenous policies fail”, yielding 137 articles published between 1997 and 2023 in categories representing social, political, economic, environmental, and sustainability dimensions. Bibliometric analysis is employed to map publication dynamics, author collaboration networks, and key research themes, which is then complemented by qualitative content analysis of the abstracts to interpret patterns of policy failure and the recommendations proposed. The main findings indicate that the failure of indigenous policy is driven less by resource constraints than by weaknesses in policy design that tend to be ahistorical and technocratic, unequal power relations in implementation, and the limited recognition of indigenous agency and knowledge systems. The reviewed literature also underscores the urgency of adopting place-based approaches, knowledge co-production, stronger indigenous leadership, and institutional reform to ensure state accountability and a more equitable distribution of access to resources.
Sujianto Sujianto, Dedi Kusuma Habibie, Adianto Adianto et al.· Journal of Governance and Re...· 0 citations
The adoption of Open Government Data (OGD) by local governments is crucial for enhancing public sector transparency and accountability, principles central to United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions). This study undertakes a rigorous analysis of OGD initiatives, using the two available United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) assessment results, 2022 and 2024, using a mixed-method approach to interpret the evolution of digital governance. The research first com-bines two distinct quantitative data sources: the external expert assessments from the Local Online Services Index (LOSI), which measures policy commitment, and a longitudinal analysis of official self-assessment data from the Local Government Questionnaire (LGQ), which quantifies infrastructural fragmentation. This is complemented by a deep-dive into ten global cases, selected for their di-verse governance structures and histories of fragmented data release. The key results reveal a synchronized trend toward maturity. The LOSI assessment indicated a modest, sustained rise in OGD policy commitment (from 31% to 33%) and active data sharing (from 35% to 37%). Simultaneously, the LGQ survey, track-ing a fixed panel of 20 cities, documented a measurable reduction in infrastructure-al fragmentation. The number of cities providing multiple OGD portal URLs fell from 40% (8 cities) in 2022 to 30% (6 cities) in 2024. This decline is interpreted not as infrastructural contraction, but as a strategic and mature move toward plat-form consolidation. This rationalization is essential for developing a coherent urban data ecosystem by enhancing data governance and resource efficiency, ultimately improving data discoverability for smart city applications.
D. Sarantis, Delfina Soares, Deniz Susar et al.· EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2026· 0 citations
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This study aims to analyze the development and research trends of the Government Agency Performance Accountability System (SAKIP) in Indonesia using a bibliometric approach. SAKIP is a key instrument in Indonesia's bureaucratic reform and has attracted significant academic attention over the past two decades. Through the analysis of 205 articles published between 1999 and 2026 sourced from Google Scholar using the Publish or Perish software, this study maps publication growth patterns, keyword networks, and dominant thematic clusters using VOSviewer. Results indicate significant and consistent publication growth, particularly since 2017, with dominant keywords including sakip, accountability, performance accountability, and government agency performance accountability system. Bibliometric network analysis identified four main thematic clusters reflecting the complexity of SAKIP studies from the perspectives of implementation, performance measurement, information technology, and human resources. These findings make an important contribution to the development of future SAKIP research agendas and policy implications for strengthening performance-based governance in Indonesia.
Hasmi Nasution, Intan Oktoviona, Mawar Dayu Afmi Risky et al.· PRESIDENSI: Jurnal Politik d...· 0 citations
The Indonesian government has invested heavily in digital transformation to address persistent challenges in public service delivery, financial accountability, and bureaucratic efficiency. Despite growing adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and e-government platforms, a systemic synthesis of how these digital tools collectively reshape governance and accountability mechanisms remains lacking. This systematic literature review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines. A structured search was conducted in the Scopus database for peer-reviewed, open-access, English-language journal articles published between 2016 and 2026, focusing explicitly on the Indonesian public sector. Out of 217 initially screened records, 10 studies met the eligibility criteria after title-abstract and full-text screening. Data were extracted using a standardized form, assessed for risk of bias, and synthesized thematically across the included studies. The synthesis identifies three interconnected mechanisms through which digitalization influences Indonesian public governance. First, digital technologies such as computer-assisted audit techniques, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence enhance financial fraud detection and oversight effectiveness, yet their full potential is constrained by incomplete regulatory frameworks for electronic evidence and insufficient auditor competence. Second, digital service innovations improve operational efficiency and public service quality, but these benefits are contingent upon adequate digital leadership, information technology governance, and a culture supportive of organizational change. Third, institutional reforms driven by integrated information systems strengthen transparency and accountability, while being significantly hindered by governance fragmentation, weak enforcement of interoperability standards, and persistent digital divides across regions. Successful digital transformation of the Indonesian public sector depends less on the mere acquisition of technology and more on synergistic institutional reforms, continuous human capacity building, and legal harmonization. These findings provide evidence-based guidance for policymakers and practitioners to align digital initiatives with the broader objectives of accountable, transparent, and responsive governance in developing economy contexts.
Digital transformation has become a central driver of public administration modernization, as governments increasingly rely on digital technologies to improve public service delivery, administrative efficiency, transparency, and citizen-oriented governance. However, the rapid expansion of digital government research has generated a fragmented literature, dispersed across concepts such as e-government, digital transformation, public services, governance, innovation, and emerging technologies. This fragmentation limits the understanding of how the field is thematically structured and how scientific collaboration is organized across countries and institutions. Therefore, this paper maps the intellectual structure of digital government literature and identifies the dominant themes, emerging research directions, and collaboration patterns within this field. A bibliometric science-mapping analysis was conducted on 1,877 documents indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, retrieved using the topic search terms "digital transformation" and "public services". The analysis was performed with VOSviewer and focused on keyword co-occurrence, country coauthorship, and organizational co-authorship networks. The findings show that digital transformation serves as the conceptual hub of the field, connecting traditional e-government research with newer themes in innovation, governance, artificial intelligence, big data, trust, adoption, performance, and post-pandemic public service resilience. The countrylevel network reveals broad but uneven international collaboration, while the organizational network remains more fragmented. The study contributes by integrating thematic and collaboration-based perspectives, showing that digital government research is expanding, interdisciplinary, and globally visible, but still institutionally fragmented and unevenly connected. These findings indicate the need for stronger institutional partnerships, interdisciplinary integration, and more coherent research networks in future digital government studies
Andrei Trip, Florina Stanciu, O. Lobonţ· Development Through Research...· 0 citations