Quantitative analysis of publications on knowledge management in the field of information technology in the public and private sectors

Abstract

This paper conducts quantitative research on publications on knowledge management in information technology. The question to be answered in this research is: how many papers on knowledge management in information technology in the public and private sectors were developed between 2013 and 2022? The overall objective of this study is to provide a quantitative analysis of research on knowledge management in information technology from 2013 to 2022, conducted in both the public and private sectors. The selection of journals for the article search was conducted through the Sucupira platform, filtering by three evaluation areas: Public Administration and Business, Accounting and Tourism Sciences; Computer Science; and Communication and Information, all classified as "A". As a result, this research on knowledge management in information technology has shown that more studies have been developed for the private sector than for the public sector. However, of the total number of articles found, only 13 productions were identified in 8 scientific journals that had at least one publication during the research period. The empirical methodology was the most prevalent, as was the qualitative approach, and it is also noticeable that the majority of the papers were developed by four authors, were male-authored, and were at the master's academic level.