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Research themes in big data analytics for policymaking: Insights from a mixed-methods systematic literature review

  • Arho Suominen*
  • , Arash Hajikhani
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The use of big data and data analytics are slowly emerging in public policy-making, and there are calls for systematic reviews and research agendas focusing on the impacts that big data and analytics have on policy processes. This paper examines the nascent field of big data and data analytics in public policy by reviewing the literature with bibliometric and qualitative analyses. The study encompassed scientific publications gathered from SCOPUS (N = 538). Nine bibliographically coupled clusters were identified, with the three largest clusters being big data's impact on the policy cycle, data-based decision-making, and productivity. Through the qualitative coding of the literature, our study highlights the core of the discussions and proposes a research agenda for further studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)464-484
JournalPolicy & Internet
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 870822.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • bibliometric
  • big data
  • content analysis
  • data analytics
  • public policy

Publication forum classification

  • Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health(social science)
  • Public Administration
  • Health Policy
  • Computer Science Applications

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