Bibliometric Analysis of Audit Analytics
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https://doi.org/10.58812/wsaf.v4i02.3033Keywords:
Audit Analytics, Bibliometric Analysis, Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, VOSviewerAbstract
The rapid advancement of digital technologies has significantly transformed auditing practices, leading to the emergence of audit analytics as an important research domain that integrates accounting, auditing, and data science. This study aims to examine the evolution, intellectual structure, influential contributions, and emerging research trends in audit analytics through a bibliometric analysis approach. Data were collected from the Scopus database using relevant keywords related to audit analytics and analyzed using VOSviewer to perform citation analysis, keyword co-occurrence analysis, density visualization, and collaboration network analysis. The findings indicate that audit analytics research has experienced substantial development, particularly with the increasing adoption of big data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, blockchain, and automation technologies. Citation analysis identifies key contributions focusing on the role of big data and artificial intelligence in improving audit quality, audit judgment, fraud detection, and decision-making processes. The keyword analysis reveals that recent research trends have shifted from traditional analytical methods toward intelligent and automated audit systems that support continuous auditing and risk-based decision-making. Furthermore, collaboration analysis demonstrates the global nature of audit analytics research, with the United States emerging as the most influential contributor and strong research connections among countries and institutions. This study contributes to the literature by providing a comprehensive understanding of the development trajectory of audit analytics and identifying future research opportunities related to generative artificial intelligence, explainable AI, cybersecurity, and digital audit transformation.
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