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Libraly Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (11): 8-18.

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Open Data Ecosystem: A Systemic Literature Review

Ma Haiqun1, Wang Bengang1,  2 (1 Research Center of Information Resources Management, Heilongjiang University; 2 Library of Dali University )   

  • Online:2022-11-15 Published:2022-11-24
  • About author:Ma Haiqun1, Wang Bengang1, 2(1 Research Center of Information Resources Management, Heilongjiang University; 2 Library of Dali University )

Abstract:

The studies on the open data ecosystem have theoretical and practical implications for thedata market and digital economy. This study is to review the status quo in the research on open dataecosystems and identify the directions of future studies by finding the weak sides of existing literature.The research methods are systematic literature reviews. The investigated literature databases includeSemantic Scholar, ACM Digital Library, IOS Press Content Library, Sage Journals, Wiley Online Library,Taylor & Francis Online, ScienceDirect, Oxford Academic, Emerald, ProQuest, and CNKI. After asystematic review, this study extracts a topical framework for the research on the open data ecosystem andthen discusses the status quo of each topic. The research domain of open data ecosystems is a tributaryof the research on the open data, which is still in the middle of development and needs the attention ofresearchers, especially regarding models, elements, and effectiveness assessment of open data ecosystems.Furthermore, the governance structure, operational mechanism, the nurturing and evolution of the opendata ecosystem could become the topics of future studies.