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Design Science Research: Progression, Schools of Thought and Research Themes

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Design Science Research for a New Society: Society 5.0 (DESRIST 2023)

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Design science research, a well-established research approach to solving complex real-world problems, has evolved over time. This research characterizes design science research in information systems. By performing a bibliometric analysis, we show that design science research has progressed in the information systems field through three main phases, which we call periods of inquiry. A co-citation analysis shows that the progression has been largely influenced by a few main pioneering studies, leading to three schools of thought. Bibliographic coupling analysis suggests that research in design science can be classified into several distinct intellectual areas corresponding to different research themes. This bibliometric analysis proposes a broad viewpoint of design science and design research, serving as a basis for shaping further research.

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The authors thank sincerely the reviewers for their enlightening suggestions and Nicolas Prat for his helpful comments.

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    Jacky Akoka

  2. ESSEC Business School, Cergy-Pontoise, France

    Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau

  3. Computer Information Systems, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

    Veda C. Storey

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Akoka, J., Comyn-Wattiau, I., Storey, V.C. (2023). Design Science Research: Progression, Schools of Thought and Research Themes. In: Gerber, A., Baskerville, R. (eds) Design Science Research for a New Society: Society 5.0. DESRIST 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13873. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32808-4_15

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