Blockchain-based e-Voting System: A Bibliometric Analysis

Traditional voting has its weaknesses, especially when it comes to cheating and miscalculations, which can affect the reliability of the results. These can be solved by using e-voting technology. However, the use of e-voting is fraught with issues of public trust, especially security. Blockchain-based e-voting could improve security and increase transparency. The primary goal of this research is to employ bibliometric analysis to gain a thorough understanding of how scientific productivity has evolved over the years, the significant impact of published research in the domain of blockchain-based e-voting systems, and the identification of emerging research themes through the study of terminological co-occurrences. The PRISMA method is used to develop the necessary inclusion criteria for literature searches, including keywords, databases, year of publication, accessibility, and key articles. Finally, the VOSviewer software is used to assist in the visualization of author networks and keyword co-occurrences. The findings revealed that India had the highest rate of publications, IEEE had the most publications on the topic, and it was also the most referenced publisher in the field of blockchain-based electronic voting. Blockchain-based e-voting emerged in 2018, and current research trends include scalability, law, costs, real-time systems, and market research.