CONSUMER SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN THE METAVERSE: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Yıl 2024, , 111 - 130, 27.06.2024

Kadir Özdemir , Ömer Faruk Çelebi , Ramazan Nacar

https://doi.org/10.24889/ifede.1445367

Öz

The metaverse, one of today's most groundbreaking innovations, offers important opportunities for our future in many areas. However, these opportunities bring with them some critical threats. Security and privacy in the metaverse are among the most current threats that researchers focus on. This study aims to provide a more concrete view of the studies on security and privacy research in the metaverse in the WOS and SCOPUS databases by using bibliometric techniques. In addition, this study assesses the effects of the existing literature and offers a series of suggestions regarding measures that can be taken to protect privacy and security. In the study, 86 studies published in 64 different sources between 2018 and 2024 are analyzed in terms of scientific performance with different bibliometric techniques. According to the prominent findings of the study, it is understood that the highest number of scientific publications were published in 2023; each publication received an average of 17 citations; single-author studies constitute 25% of all studies; and the most publications were published in the Journal of Metaverse. It is thought that the results revealed in this study and the suggested coping strategies regarding privacy and security will contribute to future studies.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Metaverse, Security, Privacy, Bibliometric Analysis, SPAR-4-SLR Protocol

METAVERSE'TE TÜKETİCİ GÜVENLİĞİ VE GİZLİLİĞİ: BİBLİYOMETRİK BİR ANALİZ

Öz

Günümüzün en çığır açıcı yeniliklerinden Metaverse, geleceğimiz için pek çok alanda önemli fırsatlar sunmaktadır. Ancak bu fırsatlar bazı kritik tehditleri beraberinde getirmektedir. Metaverse’te güvenlik ve gizlilik araştırmacıların odaklandığı en güncel tehditler arasındadır. Bu çalışma WOS ve SCOPUS veri tabanlarında Metaverse’te Güvenlik ve Gizlilik araştırmalarına ilişkin çalışmaları bibliyometrik teknikleri kullanarak daha somut bir bakış sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Ayrıca bu çalışma bir yandan mevcut literatürün etkinliğini değerlendirirken diğer yandan gizlilik ve güvenliğe karşı alınabilecek önlemlere ilişkin bir dizi öneriler sunmaktadır. Çalışmada 2018-2024 yılları arasında 64 farklı kaynakta yayınlanan 86 çalışma farklı bibliyometrik teknikler ile bilimsel performans bakımından analiz edilmektedir. Çalışmanın öne çıkan sonuçlarına göre en fazla bilimsel yayının 2023 yılında üretildiği, her bir yayının ortalama 17 atıf aldığı, tek yazarlı çalışmaların tüm çalışmaların %25’ini oluşturduğu ve en fazla yayının Journal of Metaverse dergisinde yayınlandığı görülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Metaverse, Security, Privacy, SPAR-4-SLR Protocol, Bibliometric Analysis

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