The measurement of digital skills and competences: a bibliometric analysis

The definition and measurement of digital skills and competences needed to succeed in the 21st century context has been a widely researched topic within the last years. Academics and professionals consider that it has an increasing importance due to the process of digital transformation in which the organisations and society are immersed, which is pushing to achieve a knowledge society. For these reasons, a bibliometric analysis of the topic plays a key role to have a big picture of the conducted research since the date and establish key countries, authors and journals which lead the investigation on the topic. Moreover, the analysis of the knowledge frontier and research gaps has discovered the stage in which this research line is situated and the needs for the establishment of future research guidelines.