Who's Who in the Information Technology Research in the Philippines A Social Network Analysis

TL;DR

This study analyzes 18 years of Philippine IT conference papers using social network analysis, revealing key institutions, prolific researchers, research topics, and collaboration patterns in the local IT research community.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive social network analysis of Philippine IT research publications, highlighting collaboration trends and leading institutions over 18 years.

Findings

De La Salle University is the most research-productive institution.

The University of the Philippines-Diliman has the most prolific researcher.

'Algorithm' is the most researched topic.

Abstract

This study reported the conference papers presented conducted by the two computing societies in the Philippines. Toward this goal, all published conference proceedings from the National Conference of IT Education and Philippine Computing Society Conference were gathered and analyzed using social network analysis. The findings of the study disclosed that there are 733 papers presented in the conference for the span of 18 years. On the average, both conferences had 27 papers presented annually. Private higher education institutions dominated the list of research productive schools where De La Salle University tops the list. A researcher in the University of the Philippines-Diliman is the most prolific researcher with 39 publications and "algorithm" was the most researched topic. Researchers tend to work in small team consisting of 2 to 3 members. Implications and limitations of the study are also presented.