The Chinese Social Credit System: A Bibliometric Study in Scopus with Bibliometrix and on the Lattes Platform with Scriptlattes and Vosviewer

Authors

  • Priscila Ramos Carvalho Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT) and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Rua Lauro Müller, 455 - 4º andar - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. CEP: 22290-175. Telefone: (+55) 21 98208-1912 e (+852) 5107-0970. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3042-1669
  • Jean-Pierre Cabestan Hong Kong Baptist University, AAB801, Office of Information Technology, Baptist University Road Academic and Administration Building, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.Phone: (+852) 3411-5751. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-8901
  • Lü Yao-Huai Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 99, Xuefu Road, Huqiu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Postcode: 215009. Phone: (+856) 15507311956
  • Fábio Castro Gouveia Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT), Rua Lauro Müller, 455 - 4º andar - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. CEP: 22290-175. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Casa de Oswaldo Cruz - Museu da Vida. Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. CEP: 21040-360. Telefone: (+55) 21 3873-9453. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0082-2392

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4301/S1807-1775202623002

Keywords:

Chinese Social Credit System. Scopus. Bibliometrix. Lattes Platform. scriptLattes.

Abstract

The exploratory and descriptive research aimed to identify the areas of knowledge, authors, institutions, scientific production, co-authorship networks and themes that involve the Chinese social credit system. The methodology used was Bibliometrics, using Scopus and the Lattes Platform as sources of information, as well as digital tools for data collection, analysis, and visualization: Bibliometrix, scriptLattes and VOSviewer.
The results revealed that this topic is relatively new and emerging. The area of Social Sciences stood out in terms of volume of scientific production. The converging themes between the samples of the two databases were ethics, governance, and big data.

Author Biographies

Priscila Ramos Carvalho, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT) and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Rua Lauro Müller, 455 - 4º andar - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. CEP: 22290-175. Telefone: (+55) 21 98208-1912 e (+852) 5107-0970.

PhD (2025) and Master's (2020) in Information Science from IBICT – UFRJ. Specialist in Data Science & Analytics from USP/ESALQ, Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), and Marketing from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM). She was a visiting researcher at Hong Kong Baptist University (2022-2023) – CAPES Sandwich Doctorate. She taught seminars at UFF on Communication Policies and Digital Platforms; Communication, Global Culture and Disinformation; and Ethics in Journalism. Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence (ethics, digital surveillance, and disinformation); Data Governance; Data Sovereignty and Digital Sovereignty; Comparative Studies of Brazil and China in Information and Communication Policies.

Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Hong Kong Baptist University, AAB801, Office of Information Technology, Baptist University Road Academic and Administration Building, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.Phone: (+852) 3411-5751.

Emeritus Professor of Department of Government and International Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is also Associate Researcher at the Asia Centre, Paris and at the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China in Hong Kong. Doctor of Law (Doctorat d'Etat en Droit) at Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) in 1988. Ph.D. of Political Science (Doctorat de Science politique) at Sorbonne University (Paris I) in 1982. Master of Chinese Language and Civilization (Diplome d'etudes approfondies) at Jussieu University (Paris VII) in 1979. Bachelor in Japanese language and Civilization (Licence) at Jussieu University (Paris VII) in 1984. Research Interests: Chinese Politics, Chinese Law, and Institutions, Chinese Foreign and Security Policy, Relations across the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan Politics.

Lü Yao-Huai, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 99, Xuefu Road, Huqiu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Postcode: 215009. Phone: (+856) 15507311956

Master of Philosophy, Professor at School of Public Administration, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou City, China. Research interests: The morality in the virtual society. Ethical implications of information technology. Information ethics in globalization. Ethical dimension of privacy.

Fábio Castro Gouveia, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT), Rua Lauro Müller, 455 - 4º andar - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. CEP: 22290-175. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Casa de Oswaldo Cruz - Museu da Vida. Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. CEP: 21040-360. Telefone: (+55) 21 3873-9453.

Tecnologista em Saúde Pública da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz no Brasil e líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Ciência, Dados, Redes e Métricas (Scimetrics) como também pesquisador na Rede Zika Ciências Sociais. Gouveia é Biólogo, possui mestrado em Microbiologia e Imunologia e doutorado em Química Biológica (Educação, Gestão e Difusão de Biociências). Ele fez um pós-doutorado curto como Visiting Fellow da Katolieke Universiteit Leuven (Bélgica) através do edital de bolsas de 2009 do Coimbra Group Scholarships Programme para professores e pesquisadores jovens de universidades latino-americanas. Em 2020, Gouveia e Elaine Rabello foram os vencedores do Altmetric Research Award for Promising Altmetrics Research. Além disso, ele é docente permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação em convênio com o IBICT/UFRJ e do Mestrado em Divulgação da Ciência, Tecnologia e Saúde da Fiocruz. Gouveia desenvolve pesquisas na área de Ciência da Informação, com ênfase em Estudos Métricos da Informação (Cientometria, Webometria, Altmetria e Indicadores de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação), Métodos Digitais, STS, Data Science e Tecnologia Blockchain, e na área de Divulgação Científica e Comunicação em Saúde, com ênfase em estudos sobre internet e mídias sociais.

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2026-04-05

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Carvalho, P. R., Cabestan, J.-P., Yao-Huai, L., & Gouveia, F. C. (2026). The Chinese Social Credit System: A Bibliometric Study in Scopus with Bibliometrix and on the Lattes Platform with Scriptlattes and Vosviewer. Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 23. https://doi.org/10.4301/S1807-1775202623002

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