A perspective on digital agility: An in-depth analysis with bibliometrics and R programming

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Background. With the acceleration of digital transformation, organizations must adopt agile structures. Digital agility has become a central theme in management, information systems, and organizational studies. Exploring its temporal development and research trends offers valuable insight for future studies. Aim. This study aims to reveal research trends and developments in the field by examining the studies conducted in the field of digital agility between 1984 and 2025 using bibliometric methods. Method. Using 1009 articles from the Scopus database, data were analyzed with Biblioshiny via the Bibliometrix R package. The analysis included word trend analysis, citation analysis, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), and thematic mapping. Findings. Organizations in the USA and Europe contribute the most to digital agility. In the word analysis, organizational agility, digital transformation, and innovation are among the most striking concepts. Thematic mapping results reveal that academic interest in this field has increased with technological developments. As a result of LDA analysis, digital agility was classified under themes such as management-related issues, digital procurement processes, transformation and technology-oriented studies, information systems and decision-making processes, and organizational flexibility. Conclusion. The LDA analyses revealed thematic trends not present in previous studies, thereby highlighting gaps in the field and potential areas for future research.