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Bibliome ic e iew on ac o s in luencing consume s’ in en ion o
pu chase elec ic ehicles
Xinyu Zhu and Hend ik lamsali
school o echnology Managemen & Logis ics, uni e si i u a a Malaysia, sin ok, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
he p e ailing global emission pollu ion dilemma necessi a es a sus ainable al e na i e
o gasoline-powe ed au omobiles, wi h elec ic ehicles se ing as a iable op ion. he
shi om pe ol o elec ic ca s (e s) poses a challenge o expanding ma ke s like
Malaysia. he Malaysian au omobile associa ion epo ed ha elec ic ehicle sales in
Malaysia o 2023 o aled 13,257 uni s. his s udy examines s udies on de e minan s
ha a ec consume s’ in en ion o acqui e elec ic ehicles. Subsequen ly, analyzed
in o ma ion ega ding he de e minan s a ec ing Malaysian cus ome s’ p opensi y o
acqui e elec ic ehicles in o de o assess p e ailing ends. hi y-six a icles published
be ween 2016 and 2023 we e ex ac ed om he Scopus da abases. he in es iga ion
was conduc ed ia bibliome ic analysis u ilizing OS iewe so wa e. he subsequen
con en ional bibliome ic indica o s employed we e: publica ion yea , sou ce ype,
language, subjec a ea, keywo d analysis, geog aphical dis ibu ion, and au ho ci a ion
analysis. keywo d analysis and publica ion pa e ns sugges ha he de e minan s
a ec ing consume s’ p opensi y o acqui e elec ic ehicles ep esen a iable subjec
o u u e esea ch.
1. In oduc ion
now ha global ca bon emissions a e inc easing, mo e en i onmen al p o ec ion measu es need o be
aken o ensu e ha he en i onmen will no de e io a e; he e o e, p omo ing he adop ion o elec ic
ehicles (e s) is a powe ul measu e. Fossil uel combus ion is a majo con ibu o o global wa ming
and, i checked, could esul in ca as ophic clima e change (alanazi, 2023). he en i onmen , economy,
and socie y a e all nega i ely a ec ed by he consump ion o pe oleum ca ied by in e nal combus ion
engine ehicles (ice s), in addi ion o hei con ibu ion o g eenhouse gas (gHg) emissions (B oadben
e al., 2021).
Unlike hei gasoline-powe ed coun e pa s, elec ic ehicles ope a e p ima ily on elec ici y s o ed in
ad anced ba e y sys ems, p oducing ze o ailpipe emissions du ing ope a ion. his undamen al dis inc-
ion posi ions e s as key playe s in he ansi ion owa d a mo e sus ainable and eco- iendly anspo -
a ion ecosys em. he adop ion o elec ic ehicles is no me ely a echnological end bu a s a egic
esponse o he u gen need o cleane modes o mobili y.
1.1. Acco ding o he Malaysian Au omobile Associa ion (MAA) Malaysian Au omo i e
Associa ion, Malaysian Au omo i e Associa ion (2023), Malaysia elec ic ehicle sales in 2023
we e only 13,257 uni s
in compa ison, he coun y’s o al ehicle sales a e app oxima ely 720,000 uni s, wi h he o me accoun -
ing o only 1.8%. he Malaysian elec ic ehicle ma ke is ela i ely new compa ed o o he coun ies
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CONTACT Hend ik Lamsali [email p o ec ed] school o echnology Managemen & Logis ics, uni e si i u a a Malaysia, sin ok
06010, Malaysia
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KEYWORDS
Bibliome ic e iew;
elec ic ehicles; pu chase
in en ion; in luencing
ac o s, clima e change
SUBJECTS
consume Psychology;
consume Beha io ;
Supply chain
Managemen ;
Manu ac u ing indus ies;
oad ehicle
Manu ac u ing indus y
2 X. ZHU anD H. laMSali
and egions, so esea ch on Malaysian consume s’ pu chase in en ions o elec ic ehicles can help local
au omobile manu ac u ing companies and deale s be e unde s and Malaysian consume s’ pu chase
p e e ences o ehicles. ecen ly, an inc easing numbe o au omake s, including well-known b ands like
olkswagen and BMw, ha e decla ed ha hey will accele a e he p ocess o elec i ying hei ehicles.
Scien is s ha e been s eadily expanding hei s udies in his a ea (lim e al., 2019).
he a e age consume has limi ed knowledge abou elec ic ehicles, e en wi h he signi ican g ow h
in he li e a u e in hese a eas (e.g. ba e y echnology, cha ging echnology, and assis ed d i ing ech-
nology). he e o e, his s udy conduc s a bibliome ic e iew o pas s udies o disco e and unde s and
his aspec o elec ic ehicle pu chase in en ion. Da abases ela ed o his opic we e explo ed by
sea ching o documen s accessible in Scopus jou nals. he indings o his s udy will aid o he esea ch-
e s in o mula ing concep s o u u e esea ch p ojec s and in comp ehending pa e ns in ea lie esea ch.
he emainde o his pape is o ganized as ollows. Sec ion 2 examines ea lie s udies on he a i-
ables ha ha e a majo impac on consume s’ in en ions o buy elec ic ca s. he da a sou ces, da a
collec ion, and da a analysis o his expe imen a e p esen ed in Sec ion 3. he ou comes o he biblio-
me ic analysis a e p esen ed in Sec ion 4. he esul s a e ou lined in chap e 5 along wi h sugges ions
o u u e s udies.
2. Li e a u e e iew
2.1. Bibliome ic analysis
Bibliome ic analysis is widely employed o e alua e he quan i y and calibe o published wo ks o iden-
i y pa e ns o ends wi hin a speci ic ield o s udy (Sucha & Po npawee, 2022). he use o bibliome -
ic analysis o epo esea ch ends and impac s is becoming mo e widesp ead. he mos common
ca ego ies o bibliome ic indica o s a e coun y, au ho ship, ci a ions, impac , and publica ion classi ica-
ion (ahmi & Mohamad, 2019).
Bibliome ic analysis cons uc s a s a is ical model o desc ibe he ield’s s uc u e and pinpoin s majo
hemes and cu en linkages, such as hose ound in clus e s and ne wo ks (ahmi & Mohamad, 2019).
Unde s anding he s uc u e o ne wo ks is he goal o bo h ne wo ks and clus e s; bibliome ic and
scien ome ic s udies equen ly combine hese wo app oaches. a c i ical assessmen o he s udy will
be made easie h ough he comp ehensi e analysis o he esea ch ajec o y.
2.2. P e ious s udies
Mos o he p e ious s udies on elec ic ehicle pu chase in en ion s a ed based on consume s’ subjec-
i e eelings. Faizah e al.’s s udy (2023) applying he expanded uni ied heo y o accep ance and use o
echnology (U aU ) and eligious belie s will cla i y he ex en o which echnological ac o s, pe sonal
ac o s, and eligious belie s in luence e in en ions and adop ion. Some a icles men ion he impac o
en i onmen al awa eness and sus ainabili y (adnan e al., 2017; a oz e al., 2015; amin e al., 2020; am
e al., 2023; F. c. liao e al., 2017; Schui ema e al., 2013; Siyal e al., 2021). Some schola s belie e ha
b and e ec also has a g ea impac on consume s’ pu chase in en ion. when consume s do no ecog-
nize a new b and, hey will mos likely no buy i because hey do no wan o ake pe cei ed isks
(akmal & Sha i ah, 2019; gunawan e al., 2022; Jiang e al., 2021; liu e al., 2020; nguyen, 2020; ez ani
e al., 2015; hean e al., 2023; hilina & nisal, 2019). O he consume s who ha e owned gasoline ca s
will i s conside he pe o mance and eliabili y o elec ic ca s be o e deciding on hei pu chase
(Habich-Sobiegalla e al., 2019; Jensen e al., 2019; liu e al., 2020; i edi & kisho e, 2020).
he nex s ep is o s udy om he pe spec i e o inancial policy. acco ding o he indings o
(adhika i e al., 2020) he ela i ely high pu chase p ice o elec ic ehicles compa ed o in e nal com-
bus ion ehicles and inadequa e long- e m planning and goal se ing by he go e nmen we e lis ed
as obs acles o he popula iza ion o elec ic ehicles in nepal. S udy (anil e al., 2020), based on sen-
si i i y analysis, shows ha changes in he a ious componen s o ope a ing cos s ha e a signi ican
impac on he cumula i e owne ship cos o elec ic ehicles, esul ing in elec ic ehicle p ices no
alling oo quickly Mo eo e , mos esea ch incen i e policies such as subsidies ha e a signi ican
cOgen BUSineSS & ManageMen 3
posi i e impac on consume s’ pu chase in en ion o elec ic ehicles (chu & Mohamed, 2022; Huang &
ge, 2019; i ano a & Mo ei a, 2023; li e al., 2019; Mus apa e al., 2020; nidal, 2020; J. w. wang
e al., 2020).
nowadays, he global demand o elec ic ehicles is inc easing, and he deg ee o cons uc ion o
suppo ing acili ies such as cha ging s a ions is also an impo an ac o ha consume s need o con-
side be o e pu chasing elec ic ehicles. Se e al s udies ha e demons a ed ha he a ailabili y o
cha ging acili ies has a posi i e impac on consume a i udes and pu chase in en ion (B oadben e al.,
2018; Dong e al., 2020; Du a & Hwang, 2021; Julio e al., 2021; S. wang e al., 2017). he s udy (asensio
e al., 2021) u he examines how o op imize cha ging s a ion powe dispa ch o a ac mo e consume s.
O cou se, esea che s s a om an ins i u ional pe spec i e and use cus ome -cen e ed sus ainable
de elopmen me hods o p omo e es ained consump ion (k. Y. liao e al., 2020; She h e al., 2011).
Many p e ious s udies ha e e iewed e pu chase in en ions and e echnology using li e a u e
e iews. each pape p esen s a conclusion analysis om a di e en pe spec i e, bu hey all show he
ac o s ha in luence consume s o pu chase elec ic ehicles. S udy (amin e al., 2020) e iewed he
impac o op imal cha ging and dispa ching o elec ic ehicles on consume s’ use o elec ic ehicles
unde dynamic p icing schemes. S udy (i ano a & Mo ei a, 2023) was based on a sys ema ic li e a u e
e iew o 63 a icles published be ween 1994 and 2021. he an eceden s o elec ic ehicle pu chase
in en ion a e di ided in o h ee ca ego ies: consume cha ac e is ics, elec ic ehicle cha ac e is ics, and
elec ic ehicle- ela ed policies. in addi ion (Muzi e al., 2022), e iewed he challenges ela ed o he
implemen a ion o e cul u e in Malaysia a e ho oughly examined, including he Malaysian go e nmen ,
policymake s, and e manu ac u e s. Howe e , none o hese s udies used bibliome ic analysis o e iew
he p io li e a u e.
he e o e, in his s udy, bibliome ic analysis was conduc ed o add ess he ollowing ques ions:
i. wha a e he jou nal’s mos common/popula esea ch opics?
ii. which coun ies and egions a e mos popula o publishing a icles on ela ed opics?
iii. which jou nals do esea che s p e e o publish, and which jou nals ha e he mos ci a ions?
able 1 p esen s a selec ion o p io esea ch on he ac o s in luencing he pu chase in en ion o
elec ic ehicles, in addi ion o bibliome ic s udies on he subjec . he e has been mo e esea ch on his
subjec since Janua y 2024. in gene al, he e is a dea h o bibliome ic analyses ega ding he in en ions
o pu chase elec ic ehicles. hus, o help esea che s iden i y gaps in he li e a u e and impo an op-
ics, his a icle o e s a ho ough e iew o he ac o s in luencing e pu chase in en ion. his will enable
u u e s udies o ocus on p omising esea ch a eas.
Table 1. summa y o p e ious s udies.
au ho he aim o he pape Me hodology Key indings
Habich-sobiegalla
e al. (2019)
o examine he ac o s o
Chinese ci izens’ in en ions
o adop eVs
a web-based sP su ey;
o de ed logi eg ession
Consume s will be much mo e likely o pu chase an
elec ic ca i hey ha e a la ge social ne wo k and
know people who al eady own one. o a lesse
deg ee, o he desc ip i e ac o s like age and
educa ion also ha e no able e ec s.
so acool e al. (2019) o de e mine he ac o s
associa ed wi h po en ial
eV adop ion
a web-based sP su ey;
eg ession and p incipal
componen analysis
he desi e o pu chase elec ic ehicles is in luenced
by h ee ac o s: policy suppo o p omo ing
elec ic ehicles, he pe cei ed ad an ages o
d i ing an elec ic ehicle, and he pe o mance o
elec ic ehicles.
Ling e al. (2021) o de e mine he ac o s ha
in luence elec ic ehicle
adop ion
a web-based sP su ey he g ea e he willingness o pu chase elec ic
ehicles (PHeVs and BeVs), he highe he male
and household income.
u and Yang (2019) o in es iga e key ac o s
in luencing consume o
pu chase elec ic ehicles
Ques ionnai es, using
C onbach’s α o measu e
Consume s’ en i onmen al awa eness and accep ance
o echnological p oduc s will also a ec hei
beha io al in en ions, o hey will be mo e inclined
o pu chase elec ic ehicles when hey hink hey
a e simple and mo e con enien o use. he
pe cep ions o hose a ound consume s also
signi ican ly in luence hei beha io al in en ions.
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hese s udies in es iga ed ela i ely ma u e e ma ke s such as china and eu opean coun ies. in his
s udy, he au ho ocuses on he Malaysian e ma ke , and he p e ious esea ch a iables a e di e en
om his esea ch. Fo ins ance, ling e al. (2021) in es iga ed male and household income le els as
in luencing ac o s and Habich-Sobiegalla e al. (2019) examined whe he social ne wo ks can signi i-
can ly in luence consume s’ pu chase in en ions.
O e all, he e is a lack o bibliome ic analysis o e pu chase in en ion in he cu en li e a u e, espe-
cially wi h ega d o Malaysian consume s. he e o e, his s udy p o ides an in-dep h and up- o-da e
e iew o he esea ch on e pu chase in en ion, which will enable esea che s o iden i y gaps in he
li e a u e and key opics.
3. Me hodology
3.1. Da a sou ce
a comp ehensi e analysis o bibliog aphic ma e ial was conduc ed using he co e collec ion o he
Scopus da abase o iden i y ends, impac s, and consequence hemes o esea ch ela ed o elec ic
ehicle pu chase in en ion. Fi s , i is widely ega ded as he la ges da abase co e ing a comp ehensi e
ange o schola ly wo ks, wi h o e 19 million au ho eco ds and 2.4 billion ci a ions. Second, Scopus
co e s a ange o in e ela ed disciplines such as social sciences, enginee ing, and business. hus, he
Scopus da abase has been iden i ied as a eliable and comp ehensi e esou ce o quan i a i e scien i ic
esea ch.
3.2. Da a collec ion
o collec in o ma ion om he Scopus da abase, esea che s mus eco d i in h ee s eps acco ding o
he ollowing equi emen s: 1. opics: wha he expe is in e es ed in esea ching, scope: da abase ype,
sea ch ield, s ing; 2. Sc eening - ime ange and quali ica ions, a e keywo d sea ch (n); 3. included –
da a documen analysis ha will be used. Figu e 1 shows he low cha used in his s udy.
he opic co e ed in his s udy was he pu chase in en ion o e s. Using he sea ch que y ‘ i le-aBS-
keY ((“elec ic ehicle”) anD (“pu chase in en ion”)),’ he in o ma ion equi ed o his s udy is as ol-
lows: Scopus; ime ame: 1996–2023; numbe o documen s: 196. hen, he keywo ds a e ese using
he sea ch que y ‘ i le-aBS-keY ((“elec ic ehicle”) anD (“in luencing”) anD (“pu chase in en ion”)),’
iden i ied eco ds and n = 36, ime ame: 2016–2023. F om he Scopus da abase be o e Janua y 15,
2024, he iles included publica ions om 2016 o 2023, wi h he excep ion o da a o 2024 because
he e was no enough da a published in ha yea o ep esen esea ch ends in 2024. Fu he mo e,
he s udy speci ically ocuses on enginee ing, social sciences, business, managemen , en i onmen , and
decision science. consequen ly, 36 documen s we e selec ed o u he analysis using sea ch- ela ed
keywo ds.
3.3. Da a analysis
o ensu e ha he da a we e accu a e, he 36 pape s chosen o bibliome ic analysis mus be con i med.
e oneous conclusions can esul om inaccu a e da a; examples include di e en au ho s publishing in
he same jou nal, using w ong keywo ds, e c. Because he e was no much da a in his s udy, i is pos-
sible o manually examine he da a. he au hen ici y o nume ous componen s, including au ho names,
publica ion coun s, a ilia ions, na ionali ies, keywo ds, and documen i les, we e ex ensi ely examined
o con i m he da a.
a basic bibliome ic analysis was conduc ed du ing he su ey. he pu pose o he da a analysis was
o iden i y publica ion ends, assess impac , and in es iga e he impac o publica ions on esea ch in
he ield o elec ic ehicle pu chase in en ion. Figu e 2 illus a es he bibliome ic analysis.
he OS iewe so wa e can u ilize he cS iles o he Scopus da abase o isualize ne wo k
co-occu ences, examine he impac o publica ions, and concep ualize, isualize, and c ea e a ilia ed
cOgen BUSineSS & ManageMen 5
ne wo ks. Finally, ci a ion me ics a e one way o measu e he quali y o esea ch by examining how
o en i is ci ed; he highe he numbe o ci a ions, he mo e in luen ial he esea ch is likely o be. wi h
ci a ions, you can examine he mos in luen ial a icles in he ield o s udy o unde s and he
esea ch opic.
4. Resul
he Scopus da abase was used o analyze g ow h, documen and sou ce ype, language, geog aphical
dis ibu ion, subjec a ea, keywo d analysis, au ho ci a ions, ac i e ins i u ions, and ci a ion analysis by
yea and yea o publica ion. he esul s a e p esen ed in equency and pe cen age o ms. his s udy
uses OS iewe so wa e’s co-au ho ship analysis, co-occu ence analysis, and ci a ion analysis o isual-
ize hese da a. his chap e p o ides an o e iew o he esul s om he bibliome ic analysis using he
Scopus da abase o answe he esea ch ques ions.
Figu e 1. sea ch low cha .
Figu e 2. Bibliome ic analysis p ocess.
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4.1. Publica ion by yea and publica ion end
O e he pas 8 yea s, 36 esea ch s udies ela ed o he opic o ac o s in luencing he in en ion o
pu chase elec ic ehicles been published; he numbe o documen s collec ed each yea is shown in
able 2. he able shows he ac o s in luencing he in en ion o pu chase elec ic ehicles his a ea om
2016 o 2023. S udy (Z. wang & Dong, 2016) published he i s pape in 2016, and he la es publica ion
by Pu a e al. (2023) in 2023.
Based on he da a in able 2, Figu e 3 shows he esea ch ends in his ield. Un il 2020, only a ew
a icles we e published each yea and, none we e published in 2017. Howe e , a e 2020, he o e all
esea ch end is upwa d, wi h an inc ease each yea . his indica es ha his esea ch opic has ecei ed
inc easing a en ion. in 2020, mos o he adi ional ca companies announced ha hei u u e business
di ec ion will shi o elec ic ca s including BMw, olkswagen, and o he eu opean ca companies, and
eleased hei ime o s op de eloping gasoline ca s. By a he highes numbe o pape s on willingness
o pu chase an elec ic ehicle is 2023, wi h 12 publica ions, o one- hi d o he o al numbe o pape s.
4.2. Geog aphical dis ibu ion o publica ion and documen s’ language
his sec ion coun s he numbe o publica ions ca ego ized by coun y/ egion o au ho ship based on
cS iles. he Scopus da abase shows ha schola s om 16 coun ies ha e con ibu ed o he body o
knowledge on he ac o s in luencing elec ic ehicle pu chase in en ions. able 3 summa izes he op 10
coun ies wi h he mos publica ions on his opic in he Scopus da abase.
able 3 shows ha he esea ch esul s on e e se logis ics and sus ainabili y a e mainly concen a ed
in china (38.89%), india (19.44%), indonesia (5.56%), Malaysia (5.56%) and Saudi a abia (5.56%). he o al
numbe o ci a ions china (758), india (195) and indonesia (129) a e he h ee mos ci ed coun ies. in
ac , Malaysian a icles also had a good numbe o ci a ions, only 3 less han indonesia. he eason o
he highes numbe o a icles om china is ha he e ma ke in china has been he mos compe i i e
in he wo ld in ecen yea s, and he e a e many ac o s ha in luence chinese consume s o pu chase
e s. he dominance o he numbe o ci a ions e lec s china’s huge in es men in esea ch on e ech-
nology, o else esla, he gian , wouldn’ ha e buil i s giga ac o y in Shanghai.
He e, he e m ‘documen language’ e e s o he speci ic language used by a documen o con ey
in o ma ion. Mos documen s a e in english, which acili a es communica ion and collabo a ion be ween
Table 2. Publica ion on ac o s in luencing in en ion o pu chase eV.
Yea o al publica ion %
2016 1 2.78%
2017 0 0
2018 3 8.33%
2019 2 5.56%
2020 3 8.33%
2021 8 22.22%
2022 7 19.44%
2023 12 33.33%
Figu e 3. Publica ion end (Sou ce: scopus).
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esea che s. his was also ue o he da a in his bibliome ic analysis, whe e all 36 a icles we e w i en
in english. he esul s a e p esen ed in able 4.
4.3. Subjec a ea and documen ypes
cu en publishing pa e ns can also be ound h ough subjec a ea analysis. his in es iga ion is p edica ed
on he documen s ha we e chosen o his analysis and we e g ouped based on he ield o s udy ha he
i les o he sou ces in which hey we e published indica ed. F om he 36 documen s ga he ed, 10 subjec
a eas we e iden i ied, as indica ed in able 5. en i onmen al Science (19.15%), enginee ing (18.09%), ene gy
(15.96%) and Social Sciences (15.96%) a e he majo subjec a eas. Howe e , enginee ing was no di ec ly
ela ed o he main ocus o his s udy. On he o he hand, en i onmen al Sciences, Business, Managemen
and accoun ing, Decision Science, and ene gy a e di ec ly connec ed o he esea ch ield’s p ima y ocus.
he Scopus da abase o be a use ul ool o esea che s in all ields o access a wide ange o schola ly
in o ma ion, ocusing on pee - e iewed sou ces o ensu e he quali y and eliabili y o he indexed con-
en . Documen ypes we e used o analyze documen s ex ac ed om he Scopus da abase. Documen
ypes included published pape s, con e ence pape s, e iews, books, book chap e s, edi o ials, and o h-
e s. able 6 summa izes he documen - ype analyses. Published a icles accoun ed o mo e han hal
(75%) o he ac o s in luencing he in en ion o pu chase elec ic ehicles pape s, ollowed by con e -
ence pape s (19.44%), book chap e s (2.78%), and con e ence e iews (2.78%).
4.4. Ci a ion analysis o a icles
ci a ion analysis p o ides a ho ough e alua ion o he mos signi ican and ex ensi e body o he li e -
a u e. able 7 displays he op 10 o he 36 a icles along wi h he numbe o ci a ions o each a icle.
esea che s can e i y he ele ance o a publica ion wi hin a pa icula ield o s udy by coun ing he
numbe o ci a ions i ecei es. his helps o de e mine he impac o a publica ion. he densi y o hese
publica ions, which is based on he numbe o links, suppo s ci a ions, and i is h ough he analysis o
his densi y ha he ela ionships be ween speci ic a icles a e e ealed.
Table 3. op 10 coun ies/ egion wi h he highes publica ion.
Coun y/ e i o y o al publica ion % o al ci a ion
China 14 38.89% 758
india 7 19.44% 195
indonesia 2 5.56% 129
Malaysia 2 5.56% 126
saudi a abia 2 5.56% 118
aiwan 2 5.56% 57
hailand 2 5.56% 22
uni ed s a es 2 5.56% 0
Vie nam 1 2.78% 118
ghana 1 2.78% 14
Table 4. Documen s’ language.
Language o al publica ion %
english 36 100
Table 5. subjec a ea co e ed in ac o s in luencing elec ic ehicle pu chase in en ions.
subjec a ea o al publica ion %
en i onmen al science 18 19.15%
enginee ing 17 18.09%
ene gy 15 15.96%
social sciences 15 15.96%
Compu e science 11 11.70%
Business, Managemen and accoun ing 9 9.57%
Decision sciences 3 3.20%
economics, econome ics and Finance 3 3.20%
Ma hema ics 2 2.13%
ea h and Plane a y sciences 1 1.06%
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