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Design science is a term commonly used to refer to the field of study that focuses on the research of artifacts, constructs, and other artificial concepts. Furthermore, the purpose of this article is to provide a definition of this domain of knowledge concerning information systems and computing, as well as to differentiate between what it is and what it is not, as well as to provide examples of these in ongoing research. In order to accomplish this goal, we conduct a bibliometric analysis on design science and its interaction with information systems and computation. This study aims to identify the primary aggregations of publications pertaining to design science and their chronological analyses. In addition, we clarify some common misconceptions about this field of study by defining what constitutes design science and what exactly does not constitute design science. In addition, we determined the primary stages of the methodological approach to design science.
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We are gratefully acknowledged financial support from FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., Portugal, Nacional funding through research grants; INESC-ID pluriannual (UIDB/50021/2020), JTA PhD grant—supported by FCT UI/BD/153587/2022; MA—national funding through research grant UIDB/04152/2020—Centro de Investigação em Gestão de Informação (MagIC, NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; and CJC—Advance/CSG, ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa and er UIDB/04521/20.
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Aparicio, J.T., Aparicio, M., Costa, C.J. (2023). Design Science in Information Systems and Computing. In: Anwar, S., Ullah, A., Rocha, Á., Sousa, M.J. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 614. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9331-2_35
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