Platform Work Research Bibliometric Dataset: 1,728 Scopus Articles

A bibliometric dataset of 1,728 Scopus-indexed academic articles on digital labour platforms. The data was compiled by Jan-Jan Soon to analyze the evolution and fragmentation of research across algorithmic control, worker classification, and policy dimensions. The dataset was last updated on June 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the evolution of platform work research themes based on publication output trends since the late 2010s.
• Analyze keyword clusters to assess integration or fragmentation across policy dimensions like algorithmic governance and social protection.
• Compare research agenda emphasis between developed and developing affiliation countries based on keyword prevalence.
• Identify under-represented HRM-based policy keywords within the platform work literature.

Strengths

• Contains metadata for 1,728 Scopus-indexed articles, providing a substantial corpus for analysis.
• Explicitly analyzes five policy dimensions: algorithmic control, worker classification, labour standards, social protection, and enforcement.
• Includes affiliation-country analysis to highlight knowledge production asymmetries.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect source bias inherent to the Scopus database.

Provenance

Source

Scopus-indexed articles.

Collection Method

Bibliometric study combining performance analysis, science mapping, and affiliation-country analysis.

Time Range

Covers publications up to the study's compilation date, with noted acceleration since the late 2010s.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 10:00:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global, with analysis of outputs from developed and developing affiliation countries.