A structured analysis of e-government studies: Trends and opportunities

•This study presents an empirical multiple year analysis of e government studies.•The study examines current research metadata and identifies opportunities for future studies.•The findings indicate a diversity of e-government topics constrained by methodologies.•The study contributes to both researchers and practitioners in the e-government domain.

E-government involves the use of information and communications technology to facilitate government interaction with citizens, employees, businesses and other governments. E-government studies provide a platform to examine prior developments, and explore future opportunities in the field. This paper presents a theoretical model for the analysis of e-government studies and further uses a bibliometric analysis to examine constructs such as theoretical perspectives, methods, and units of analyses. We examine current trends in e-government research, and discuss emerging opportunities.