A bibliometric analysis of multi-homing in multi-sided platforms and markets: Trends, influences, and research topics

This research quantitatively analyzes studies on multi-homing within multi-sided platforms and markets. The study identifies trends in annual publications and citations, highlights the most productive sources and influential papers, and outlines key research topics that have contributed to this field in the past and present. The literature search had no restrictions on research subjects, allowing for a broad scope of analysis. Using bibliometric analysis, the study evaluated 253 articles published in the Scopus database from 2000 to mid-2024. The number of research publications during this period shows increasing trend. The key research topics identified include (a) network and telecommunications technology, (b) information systems and platform ecosystems, (c) the network effects on platform competition, (d) network externalities and their implications, and (e) economic competition and platform governance. The results of this research may enhance understanding and provide valuable insights for practitioners and researchers for future studies on competition among multi-sided platforms and markets, particularly in the context of multi-homing.