Priviet Social Sciences Journal
Vol. 5 No. 10 (2025): October 2025

Bibliometric analysis: The reputation of Indonesian law enforcement officials on social media

Valentina, Indira Restu (Unknown)
Permana, Iip (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Oct 2025

Abstract

Law enforcement plays a crucial role in maintaining public safety and welfare, making the reputation of law enforcement agencies a key concern, particularly in the digital space. This study maps the research landscape of the reputation of law enforcement organizations on social media through a bibliometric approach. Data was collected from Google Scholar using Publish or Perish (keywords: "organizational reputation," "law enforcement," "social media"; period 2020–2025), cleaned in Mendeley, manually selected for relevance (PRISMA), descriptively analyzed using Excel, and mapped with VOSviewer (network, overlay, density). A total of 100 publications were collected, with the trend showing a sharp increase in the last three years, contributing 83 publications out of the total, indicating a shift from the periphery to the mainstream. Using VOSViewer visualization, four clusters were identified in this study. Overlay shows a shift from a protective focus to digital communication management and public legitimacy; density highlights density in "media,” "law,” "Indonesia" and "data" and gaps in "credibility,” "Instagram" and "victim.” This trend shows a relationship between the reputation of law enforcement agencies and good, data-driven, and transparent digital communication strategies. However, there is a need for further research on the credibility, effectiveness, regulation, and performance of law enforcement agencies.

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Abbrev

PSSJ

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Environmental Science Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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PSSJ: Priviet Social Sciences Journal is an open access, monthly peer-reviewed international journal published by PRIVIETLAB. It provides an avenue to academicians, researchers, managers and others to publish their research work that contributes to the knowledge and theory of Social Sciences. PSSJ ...