Bibliometric study of the scientific production on information technology governance

Information Technology (IT) has been evidenced in the literature as a distinguishing factor, not only from the perspective of competitiveness, but also within the field of organizational performance. This way, the alignment of IT with the business strategy becomes necessary given its potential to add value to the corporate businesses. This alignment occurs by means of the analysis of conceptions, best practices, and regulations which make up the Information Technology Governance (ITG). However, although governance and information technology are frequent terms in the relevant literature, the construct technology information governance is relatively unknown to several researchers, even to those who work in the area of information technology. Therefore, a descriptive bibliometric study on information technology governance was performed, referring to the period 2003-2013, aiming at presenting the main arguments dealt with and the evolution of the research on the theme.