Appendix 12.1: analysis of IS research topics by state

Table A12.1 Collated IS research topics reported, by state

Topic

States

Total

Anti-terrorist management

 

 

ACT

 

 

 

 

1

Business intelligence

         

Qld

 

1

Business logistics/transport modelling

     

Tas

WA

 

 

2

Business process modelling

Vic

   

Tas

 

Qld

 

3

Compliance monitoring systems

       

WA

 

 

1

Computational intelligence

Vic

         

 

1

Conceptual modelling/ontology/relational ontology

Vic

 

ACT

 

WA

Qld

 

4

Data acquisition

 

SA

       

 

1

Data quality

 

SA

     

Qld

 

2

Data warehousing/data mining and informatics

Vic

SA

     

Qld

 

3

Databases

       

WA

Qld

 

2

Decision support systems/intelligent and collaborative systems

Vic

SA

ACT

 

WA

Qld

NSW

6

Distributed simulation

Vic

         

 

1

E-commerce education

Vic

         

 

1

E-commerce/e-business/electronic markets

Vic

SA

   

WA

Qld

 

4

E-forensics

     

Tas

 

Qld

 

2

E-government/e-law/legal systems in IS

Vic

 

ACT

 

WA

 

 

3

E-research

   

ACT

     

 

1

Enterprise resource planning/enterprise systems

Vic

       

Qld

 

2

Ethics, privacy and censorship

Vic

 

ACT

     

 

2

Gender and IT

Vic

       

Qld

 

2

Grid supercomputing

       

WA

 

 

1

Health informatics

Vic

 

ACT

Tas

WA

Qld

 

5

Information management

Vic

SA

       

 

2

Interoperability standards

 

SA

       

 

1

IS evaluation

       

WA

 

 

1

IS in the construction industry

       

WA

 

 

1

IS methodologies

 

SA

   

WA

Qld

 

3

IS/IT education/e-learning

Vic

SA

ACT

 

WA

Qld

 

5

IS/IT governance

Vic

 

ACT

   

Qld

 

3

IT professional services/consulting

         

Qld

 

1

IT sourcing

         

Qld

 

1

IT/IS management

Vic

     

WA

Qld

 

3

Knowledge management

Vic

SA

   

WA

Qld

 

4

Mathematics and statistical analysis

Vic

         

 

1

Multimedia

         

Qld

 

1

Packaged software

         

Qld

 

1

Programming methodology

         

Qld

 

1

Project management

Vic

 

ACT

     

 

2

Requirements engineering

Vic

       

Qld

 

2

Risk management

   

ACT

     

 

1

Rural IS

         

Qld

 

1

Security

Vic

SA

 

Tas

 

Qld

 

4

Semantic webs

Vic

         

 

1

Socio-organisational systems/human factors in IS

 

SA

   

WA

Qld

 

3

Soft systems

       

WA

 

 

1

Software engineering/software quality and assurance

Vic

       

Qld

NSW

3

Strategic IS

Vic

 

ACT

Tas

WA

Qld

 

5

Supply-chain management

Vic

         

 

1

Systems development

Vic

       

Qld

 

2

Systems modelling/simulation

         

Qld

 

1

Technology adoption and impact

Vic

 

ACT

 

WA

 

 

3

Theoretical foundations

   

ACT

     

 

1

Tools for human thinking

   

ACT

     

NSW

2

Usability design/human–computer interaction/end-user issues

Vic

 

ACT

   

Qld

 

3

Virtual communities/virtual behaviour

   

ACT

 

WA

 

 

2

Web services

         

Qld

 

1

Workflow

 

 

 

 

 

Qld

 

1

Note: Occurrence recorded for each state, not frequency.

Table A12.2: Frequency and proportion of common IS research topics reported, by state

Proportion of common IS research topics

Count

%

Topics researched in 1 state

27

47

Topics researched in 2 states

13

22

Topics researched in 3 states

10

17

Topics researched in 4 states

4

7

Topics researched in 5 states

3

5

Topics researched in 6 states

1

2

Total topics

58

100

Table A12.3: Most-popular IS research topics reported in Australian states

Topic

No. of states

Decision support systems/intelligent and collaborative systems

6

Strategic IS

5

IS/IT education/e-learning

5

Health informatics

5

Security

4

Knowledge management

4

E-commerce/e-business/electronic markets

4

Conceptual modelling/ontology/relational ontology

4

Business process modelling

3

Data warehousing/data mining and informatics

3

E-government/e-law/legal systems in IS

3

IS methodologies

3

IS/IT governance

3

IT/IS management

3

Socio-organisational systems/human factors in IS

3

Software engineering/software quality and assurance

3

Technology adoption and impact

3

Usability design/human–computer interaction/end-user issues

3

Note: Occurrence recorded for each state, not frequency.