A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

Abstract

This study is based on a bibliometric analysis of research publications which throws light on the relationship between autonomous weapons and international humanitarian law. The aims of this study are to find out the frequency of such publications and to understand the response of researchers to the linkage between autonomous weapons and international humanitarian law. The data has been collected from SCOPUS and Web of Science databases. VOSviewer has been used to represent the data. The data represents the research publications published between 2013 and 2023. The data consists of 748 research publications which are distributed into articles, book chapters, reviews, books etc. Graphs and tables are used to represent the data. The result of the study is that though adequate literature is available on the topic of the linkage between autonomous weapons and international humanitarian law, the available literature does not cover the important aspect of liability for the actions of autonomous weapons. Further, it can be said that this area has failed to attract the attention of Indian scholars.