From Compliance-Based to Collaborative Financial Governance: A Bibliometric-Systematic Review of Multi-Actor Accountability in Public Financial Management.
- 1Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia.
Abstract
Public financial management has increasingly moved beyond a narrow compliance-oriented perspective toward broader governance arrangements involving transparency, oversight, participation, digitalization, and multiple accountability actors. This study maps the development of research on public financial management and formulates a conceptual agenda for collaborative financial governance. A bibliometric-systematic literature review was conducted using Scopus-indexed journal articles published in English between 2022 and 2026. After database filtering and eligibility screening, 265 articles were retained for bibliometric performance analysis and science mapping using Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. A second-stage screening identified 39 studies with direct thematic relevance for the systematic review and in-depth full-text thematic synthesis. Publication output increased markedly after 2023 and peaked in 2025. Fiscal transparency, local government, accountability, budget transparency, audit, oversight, participation, public spending, and digital openness emerged as dominant and interconnected themes. The systematic synthesis indicates a shift from primarily compliance-based approaches toward broader multi-actor accountability and identifies six recurring governance domains: compliance, audit, transparency, participation, digitalization, and accountability. Collaborative financial governance is conceptualized as an integrated governance architecture in which these six domains operate as complementary mechanisms. The framework extends conventional public financial management by linking institutional control, fiscal openness, stakeholder involvement, digital support, and accountability to strengthen the legitimacy, responsiveness, and effectiveness of public resource management.
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BibTeX
@article{saimima2026from,
title = {{From Compliance-Based to Collaborative Financial Governance: A Bibliometric-Systematic Review of Multi-Actor Accountability in Public Financial Management.}},
author = {Simon Saimima and Andy Fefta Wijaya and Endah Setyowati and Benny Hutahayan},
journal = {F1000Research},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.12688/f1000research.187613.2},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42999050},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - From Compliance-Based to Collaborative Financial Governance: A Bibliometric-Systematic Review of Multi-Actor Accountability in Public Financial Management.
AU - Simon Saimima
AU - Andy Fefta Wijaya
AU - Endah Setyowati
AU - Benny Hutahayan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/02
JO - F1000Research
DO - 10.12688/f1000research.187613.2
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42999050
AB - Public financial management has increasingly moved beyond a narrow compliance-oriented perspective toward broader governance arrangements involving transparency, oversight, participation, digitalization, and multiple accountability actors. This study maps the development of research on public financial management and formulates a conceptual agenda for collaborative financial governance. A bibliometric-systematic literature review was conducted using Scopus-indexed journal articles published in English between 2022 and 2026. After database filtering and eligibility screening, 265 articles were retained for bibliometric performance analysis and science mapping using Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. A second-stage screening identified 39 studies with direct thematic relevance for the systematic review and in-depth full-text thematic synthesis. Publication output increased markedly after 2023 and peaked in 2025. Fiscal transparency, local government, accountability, budget transparency, audit, oversight, participation, public spending, and digital openness emerged as dominant and interconnected themes. The systematic synthesis indicates a shift from primarily compliance-based approaches toward broader multi-actor accountability and identifies six recurring governance domains: compliance, audit, transparency, participation, digitalization, and accountability. Collaborative financial governance is conceptualized as an integrated governance architecture in which these six domains operate as complementary mechanisms. The framework extends conventional public financial management by linking institutional control, fiscal openness, stakeholder involvement, digital support, and accountability to strengthen the legitimacy, responsiveness, and effectiveness of public resource management.
SN - 2046-1402
ER -