The field of digital forensics has undergone rapid development alongside the technological advancements of the latest century. This study focuses in two of its subdomains, namely database forensics and data forensics. Though the concept of a database is relatively old, there is an academic void when it comes to its research compared to different domains in digital forensics. Data forensics has a myriad of applications, however there appears to be a lack of standardization in regards to the field itself throughout the different disciplines of the forensic field. Our main objectives with this study were to identify the prominent trends, uncover research gaps or further research necessity and to provide a high level outline of the selected domains. To fulfill the objectives, we designed and executed a protocol with predefined phases, steps, and activities that all stem from the principles of bibliometric analysis. The findings of the methodological procedure are presented and the research questions are answered in a concise manner. The two domains have considerable growth, given how recently they emerged in literature. However, there are issues present in the current literature that might hinder the future research and might repulse not only the aspiring but also the current professionals of the forensic field. These issues must be resolved in order to make the selected domains less elusive when it comes to cross-domain applications and when new practitioners are concerned.

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数据和数据库取证领域的知识和研究映射：文献计量分析

随着近世纪的技术进步，数字取证领域经历了快速发展。本研究重点关注其两个子领域，即数据库取证和数据取证。尽管数据库的概念相对较旧，但与数字取证的不同领域相比，其研究仍存在学术空白。数据取证有无数的应用，但是在取证领域的不同学科中，该领域本身似乎缺乏标准化。我们这项研究的主要目标是确定显着趋势，发现研究差距或进一步研究的必要性，并提供所选领域的高层次概述。为了实现这些目标，我们设计并执行了一个具有预定义阶段、步骤和活动的协议，所有这些都源于文献计量分析的原则。介绍了方法程序的结果，并以简洁的方式回答了研究问题。考虑到这两个领域最近才在文献中出现，它们已经有了相当大的增长。然而，当前文献中存在的问题可能会阻碍未来的研究，并且可能不仅会排斥法医学领域的有抱负的人，而且可能会排斥当前的法医学领域的专业人士。这些问题必须得到解决，以便在涉及跨领域应用和新的从业者时使所选领域不那么难以捉摸。