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The result of a task that minutely looks into pattern in one research area can be used as a basis for future study. Although various studies are being carried out for Information Technology(IT) outsourcing research in Korea from many aspects, no attempts have been made to examine research trends of these researches. This study explores research trends through approach from the perspective of bibliometric analysis of author bibliographic coupling analysis which is a kind of citation analysis most suitable for domestic trend analysis, from the perspective of bibliometric analysis as a means of understanding IT outsourcing research trends in korea. For this study, IT outsourcing researches based on accredited journals on National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) were reviewed, among the researches regarding IT outsourcing studies to 2014 and top 38 authors were selected in the order of publications. Based on author bibliographic coupling method which is a kind of citation analysis most suitable for domestic trend analysis that uses Pearson’s correlation coefficient, this study carried out clustering analysis and multi-dimension scaling to visually express research trends of IT outsourcing studies and proposed sub sectors of research themes. The results indicate through the analysis of research trends by clustering analysis and MDS scaling to display author clusters and subcategories research themes of IT outsourcing on a MDS are as follows: First, IT outsourcing research started in 1994 and decreased recent years. Top journals of IT outsourcing is Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems(21 cases), Journal of the Korea Society of IT Services(12 cases), Information Systems Review(12 cases). And researchers were confirmed Nam, Ki Chan(13 times), Kim, Hyun Soo, An, Joon Mo, Lee, Jae Nam, Jo, Dong Hwan(5 times each). Second, The sub sectors of IT outsourcing research turned out to be the areas of decision, Performance, Audit, adoption, Strategy & Control, Competence & Public, Risk, ITSM, IT Service Outsourcing, Conflict Management. This study is a new attempt to confirm the usefulness of the analysis of research trends in IT outsourcing. This study has significance in that it tries to find major authors, journals and research fields under an active investigation of IT outsourcing. It expected to help the researchers in the concerning area. For future exploration, a variety of analytical techniques could be implemented such as network analysis and a comparative study of the papers with overseas researches. Also, author bibliographic coupling analysis should be implemented periodically.