A bibliometric study on authorship trends and research themes
1 like532 views
This bibliometric study examines authorship trends and research themes in knowledge management literature using data from two leading journals from 2009-2016. The results highlight dominant themes such as knowledge sharing, intellectual capital, and performance management, while revealing differences in authoritative papers between the journals. The study suggests that broader datasets could provide a more comprehensive understanding of the field and help identify research gaps.
A bibliometric study on authorship trends and research themes
- 1. A Bibliometric Study on Authorship Trends and Research Themes in Knowledge Management Literature J. Jussila, H. Aramo-Immonen, Karan Menon, Nina Helander – Tampere University of Technology N. Mustafee – University of Exeter A. Hajikhani – Lappeenranta University of Technology 12th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics – IFKAD 2017 St. Petersburg, Russia 7th of June, 2017
- 2. Aim of the study • Identify the contribution of authors in the domain of knowledge management from two leading KM journals according to Serenko & Bontis list • Identify dominant KM research themes • Identify intellectual turning points in KM research and its evolution à where is the research gap? 7.6.2017 2
- 3. Bibliographic method • Data was extracted from Thomson Reuters Web of Science (WoS) 2009-2016 to perform the following analyses: – Contribution of authors identified by co- citation network visualisations and network metrics (14 422 authors being cited,1 023 123 citations) – Key research themes identified by topic modeling 7.6.2017 3
- 5. The Journal of Knowledge Management (JKM) Themes Dominant Themes LDA Topic Modelling Terms 1 Communities and Knowledge Case, Communities/Community, Cops/Cop (co-operation), Network/Networks, Social, Transfer, Web, 2 Knowledge Sharing Culture, Employees, Individual, Knowledge Transfer, KS, Motivation, Share/Sharing, Trust 3 Innovation Capability Innovation, Performance, Firm/Firms, Organization, External Capabilities, Capital Acquisition, Capacity 4 Intellectual Capital Capital, Review, Academic, Intellectual, IC, Field, Journals, Research, University, Articles 5 Public Sector Knowledge Management KM Implementation, Public Leadership, Sector Barriers, Initiatives, Performance, Study Practices 6 Knowledge Management Models and Frameworks Knowledge Framework, Model, Project Creation, Management Process, Tacit Literature, Organisation 7.6.2017 5 nails project Network Analysis Interface for Literature Studies See Knutas, A., Hajikhani, A., Salminen, J., Ikonen, J., Porras, J., 2015. Cloud-Based Bibliometric Analysis Service for Systematic Mapping Studies. CompSysTech 2015.
- 6. JKM Top 15 Most Authorative Papers Authors Authority PageRank Modul arity Nonaka (1994) 0.145 0.0098 3 Grant (1996) 0.145 0.0176 3 Alavi & Leidner (2001) 0.139 0.0070 3 Hansen, Nohria, & Tierney (1999) 0.129 0.0064 0 Szulanski (1996) 0.122 0.0035 0 Nonaka (1991) 0.108 0.0024 0 Lee & Choi (2003) 0.107 0.0026 2 March (1991) 0.105 0.0031 0 Grant (1996) 0.102 0.0111 0 Wasko & Faraj (2005) 0.095 0.0057 2 Davenport & Prusak (1998) 0.095 0.0021 0 Ruggles (1998) 0.095 0.0158 3 Inkpen & Tsang (2005) 0.095 0.0044 0 Huber (1991) 0.094 0.0035 0 Nahapiet & Ghoshal (1998) 0.093 0.0015 0 7.6.2017 6
- 7. JKM Co-Citation Network 7.6.2017 7 Tethne: http://diging.github.io/tethne/ & Gephi: https://gephi.org/
- 8. The Journal of Intellectual Capital (JIC) Themes Dominant Themes LDA Topic Modelling Terms 1 Intellectual Capital Models and Frameworks IC, Model, Framework, Strategic, ICS, Organization, Measurement, University, Management Organizations 2 Intangible Assets Intangibles, Intangible, Economic Companies, Sectors, Strategic, Policy, Countries, Market, Company 3 Performance Management Relational Performance Structure, Business, Firms, Efficiency, Manufacturing, IC, Data, RC 4 Knowledge Creation and Innovation Knowledge Firms, Firm, HC, Innovation, Employee, Relationship, Family, Human Creation 5 Public Sector Intellectual Capital Management IC, Research, Public Measurement, Concept, Practice, Perspective, Sector, Authors, Case 6 Intellectual Capital Reporting and Disclosure Disclosure Reporting, ICD, ICD, Content, IC, CA, Information Analysis, Prior, IR. 7.6.2017 87.6.2017 5 nails project Network Analysis Interface for Literature Studies See Knutas, A., Hajikhani, A., Salminen, J., Ikonen, J., Porras, J., 2015. Cloud-Based Bibliometric Analysis Service for Systematic Mapping Studies. CompSysTech 2015.
- 9. JIC Top 15 Most Authorative Papers Authors Authority PageRank Modu- larity Stewart (1997) 0.200 0.041 0 Edvinsson & Malone (1997) 0.196 0.199 0 Guthrie, Ricceri & Dumay (2012) 0.192 0.028 0 Roos, Edvinsson, & Dragonetti (1997) 0.165 0.013 0 Namvar, Fathian, Akhavan, & Reza Gholamian (2010) 0.165 0.127 1 Cabrita & Bontis (2008) 0.164 0.020 1 Bontis (1998) 0.162 0.008 1 Brooking (1996) 0.159 0.012 2 Petty & Guthrie (2000) 0.156 0.008 1 Edvinsson (1997) 0.155 0.015 2 Keong Choong (2008) 0.155 0.067 1 Riahi-Belkaoui (2013) 0.144 0.043 1 Bontis (2001) 0.142 0.009 2 Dumay & Garanina (2013) 0.140 0.006 0 Bontis, Chua Chong Keow, & Richardson (2000) 0.139 0.009 2 7.6.2017 9
- 10. JIC Co-Citation Network 7.6.2017 10 Tethne: http://diging.github.io/tethne/ & Gephi: https://gephi.org/
- 11. Conclusions • Contrasting the two, the topics were fairly similar – Knowledge sharing and communities, and networks were more dominant topics in JKM – Intellectual capital, intangible assets and performance management more dominant in JKM • Interestingly, although topics were fairly similar, the most authorative papers and corresponding authors were totally different • Limitation: Broader data sets (more journals included) could reveal a more holistic picture • Nevertheless, it is proposed that the methodology can serve as a good introduction to any domain and support in discovering research gaps and less discussed topics in the literature 7.6.2017 11