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Major Trends in Knowledge Management Research: A Bibliometric Study by Peyman Akhavan, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Mahdieh A. Fetrati, Amir Pezeshkan :: SSRN



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Major Trends in Knowledge Management Research: A Bibliometric Study



Peyman Akhavan


Malek Ashtar University of Technology

Nader Ale Ebrahim


University
of Malaya (UM) - Research Support Unit, Centre for Research Services,
Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP); University of
Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture

Mahdieh A. Fetrati


Aalborg University - Department of Business and Management

Amir Pezeshkan


Old Dominion University




June 1, 2016


Scientometrics, vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 1249-1264, June, 2016.





Abstract:
   




This study provides an overview of the knowledge
management literature from 1980 through 2014. We employ bibliometric and
text mining analyses on a sample of 500 most cited articles to examine
the impact of factors such as number of authors, references, pages, and
keywords on the number of citations that they received. We also
investigate major trends in knowledge management literature including
the contribution of different countries, variations across publication
years, and identifying active research areas and major journal outlets.
Our study serves as a resource for future studies by shedding light on
how trends in knowledge management research have evolved over time and
demonstrating the characteristics of the most cited articles in this
literature. Specifically, our results reveal that the most cited
articles are from United States and United Kingdom. The most prolific
year in terms of the number of published articles is 2009 and in terms
of the number of citations is 2012. We also found a positive
relationship between the number of publications’ keywords, references,
and pages and the number of citations that they have received. Finally,
the Journal of Knowledge Management has the largest share in publishing
the most cited articles in this field.




Number of Pages in PDF File: 24



Keywords: Bibliometric; Citation analysis; Knowledge management; Research productivity





JEL Classification: L1, L11, L7, M11, M12, M1, M54, Q1, O1, O3, Q31, Q32, P24, P42, P29, L17






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Date posted: May 17, 2016

Suggested Citation

Akhavan,
Peyman and Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Fetrati, Mahdieh A. and Pezeshkan,
Amir, Major Trends in Knowledge Management Research: A Bibliometric
Study (June 1, 2016). Scientometrics, vol. 107, no. 3, pp. 1249-1264,
June, 2016.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2780741


Major Trends in Knowledge Management Research: A Bibliometric Study by Peyman Akhavan, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Mahdieh A. Fetrati, Amir Pezeshkan :: SSRN

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