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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal of Knowledge Management

Ali Raza, Basharat Ahmad Malik

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Abstract

This paper aims to examine the Journal of Knowledge Management (JKM), by conducting a bibliometric study, in order to identify the most popular form of contributions, publication pattern, highly cited articles and most prolific countries and institutions. The other important bibliometric indicators that were used are: citations per publication (CPP), number of citations up to 2016 (TC2016), number of citations in 2016 (C2016), number of articles with single, collaborative, first and corresponding authors. A total of 1214 authors from 57 countries and 584 institutions published 508 papers in the journal from 2009 to 2016.  Contributions from USA&UK was found to be126 (24.8%) publications collectively. The two leading contributing institutions, i.e., Lakehead University and McMaster University were both from Canada and the top two contributing authors were also from these two universities.

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This paper aims to examine the Journal of Knowledge Management (JKM), by conducting a bibliometric study, in order to identify the most popular form of contributions, publication pattern, highly cited articles and most prolific countries and institutions. The other important bibliometric indicators that were used are: citations per publication (CPP), number of citations up to 2016 (TC2016), number of citations in 2016 (C2016), number of articles with single, collaborative, first and corresponding authors. A total of 1214 authors from 57 countries and 584 institutions published 508 papers in the journal from 2009 to 2016.  Contributions from USA&UK was found to be126 (24.8%) publications collectively. The two leading contributing institutions, i.e., Lakehead University and McMaster University were both from Canada and the top two contributing authors were also from these two universities.

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This paper aims to examine the Journal of Knowledge Management (JKM), by conducting a bibliometric study, in order to identify the most popular form of contributions, publication pattern, highly cited articles and most prolific countries and institutions. The other important bibliometric indicators that were used are: citations per publication (CPP), number of citations up to 2016 (TC2016), number of citations in 2016 (C2016), number of articles with single, collaborative, first and corresponding authors. A total of 1214 authors from 57 countries and 584 institutions published 508 papers in the journal from 2009 to 2016.  Contributions from USA&UK was found to be126 (24.8%) publications collectively. The two leading contributing institutions, i.e., Lakehead University and McMaster University were both from Canada and the top two contributing authors were also from these two universities.

Key concepts: Bibliometrics, Library science, Citation analysis, Political science, Citation, Computer science

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