Fifty years of the bottleneck model: A bibliometric review and future research directions

PurposeThis study aims to recognize the current dynamics, prolific contributors and salient trends and propose future research directions in the area of alternative momentum investing.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a blend of electronic database and forward reference searching to ensure the incorporation of all the significant studies. With the help of the Scopus database, the present study retrieves 122 research papers published from 1999 to 2020.FindingsThe results reveal that alternative momentum investing is an emerging area in the field of momentum investing. However, this area has witnessed an exponential growth in last ten years. The study also finds that North American, West European and East Asian countries dominate in total research publications. Through network citation analysis, the study identifies five major clusters: industrial momentum, earnings momentum, 52-week high momentum, time-series momentum and risk-managed momentum.Research limitations/implicationsThe present review will serve as a guide for financial researchers who intend to work on alternative momentum approaches. The study proposes several unexplored research themes in alternative momentum investing on which future studies can focus.Originality/valueThe study embellishes the existing literature on momentum investing by contributing the first bibliometric review on alternative momentum approaches.

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Learning from Each Other—A Bibliometric Review of Research on Information Disorders

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su131810094 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (18) ◽

pp. 10094

Author(s):

Ramona Bran ◽

Laurentiu Tiru ◽

Gabriela Grosseck ◽

Carmen Holotescu ◽

Laura Malita

Keyword(s):

Web Of Science ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Knowledge Framework ◽

Academic Fields ◽

Bibliometric Review ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

Interest In Research ◽

Different Parts

Interest in research connected to information disorders has grown considerably in recent years. The phrase “information disorders” refers to three different notions: dis-, mis-, and malinformation. It is difficult to pin down this new and dynamic phenomenon of informational disruption and to assess its impact on society. Therefore, we conducted a bibliometric analysis on the complexity of information disorders using the Web of Science Core Collection database from 1975 to June 2021. We analyzed 8964 papers with the goal to have an overall picture of the topic, clarify the knowledge framework of research in this field, examine the development dynamics, identify future research directions and increase the understanding of the research on information disorders. The following are our main findings: the number of publications, authors, and journals has increased; research on information disorders has earned considerable attention in multiple academic fields; there are more and more works written in collaboration by scholars from different parts and cultures of the world. This paper makes important contributions to the literature, not only by providing researchers and practitioners with a coherent and perceptible intellectual basis to find answers, but also by bringing valuable insights for further investigation and future research directions.

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A Review of the Literature on Corruption in Healthcare Organizations

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v15n4p98 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 98

Author(s):

Vincenzo Sforza ◽

Riccardo Cimini ◽

Alessandro Mechelli ◽

Taryn Vian

Keyword(s):

Future Research ◽

Healthcare Organizations ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Research Directions ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Academic Researchers ◽

Bibliometric Review ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Low And Middle Income

This paper provides a systematic and bibliometric review of 80 research articles on corruption in healthcare published in peer-reviewed journals between 2006 and 2017. Findings suggest that the number of studies has increased over time with a focus on low- and middle-income countries; academic researchers have published papers in a large variety of journals and have investigated different types of corruption with various methodologies. The interest is especially focused on low- and middle-income countries where corrupt behaviors are more common. The paper suggests future research directions to a dynamic research community to facilitate anticorruption actions by public authorities.

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Conceptual and influential structure of Takaful literature: a bibliometric review

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management ◽

10.1108/imefm-04-2020-0192 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Adeel Nasir ◽

Umar Farooq ◽

Ashraf Khan

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Future Research ◽

Journal Articles ◽

Research Directions ◽

Content Type ◽

Word Analysis ◽

Bibliometric Review ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Bibliometric Approach ◽

Fourth Theme

Purpose The purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive review of key influential aspects and conceptual structure of Takaful literature. Design/methodology/approach The authors review 149 journal articles using bibliometric citation analysis, co-word analysis and citation histograms. However, the authors have introduced a new index of keywords for co-word analysis. Findings The results purpose four research clusters of Takaful literature. The first theme compared Takaful with conventional insurance from various perspectives. Second theme explored the business model and sharia-compliant issues. Third theme applied the marketing concepts and examined the customer behaviour such as commitment, loyalty, satisfaction or awareness. Fourth theme examined risk management, investment and corporate governance issues. This research also identified the structure of variables studied in each theme. Originality/value This paper follows a very novel and trending bibliometric approach and explores what has been published, encompassing all aspects of Takaful literature. This study also presents 22 future research directions which are either missing or less researched in Takaful literature.

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COVID-19 Vaccines Global Information Management through Bibliometrics

Journal of Global Information Management ◽

10.4018/jgim.294578 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 0-0

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Information Management ◽

Future Research ◽

Global Information ◽

Science Mapping ◽

Research Directions ◽

Global Impact ◽

Bibliometric Review ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Bibliometric Approach

Vaccination is nowadays the most used option to stem the covid-19 pandemic. The global impact of the pandemic has triggered an unprecedented frenzy for research axis related to COVID-19 vaccine. Since 2019, the volume of publications related to COVID-19 vaccines has swollen significantly. In this very dynamic context, it can be difficult to quickly access the state and orientations of the researches. Thus, the goal of this paper is to provide a quick, fast comprehensive science mapping of these researches through an information management bibliometric approach. We extracted 8 246 publications (up to July 08th 2021) related to COVID-19 and vaccination from a world-leading publisher-independent global citation database (Scopus). The Bibliometrix package was then used to perform a bibliometric review of all these documents. The most important connections between the main themes, publications, authors, institutions, countries, collaborations, and journals are being highlighted. Main implications for the Information System along with some future research directions are also presented.

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Innovativeness measures: a bibliometric review and a classification proposal

International Journal of Innovation Science ◽

10.1108/ijis-10-2016-0038 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 81-101 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Gustavo Dambiski Gomes de Carvalho ◽

June Alisson Westarb Cruz ◽

Hélio Gomes de Carvalho ◽

Luiz Carlos Duclós ◽

Rosângela de Fátima Stankowitz

Keyword(s):

High Impact ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Content Type ◽

Knowledge Strategy ◽

Innovative Products ◽

Bibliometric Review ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Number Of Citations ◽

Staff Qualification

Purpose Innovation has been widely studied in business and economics, but different innovation and innovativeness measures have been used by scholars. Within this context, this research aims to identify the main innovation and innovativeness measures used by high-impact or recent papers within the past 10 years. Design/methodology/approach Regarding methodology, the bibliometric process Proknow-C was used, selecting 26 papers from a sample exceeding 2,000 articles in the Web of Science database. Findings Based on the literature review, these articles’ innovativeness measures were classified in terms of inputs, capabilities and outputs. In summary, the articles of the bibliometric portfolio used diverse innovativeness measures comprising inputs (R&D investments, R&D staff qualification, patents, etc.), capabilities and processes (culture, leadership, knowledge, strategy, etc). and outputs (number of innovations, percentage of revenues of innovative products, etc.). Furthermore, a new innovativeness classification was proposed with eight types of organizations considering the presence of inputs, capabilities and outputs. Research limitations/implications Although Proknow-C is an established bibliometric process, it naturally has some limitations to select a bibliometric portfolio of approximately 20 articles from a sample exceeding 2,000 articles. The major limitations involve the filters used, such as aligned titles, number of citations in Google Scholar, Pareto principle, aligned abstracts and full text availability. Originality/value This research contributes to theory, as it covers high-impact and recent papers concerning innovativeness, specifically by analysing the main measures used and by gathering recommended future research directions, beyond proposing an innovativeness classification. It also contributes to practice, as it gathers diverse innovation measures, which could be used by managers in their organizations.

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Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review

Quality & Quantity ◽

10.1007/s11135-021-01251-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Abderahman Rejeb ◽

Karim Rejeb ◽

Steven J. Simske ◽

John G. Keogh

Keyword(s):

Citation Analysis ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Extant Literature ◽

Blockchain Technology ◽

Bibliometric Review ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Leading Journals

AbstractBlockchain can function as a foundational technology with numerous applications in smart cities. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it provides a detailed overview of the extant literature on blockchain applications in smart cities; second, it reveals the trends and suggests future research directions for scholars who wish to contribute to this rapidly growing field. We conducted a bibliometric review using a keyword co-occurrence network and article co-citation analysis. The analysis includes the assessment of 148 articles published between 2016 and 2020 in 76 academic journals. The review results demonstrate that the number of articles devoted to the study of blockchain applications and smart cities has increased exponentially in recent years. More importantly, the research identifies some of the most influential studies in this area. The paper discusses trends and highlights the challenges related to the deployment of blockchain in smart cities. To the authors’ best knowledge, this represents the first study to review the literature from leading journals on blockchain applications in smart cities using bibliometric techniques.

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