Intellectual Structure of Knowledge Management: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM) published its first issue in 2002 and celebrated its 19th birthday in 2020. This study aims to assess JIKM performance over its lifetime between 2002 and 2020 by extracting data from the Scopus database and using a combined approach of bibliometric and content analysis. More specifically, we evaluate JIKM’s productivity and stature, discuss its performance compared to other journals, and identify key contributing (authors, institutions, and countries), citation pattern, and conceptual structure. The results highlight JIKM’s growing presence, which is reflected in the dual rise of publication activity and accumulated citation. JIKM becomes one of the preeminent journals in the area of knowledge management, with a broad range of scientific actors’ contributions (authors, institutions and countries) from all over the world. Furthermore, using a bibliographic coupling, keywords’ analysis, and co-authorship analysis, we analyse JIKM’s content and identify the most frequent themes discussed. The analysis reveals that JIKM has expanded its scope from knowledge management to a new array of emerging technologies’ topics such as artificial intelligence and data mining. Graphical visualization of similarities (VOSviewer and Rstudio) shows that the major themes published are clustered into four groups, mainly (i) sustainable knowledge, (ii) emerging technologies, (iii) information management, and (iv) organization culture and knowledge sharing.

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Outlining new product development research through bibliometrics

Journal of Strategy and Management ◽

10.1108/jsma-08-2017-0061 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 328-350 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nelson A. Andrade-Valbuena ◽

Jose M. Merigo

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

New Product Development ◽

General Structure ◽

New Product ◽

Global Perspective ◽

Intellectual Structure ◽

Spatial Distance ◽

Citation Pattern ◽

Content Type ◽

Graphical Visualization

Purpose New product development (NPD) is a noteworthy field that has attracted the attention of scholars for its relevance for firm success. Based on bibliometric indicators and spatial distance network analysis, the authors outline the general structure overview of NPD research through the last 40 years of scientific production; identify and categorize key articles, authors, journals, institutions, and countries related to NPD research; identify and map the research subareas that have mostly contributed to the construction of NPD intellectual structure. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The work uses the Web of Science Core Collection and the visualization of similarities viewer software. The analysis searches for all the documents connected to NPD available in the database. The graphical visualization maps the bibliographic data in terms of bibliographic coupling and co-citation. Findings The general NPD citation pattern evidences a construction of knowledge and learning, as evidenced in different subjects, such as biology or physics. Relevant contributions and contributors are highlighted as journals, articles, researchers, countries and institutions in overall NPD research and in its constituent subfields. Five subareas related to the NPD field based on journals and authors network are identified: marketing; operations and production; strategy; industrial engineering and operations; and management. Originality/value This paper contributes to the NPD literature by offering a global perspective on the field by using bibliometric data graphical networks, providing insights about the influence of individual actors and its contributions to build bridges between the different subfields of research in NPD.

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KM Coursework: Pooled Judgments of Experts

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management ◽

10.1142/s0219649213500172 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 12 (02) ◽

pp. 1350017

Author(s):

Sajjad ur Rehman ◽

Abdus Sattar Chaudhry ◽

Sakeena A. Al-Alawi

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Curriculum Design ◽

Graduate Programs ◽

Intellectual Structure ◽

Web Based ◽

Knowledge Culture ◽

Knowledge Organisation ◽

Standard Terminology ◽

Structure Of Knowledge ◽

Conceptual Foundations

Knowledge management (KM) is maturing as a field of study with an interdisciplinary orientation, being taught in a variety of schools by the faculty from diverse affiliations. In this context, KM curriculum design becomes a major challenge for educators. This study was designed with the purpose of analyzing the perceptions of senior KM academics and KM experts about the relevance and value of KM constructs in graduate programs. KM curriculum content was proposed based on an earlier study of KM modules (Rehman and Sumait, 2010). KM modules: An analysis of course. In Paper presented at the Pre-conference on LIS Education in Developing Countries, 75th Annual IFLA Conference, Milan, Italy; revised version accepted for publication in Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2010) about what is being taught in the KM programs. We also used findings of a validated set of KM taxonomy that indicated both the structure of the discipline and disciplinary content expressed in standard terminology (Tan, 2010; Chaudhry and Lee, 2009). Intellectual structure of knowledge management. The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, (9)). Two hundred KM academics and experts were identified internationally as potential participants. They were requested to respond to a Web-based survey, indicating their perceptions about the value and relevance of KM statements/modules. Fifty-one of them responded to the survey. The results have indicated that the academics placed a great deal of emphasis on the conceptual foundations of the discipline for its inclusion in the curriculum. KM modules related to KM processes, knowledge sources, KM technology, knowledge organisation, and knowledge sharing received a clear emphasis. It is expected that the findings of this study will be useful for those engaged in curriculum design or revision.

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Evolution of the Socio-cognitive Structure of Knowledge Management (1986–2015): An Author Co-citation Analysis

Journal of Data and Information Science ◽

10.2478/jdis-2019-0008 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 36-55

Author(s):

Carlos Luis González-Valiente ◽

Magda León Santos ◽

Ricardo Arencibia-Jorge

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Citation Analysis ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Cognitive Structure ◽

Intellectual Structure ◽

Homogeneous Field ◽

Research Activities ◽

Strategic Influence ◽

Structure Of Knowledge ◽

Practical Implications

Abstract Purpose The evolution of the socio-cognitive structure of the field of knowledge management (KM) during the period 1986–2015 is described. Design/methodology/approach Records retrieved from Web of Science were submitted to author co-citation analysis (ACA) following a longitudinal perspective as of the following time slices: 1986–1996, 1997–2006, and 2007–2015. The top 10% of most cited first authors by sub-periods were mapped in bibliometric networks in order to interpret the communities formed and their relationships. Findings KM is a homogeneous field as indicated by networks results. Nine classical authors are identified since they are highly co-cited in each sub-period, highlighting Ikujiro Nonaka as the most influential authors in the field. The most significant communities in KM are devoted to strategic management, KM foundations, organisational learning and behaviour, and organisational theories. Major trends in the evolution of the intellectual structure of KM evidence a technological influence in 1986–1996, a strategic influence in 1997–2006, and finally a sociological influence in 2007–2015. Research limitations Describing a field from a single database can offer biases in terms of output coverage. Likewise, the conference proceedings and books were not used and the analysis was only based on first authors. However, the results obtained can be very useful to understand the evolution of KM research. Practical implications These results might be useful for managers and academicians to understand the evolution of KM field and to (re)define research activities and organisational projects. Originality/value The novelty of this paper lies in considering ACA as a bibliometric technique to study KM research. In addition, our investigation has a wider time coverage than earlier articles.

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Sustainable forestry in theory and practice: recent advances in inventory and monitoring, statistics and modeling, information and knowledge management, and policy science.

10.2737/pnw-gtr-688 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Keith M. Reynolds

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Policy Science ◽

Sustainable Forestry ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Recent Advances ◽

Inventory And Monitoring ◽

Information And Knowledge Management

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Utilizing a systematic literature review to develop an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems

VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems ◽

10.1108/vjikms-03-2017-0011 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 250-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Chulatep Senivongse ◽

Alex Bennet ◽

Stefania Mariano

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Value Added ◽

Specific Area ◽

Management Systems ◽

Knowledge Management Systems ◽

Content Type ◽

Integrated Framework ◽

Information And Knowledge Management

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the value of using a systematic literature review to develop an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems. Design/methodology/approach First, the systematic literature review method is introduced, differentiating it from traditional literature reviews in terms of value-added and limitations. Second, this methodology is used in a research application focused on absorptive capacity internal capabilities with regard to the processes of acquisition, assimilation, transformation and exploitation. Third, an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems is developed from this application. Findings The systematic literature review approach provides a rigor that can assist in reducing researcher bias while simultaneously enabling the definition of a precise scope of review, with a clear explanation of selection criteria with the objective to find and review all the studies that are relevant to the search definitions. As a research method, it effectively supports a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodology. Research limitations/implications This methodology was applied to one specific area of research. Specific limitations include the availability of articles in subscribed databases and the analytical capabilities of the tools used for text mining and analytics. Originality/value This paper demonstrates the usefulness of the systematic literature review methodology in developing an integrated framework for analysis.

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CIKM 2020 conference report

ACM SIGWEB Newsletter ◽

10.1145/3460304.3460305 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Mathieu D'Aquin ◽

Stefan Dietze

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Machine Learning ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Information Retrieval ◽

Conference Report ◽

The United States ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

The World ◽

Science Conference ◽

Information And Knowledge Management

The 29th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) was held online from the 19 th to the 23 rd of October 2020. CIKM is an annual computer science conference, focused on research at the intersection of information retrieval, machine learning, databases as well as semantic and knowledge-based technologies. Since it was first held in the United States in 1992, 28 conferences have been hosted in 9 countries around the world.

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