Evaluating Journal Quality: Beyond “Expert” Journal Assessments in the IS Discipline

Assessing the relative stature of journals devoted to the information systems (IS) discipline is an important issue for IS scholars and those who evaluate them. Even though journal assessment results are often dubiously applied by those making hiring, promotion, and merit decisions, the fact that they are so often a major ingredient in these decisions demands that we understand underlying journal assessment processes. Beyond processes involving the opinions of various “experts,” we here examine how IS journals can be evaluated based on overt behaviors of crowds of IS scholars. These behaviors are revealed preferences, in contrast to stated preferences found in opinions. Two classes of objective journal assessments are studied: impact measures and power measures. Among the former, we find that so-called journal impact factors are problematic, rendering their meaningfulness in evaluating journal stature highly suspect. Another kind of impact measure, the H-index, is found to be a more straightforward way to gauge journal impact. Two power measures for assessing IS journal stature are examined: publishing intensity and publishing breadth. The stature of IS journals according to each of the impact measures and power measures is determined. A comparison of the results shows that a small group of four or five IS journals are repeatedly found at the top across multiple objective assessment approaches. To account for both the consumption and production of IS research, it is suggested that a combined use of impact and power measures be employed in exercises aimed at evaluating relative statures of journals devoted to IS research.     

我国文献计量学研究的计量分析

阐述了我国文献计量学研究的发展历程；认为可以划分为介绍推广阶段、普及应用阶段和全面发展三个发展阶段；通过对近30年来我国文献计量学研究论文的数量、主题、作者和期刊进行计量分析，揭示该研究领域的研究热点、核心作者和核心期刊。     

The intellectual structure of the strategic management field: an author co-citation analysis

This paper complements a recent study by Ramos-Rodriguez and Ruiz-Navarro (2004) that investigated the intellectual structure of the strategic management field through co-citation analysis. By using authors as the units of analysis and incorporating all the citations that are included in the Science Citation Index and the Social Science Citation Index, we trace the evolution of the intellectual structure of the strategic management field during the period 1980–2000. Using a variety of data analytic techniques such as multidimensional scaling, factor analysis, and Pathfinder analysis, we (1) delineate the subfields that constitute the intellectual structure of strategic management; (2) determine the relationships between the subfields; (3) identify authors who play a pivotal role in bridging two or more conceptual domains of research; and (4) graphically map the intellectual structure in two-dimensional space in order to visualize spatial distances between intellectual themes. The analysis provides insights about the influence of individual authors as well as changes in their influence over time. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Mapping the intellectual structure of modern technology management

The paper explores and maps the intellectual structure of technology management studies from 1987 to 2006 by analysing 22,336 cited references of 1328 articles in the SSCI and SCI databases. Bibliometrics and social network analysis techniques are used to research the intellectual structure of the technology management literature. Six threads emerged in this study: (1) core competence and competitive advantage, (2) information system planning and changes, (3) the management of innovation and organisations, (4) technology management approaches, (5) technology strategy and (6) organisational learning and knowledge management. This study provides a systematic and objective means of determining the knowledge nodes in the development of technology management research.     

The Pulse of Multiparticipant Systems

Multiparticipant systems comprise a major area of information systems research—a growth area of considerable vitality. Here, we examine the pulse of this research stream. This is done using the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce as a lens to develop a high-level perspective on the nature, progression, and diversity of research in the area of multiparticipant systems.     

2000—2021年中国农村人力资本培育积累的演进及趋势研究——基于CiteSpace的文献计量可视化分析

目的 以CNKI作为数据来源,通过理顺农村人力资本培育积累研究的发展过程,揭示其发展的内在逻辑,为农村人力资本培育积累研究的更新提供借鉴。方法 文章应用CiteSpace软件通过关键词聚类、时间线图谱和关键词突现等方法对2000—2021年国内农村人力资本培育积累有关文献进行计量可视化分析。结果 （1）相关研究聚焦国家政策背景、面临主要问题和培育积累建议3个重点。（2）在“社会主义新农村建设”和“乡村振兴”两大农村政策提出后,研究相继进入两个“活跃期”。（3）形成 “农村人力资本低效配置—农村人力资本流失—农村人力资本引导性回流—乡土人力资本开发”的研究演进脉络。结论 （1）当前我国农村人力资本培育积累研究多集中于宏观层面,尚未针对不同地区、不同阶层之间的差异进一步探讨。（2）尽管农村在基础设施、居民收入、文化生活等方面取得了进步,但城乡居民在公共服务、隐性权利等方面的不平衡还未改变,对农村地区人力资本的培育积累产生不利影响。（3）基于以上分析,认为应当立足不同地区不同阶层实际、从城乡整体看待问题、结合国家战略展开研究。     

产学研合作到协同创新的研究脉络与进展——基于文献计量分析

利用文献计量学的统计分析方法,揭示了产学研合作研究向协同创新研究的演进脉络,探讨了协同创新研究的进展和方向。根据产学研合作和协同创新主题下文献关键词的知识图谱及相关分析结果,发现主体间关系从合作转向协同、组织方式从创新网络转向创新生态系统、产学研与协同创新结合成为一个具有特定涵义和现实背景的研究领域。最后指出进一步的研究方向和趋势:深入分析产学研合作和协同创新的知识增值过程;分析协同创新过程的动态演化模式和动态机理;加强对以基于异质知识的知识增值为核心的产学研协同创新有效性的认识。     

Bibliometric visualisation: an application in tourism crisis and disaster management research

A limited number of studies have applied bibliometric visualisation to explore the network structure of scholarly tourism knowledge. This study uses CiteSpace to analyse and visualise the intellectual structure of the tourism crisis and disaster management (TCDM) field. The use of new bibliometric visualisation techniques makes a methodological contribution to the mapping and presentation of bibliometric data in tourism research. Potentials for using these methods to provide new insights into research patterns and gaps are illustrated with an analysis of the TCDM literature. The study demonstrates how bibliometric visualisation can provide new insights into an area of literature by better communicating key findings, facilitating the exploration of data, and providing rich information to readers. Findings indicate that TCDM research has moved from broader topics to more specific issues, with a more recent focus on resilience and economic crises. The visualisation of co-authorship networks reveals that major collaborative networks are based on geographic and institutional proximity, dominated by scholars in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Seven major research clusters are identified from the visualisation of a co-citation network. The identification of structural holes and bridging papers draws attention to research gaps and future research opportunities in the TCDM field.     

养殖业环境问题研究热点及趋势探析——基于Cite Space知识图谱分析

目的 养殖业是我国农业产业中的重要组成部分,养殖带来的环境问题也是近年来研究的热点,为掌握并深入分析该领域的研究现状和趋势,探析未来的研究发展方向。方法 文章运用文献计量法,结合Cite Space软件对我国养殖业环境问题相关研究主题和热点的演变及其特征进行了梳理和分析。结果 研究结果显示,自2000年以来,总体上养殖业环境问题研究的热点呈现出从单纯污染防治到以废弃物综合利用来解决养殖污染,再到合理养殖布局控制环境风险的发展趋势。研究呈现出阶段化、复杂化、综合化的特征。政策因素应是推动研究热点演变的重要原因。结论 未来在国家政策和地区经济驱动等多重因素引导下,养殖业布局继续调整,养殖废弃物综合利用仍然是养殖污染防治的重要途径,由此带来由“种养结合”“资源化利用”“布局调整”“环境承载力”和“环境风险”交织在一起的综合性研究前沿,这也是该领域未来的研究方向。     

Mapping retailing research with bibliometric indicators

Our study aims to give a global perspective regarding scientific research on retailing for the 1990–2014 period. The research shows a knowledge-domain-map that identifies the collaboration networks between authors and the links between journals. This was conducted through a bibliometric study that can be viewed with Visualization of similarities (VOS) viewer software. The results show that the Journal of Retailing and Management Science is the current leader in the field. In addition, Morgan and Hunt’s (1994) article in the Journal of Marketing is the most cited source to date.