Global activity, impact and collaborative trends of business research – A bibliometric research

Abstract

An analysis of global publication productivity, impact and trend of collaborations in business research using Scopus database during the period 1998-2017 is presented. Bibliometric techniques are used for analysis of data. This study finds, 2016 and 2017 as productive and collaborative, whereas 2005, 2007 and 2006 as highly cited years. Collaborative papers are above 50% and Kasemsap, K. is the most productive author and all his papers are single authored. Hong Kong Polytechnic University of China has greater productivity, Collaborative papers and second highest citations gained. United States and United Kingdom leads for their productivity and citations received but their collaborative efforts are less than 50%. India has 7th position with 1538 (3.11%) publication share. Journal of Business Ethics is the highest productive journal. Harvard Business Review is the highly cited journal. Porter, M. E. is the highly cited author having 3389 citations for his single contribution. Out of top 10 highly cited papers six are single authored.