Journal of Management Accounting Research: Content and Citation Analysis of the First 20 Years

Abstract

This article provides a content and citation analysis of 186 articles published in the Journal of Management Accounting Research (JMAR) between 1989 and 2008. We first examine JMAR's national and international presence. Then an analysis of JMAR is structured by a taxonomy used by Hesford et al. (2007) to classify the articles into content, source disciplines, research methods, and contributors. Articles and citations in JMAR are analyzed and the most-cited authors, articles, journals, and books are presented. The extent to which JMAR authors are cited in leading nonmanagement accounting journals is also presented. Finally, authorships and editorial contributions by international faculty are compiled and discussed.

Developing a Core List of Journals in an Interdisciplinary Area

“…Lindquist and Smith's citation analysis of the Journal of Management Accounting Research is an example of studies done to celebrate a milestone anniversary for a journal. 29 Studies of this type are common in business literature (and other disciplines) and can be used to discover the range of journals used in a discipline. The second type of citation study is broader and assesses the literature within a specific discipline or subdiscipline.…”

“…Lindquist and Smith note that citation analysis of a single journal is usually done as a retrospective for journal anniversaries and also may include content analysis of article subjects and authorship. 47 De Baaker, Groenewegen, and Den Hond describe how the structure of disciplines or subdisciplines can be investigated to delineate subject boundaries. 48 Matherly and Shortridge conducted a meta-analysis of journal ranking studies that provides new measures for determine journal quality.…”

THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION OF THE JOURNAL OF BUSINESS LOGISTICS AND ITS EVOLUTION BETWEEN 1978 AND 2007

“…Citation and co-citation analysis of a single journal is not an exception. For example, Ramos-Rodríguez and Ruíz-Navarro (2004), Fernandez-Alles and Ramos-Rodríguez (2009), Lindquist andSmith (2009), andSmith (2009) Taking these studies as reference points, our study provides one of the longest periods of bibliometric analysis, thus giving a useful basis for understanding the direction of JBL being a journal with a reputation as a leader among logistics and supply chain management journals. This view is endorsed within the community by both scholars and practitioners (Carter 2002;Fawcett, Vellenga, and Truitt 1995;Gibson and Hanna 2003;Kumar and Kwon 2004;Menachof et al 2007).…”

“…Bibliometric investigations of scientific disciplines have successfully been carried out in many research fields, including: consumer research (Hoffman and Holbrook 1993); strategic management (Nerur, Rasheed, and Natarajan 2008;Ramos-Rodríguez and Ruíz-Navarro 2004); international management (Acedo and Casillas 2005); information science (Culnan 1986(Culnan , 1987Culnan and Swanson 1986;Eom, Lee, and Kim 1993;Persson 1994;White and McCain 1998); organizational behavior research (Culnan, O'Reilly, and Chatman 1990); relationship marketing (Cooper, Gardner, and Pullins 1997); management accounting research (Lindquist and Smith 2009); and human resource management (Fernandez-Alles and Ramos-Rodríguez 2009).…”

Management accountingonderzoek in het MAB - de eerste oogst van het nieuwe millennium

“…,Berry et al (2009),Lindquist en Smith (2009),Scapens en Bromwich (2001) enChenhall en Smith (2011). Daarnaast hebben we ook min of meer intuïtief vastgesteld wat relevante indelingen (dus relevante items) per aandachtsgebied zijn, ons baserend op de voorliggende 123 publicaties.…”