The State of Scholarly Journal Publishing: 1981-2000

Dumay

2015

Purpose-The purpose of this study was to discover growing, stable and declining knowledge management (KM) research trends. Design/methodology/approach-Citations to 100 KM citation classics as identified by Serenko and Dumay (2015) were collected and analyzed for growing, stable and declining research trends. Findings-This research has two findings that were not theoretically expected. First, a majority of KM citation classics exhibit a bimodal citation distribution peak. Second, there are a growing number of citations for all research topics. These unexpected findings warranted further theoretical elaboration and empirical investigation. The analysis of erroneous citations and a five-year citation trend (2009-2013) reveals that the continuously growing volume of citations may result from what the authors call the Google Scholar Effect. Research limitations/implications-The results from this study open up two significant research opportunities. First, more research is needed to understand the impact Google Scholar is having on domains beyond KM. Second, more comprehensive research on the impact of erroneous citations is required because these have the most potential for damaging academic discourse and reputation. Practical implications-Researchers need to be aware of how technology is changing their profession and their citation behavior because of the pressure from the contemporary "publish or perish" environment, which prevents research from being state-of-the-art. Similarly, KM reviewers and editors need to be more aware of the pressure and prevalence of mis-citations and take action to raise awareness and to prevent mis-citations. Originality/value-This study is important from a scientometric research perspective as part of a growing research field using Google Scholar to measure the impact and power it has in influencing what gets cited and by whom.

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citation classics published in Knowledge Management journals. Part II: studying research trends and discovering the Google Scholar Effect

Dumay

2015

“…The introduction of scholarly journals has had a major impact on scientific progress since the increased proliferation of journals has coincided with a decrease in disputes amongst academics relating to simultaneous discovery (Merton and Sztompka, 1996). Additionally, the quality of academic work has increased as a result of the accessibility and timeliness of journals (Greco et al, 2006). Scholarly journals also provide universities with a method of performance measurement for their faculty by tracking the number of published papers and citation impact of faculty (Dalton, 2006;Serenko and Jiao, 2012).…”

Section: The Role Of Scholarly Booksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Scholarly books address most limitations of journal articles which makes them more attractive to the non-academic audience. Table I shows differences between scholarly books and scholarly journals (White, 1983;Dalton, 2006;Greco et al, 2006), and demonstrates how they differ across several factors. In contrast to journal articles, many books and textbooks are written by practitioners; in fact, the impact of books published by professionals is as high as that of written by academics (Pfeffer and Fong, 2002).…”

Section: The Role Of Scholarly Booksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Books as a knowledge translation mechanism: citation analysis and author survey

Bontis

Moshonsky

2012

Purpose -As a response to the claims that much of management academic research is irrelevant from the practitioner perspective, this study aims to empirically investigate whether books serve as effective knowledge distribution agents and whether peer-reviewed publications are used in the development of book content.Design/methodology/approach -A citation analysis of 40 authored and nine edited books was done, followed by a survey of 35 book authors.Findings -This study refutes the previous claims that management academic research has made little impact on the state of practice. Peer-reviewed sources, such as refereed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings, are used to develop the content of knowledge management and intellectual capital (KM/IC) books. Even though most business professionals do not directly read academic articles, the knowledge existing in these articles is delivered to them by means of books and textbooks.Practical implications -Scholarly research has played a significant role in developing the KM/IC field. This study confirms the existence of the indirect knowledge dissemination channels where books serve as knowledge transmission agents. Therefore, academics should not change their research behavior. Instead, infrastructure should be developed to facilitate the transition of scholarly knowledge to practitioners. The question is not whether academic research is relevant, instead it is whether it reaches practitioners in the most efficient way.Originality/value -This is the most comprehensive empirical investigation of the role of books in academic knowledge transition ever conducted.

“…One of the key attributes defining the identity of the KM/IC discipline is the set of KM/IC-centric journals. Peer-reviewed journals have played several important roles in the development of science since the seventeenth century (Merton and Sztompka, 1996;Greco et al, 2006;de Vaujany et al, 2011). First, they are the most effective and efficient tool for the dissemination of academic discoveries.…”

Section: Introduction and Purpose Of The Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Global ranking of knowledge management and intellectual capital academic journals: 2013 update

Bontis

2013

125

Purpose-The purpose of this study is to update a global ranking of knowledge management and intellectual capital (KM/IC) academic journals. Design/methodology/approach-Two different approaches were utilized: a survey of 379 active KM/IC researchers; and the journal citation impact method. Scores produced by the application of these methods were combined to develop the final ranking. Findings-Twenty-five KM/IC-centric journals were identified and ranked. The top six journals are: