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Visualizing the Landscape and Trend of Knowledge Management: 1974 to 2017

Authors:
Li Zeng
Zili Li
Zhao Zhao
Yang Li

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Scientometrics; Mapping of Knowledge Domain

Abstract:
A comprehensive assessment of a comprehensive assessment of publication data in the Knowledge Management domain was conducted. By using the related literature in the Science Citation Index (SCI) database from 1974 to 2017, a scientometric approach is used to quantitatively evaluate current research landscape and trend. This shows that Knowledge Management is in the growth period with a maturity of 87.22%, a total of 8121 articles covering 113 countries/territories and the top 3 most productive countries are China, USA and England. There are 4556 research institutes engaged in the research field of “Knowledge Management” and the top 3 most productive institutes are Islamic Azad University, Wuhan University of Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology. Research hotspots, such as performance, system, innovation, firm, information technology, strategy, organization and ontology are shown in a keywords clustering mapping. In addition, keywords with the strongest citation burst, such as Expert System, Organizational Memory, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Support, Social Media, Big Data and Total Quality Management demonstrate the trends of this field. The result provides a dynamic view of the evolution of “Knowledge Management” research landscapes, hotspots and trends from various perspectives which may serve as a potential guide for future research.

Pages: 62 to 69

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: March 25, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4375

ISBN: 978-1-61208-620-0

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from March 25, 2018 to March 29, 2018