Assessing the impact of JIBS as an interdisciplinary journal: A network approach

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Cantwell, John; Piepenbrink, Anke; Shukla, Pallavi
• 署名单位: Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark; Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic; ADA University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2014.40
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 787-799
• 关键词: interdisciplinarity; citation analysis; International business; intermediation; integration

摘要

In this editorial, we assess the cross-disciplinary connections of JIBS by examining its citation network, which spreads across no less than 36 disciplines or fields. Using a citation network of 166 citing and 645 cited journals, we investigate JIBS' interdisciplinarity using the intermediation and integration approaches of network analysis. Our analyses of citation patterns for a 12-year time period (2001-2012) suggests that JIBS is helping bridge disciplines that do not often otherwise talk to each other a task of critical importance for new knowledge creation. We also find that JIBS is enabling integration of knowledge from a diverse set of disciplines in comparison to other prominent leading management journals.