Intellectual Structure and Publication Pattern in Journal of Global Information Management: A Bibliometric Analysis During 2002-2020

Introduction

The Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) is renowned in the area of management information systems (MIS) publishing original and high-quality research related to global information resource management. The journal disseminates theoretical and practical knowledge about MIS resources, and focuses on its managerial implications. As per SCIMAGO research areas, it publishes well-conducted research related to various aspects of information technology (IT) and systems, Business and International Management, Computer Science applications, e-learning, and Management Science originating from different countries. The journal began its publications in 1993 from the US, and has consistently published 4 issues each year, publishing its 28^th successful volume in 2020. Dr. Zuopeng (Justin) Zhang from the University of North Florida, USA, is its editor-in-chief. The journal is indexed in various prestigious databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, Compendex, INSPEC, ABI/INFORM, EBSCO host, among others. The journal has gained a prestigious position in different journal ranking lists; for instance, it ranks in ‘A’ category journal as per ABDC rankings, while it ranks ‘2’ under ABS’s AJG list. It attained an h-index value of 39 over the years, which in turn represents that at least 39 articles published in the journal have received a minimum of 39 citations. Its Scimago journal rank for is 0.34 and it lies in Q2 of Business and International Management area.

In order to provide an overview of the glorious journey of the journal, the current study performs a bibliometric analysis of the publications. Recently, a number of studies have employed this method to analyze the publications of various reputed journals, including the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Knowledge Management, European Journal of Marketing, among several others, which are listed in Table 1. Most of these studies focus on analyzing the publication trends of a journal to mark a specific anniversary, while others examine the trends over a specific time.

This study aims at providing a retrospective overview of the glorious journey of JGIM between 2002 and 2020. Further, the study analyzes citation and publication structures followed by the identification of most prolific authors, articles, institutions, and countries. Additionally, it provides a thematic analysis of the publications by deploying bibliographic coupling of articles into 6 clusters. Notably, various links among the authors related to collaboration and intellectual similarities have been analyzed by using co-authorship analysis and bibliographic coupling. Significant topics of discussion have also been explored by using keyword co-occurrence analysis, and the evolution of these topics over time provides interesting insights. The results obtained from the analysis may help the general audience in understanding various factors related to the journal.