Contributing institutions and authors in international business research : a quality-based assessment
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Management International Review
Publication Date
10-1-2014
Volume
54
Issue
5
First Page
735
Last Page
755
Keywords
Citations, International business, Ranking
Abstract
We use a quality-based approach to assess contributing institutions and authors in international business (IB) research. Specifically, we use Google Scholar citations of individual articles to weigh the number of IB research articles in core IB and other non-IB elite journals. Our approach mitigates concerns about the quality difference among articles across different journals and within individual journals. We find evidence to suggest that IB research in the European and Asia-Pacific regions exhibits an upward trend over the 1995-2011 period. With respect to institutional research quality, we document that an IB program with faculty members working with their peers in foreign countries and the presence of a doctoral program can enhance an institution's research quality. Prolific authors are very mobile and typically have global experience.
DOI
10.1007/s11575-014-0207-6
Print ISSN
09388249
E-ISSN
18618901
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Full-text Version
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Xu, N., Poon, W. P. H., & Chan, K. C. (2014). Contributing institutions and authors in international business research: A quality-based assessment. Management International Review, 54(5), 735-755. doi: 10.1007/s11575-014-0207-6