Value of special issues in the journal of business research: A bibliometric analysis

Journal of Business Research (JBR) is a leading peer-reviewed scientific outlet that publishes theories highly relevant to practical business applications. Our study aims explicate the knowledge creation dynamics (structure and networks) JBR special issues (SIs) regular (RIs) between 1973 2020. Applying bibliometrics, we examine structure SIs by identifying their cited publications, prolific authors, affiliations. In addition, using co-authorship, co-citation, bibliographic coupling analyses, investigate structures prevailing among sources citing JBR, its contributing findings indicate most authors have US affiliations has stronger ties with other marketing management journals, such as Marketing, Consumer Research, Marketing Strategic Management Journal, Industrial Management. Bibliographic groups SI publications into seven clusters identified consumer behavior emerging technologies, organizational resources networks, power in marketing, measurement issues, globalization future-oriented strategies tools, market relationships. Finally, comparison RIs highlights scholarship from more countries focus on evolving current topics.