Abstract Research on grand challenges in the management literature is vibrant and growing. Given that term “grand challenges” was first invoked our field 10 years ago, it timely to reflect how we came this point – where might go from here. In article, explore origins of concept order trace core assumptions developments understand they shape current conversation about scholarship. We next convey...

This editorial introductory paper first discusses the reasons for the clear growth of the field of informetrics (bibliometrics, scientometrics, webometrics, ...). This has lead some journals to increase their number of volumes or the number of issues per volume. The journal Information Processing and Management decided to devote two special issues (the one here and another one to come in 2006) ...