Purpose This paper examines the leading publication trends including the extent and impact of intellectual capital research in the Journal of Intellectual Capital (JIC) over a two-decade period (2000 to 2020). The bibliometric analysis offers the description of publications trends such as key authors, articles, cited references, institutions and countries-in other words the extent and impact in the field. This paper also presents the knowledge structure (including conceptual, intellectual and social structures) of JIC i.e. prominent themes, co-citation and bibliographic networks. Design/methodology/approach – In order to achieve research objectives, we collected the bibliographic information of the articles published in JIC for the period 2000 to 2020 from the Scopus database on 11.04.2020. The bibliographic information of 737 documents were analysed using to open source analysis tool i.e. bibliometrics package in r software and VOSviewer. These tools were used to create the graphical visualization of bibliographic data on basis of co-occurrence, co-citation and bibliographic coupling. Findings – The results show that the journal is progressing in terms of publication quantity and reputation in the field. To date, 737 documents have been published in JIC, which includes 659 research articles, 8 editorials, 7 notes and 63 review papers. This paper also portrays the author impact list in terms of most impactful articles published in JIC. Country-wise Italy, Australia, and USA exert most influence on JIC scholarship. Originality/valueBibliographic analysis offers a comprehensive understanding of past trends and presents the future direction of a journal.

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智力资本研究的范围和影响：两年分析

目的本文研究了两个十年（2000年至2020年）期间领先的出版趋势，包括智力资本研究（JIC）中智力资本研究的范围和影响。文献计量分析提供了出版物趋势的描述，例如主要作者，文章，引用的参考文献，机构和国家，换句话说，该领域的范围和影响。本文还介绍了JIC的知识结构（包括概念，知识和社会结构），即突出主题，共引和书目网络。设计/方法/方法–为了实现研究目标，我们于2020年11月11日从Scopus数据库中收集了JIC发表的2000年至2020年文章的书目信息。使用开源分析工具（即r软件和VOSviewer中的书目软件包）分析了737文档的书目信息。这些工具被用于基于共现，共引和书目耦合来创建书目数据的图形可视化。调查结果–结果显示该期刊在该领域的出版物数量和声誉方面正在进步。迄今为止，JIC已经出版了737篇文档，其中包括659篇研究文章，8篇社论，7篇笔记和63篇评论论文。本文还以JIC发表的最具影响力的文章来描述作者的影响力清单。从国家角度来看，意大利，澳大利亚和美国对JIC奖学金的影响最大。