Purpose

This study aims to map the major research constituents and trends for the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing (JBIM) during its 34-year history (1986–2019). It also identifies JBIM’s thematic structure and the key factors affecting the impact of its articles.

Design/methodology/approach

The Scopus database is used to identify the bibliographic data of JBIM. The most prolific authors, institutions and countries in the journal are analyzed through weighted distributions of articles. The thematic structure of the journal is evaluated by means of bibliographic coupling analysis. The study also examines the factors influencing citations of JBIM articles through regression modeling.

Findings

JBIM publishes contributions from around the world, though the most prolific contributors are affiliated with the USA, UK and Finland. Thematic analysis divided JBIM articles into five major themes. Citation analysis reveals that article age, special issue appearance, number of author keywords and number of references are prominent factors explaining an article’s impact.

Research limitations/implications

This study uses data from the Scopus database, and limitations of the database have implications for the findings.

Originality/value

This is the first comprehensive study to identify the thematic structure and the factors affecting citations of JBIM articles.

中文翻译：

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《商业和工业营销期刊》的研究成分和引用分析（1986–2019年）

目的

本研究旨在绘制《商业与工业营销杂志》（JBIM）在其34年的历史（1986-2019）中的主要研究内容和趋势。它还确定了JBIM的主题结构以及影响其文章影响的关键因素。

设计/方法/方法

Scopus数据库用于标识JBIM的书目数据。通过文章的加权分布分析了该杂志中最多产的作者，机构和国家。该期刊的主题结构通过书目耦合分析进行评估。该研究还通过回归模型研究了影响JBIM文章引用的因素。

发现

JBIM出版来自世界各地的文稿，尽管最多产的文稿者与美国，英国和芬兰有联系。主题分析将JBIM文章分为五个主要主题。引文分析表明，文章的年龄，特刊的出现，作者的关键词数量和参考文献数量是解释文章影响的重要因素。

研究局限/意义

这项研究使用了Scopus数据库中的数据，该数据库的局限性对发现有影响。

创意/价值

这是首次确定主题结构和影响JBIM文章引用的因素的综合研究。