Family firms are the most ubiquitous form of business organization in any world economy. Family Business Review, Journal of Family Business Strategy, and Journal of Family Business Management are the three leading academic journals exclusively dedicated to this type of firms. Since the inception of the first of the three journals in 1988, these outlets published 1381 articles dealing with family business. This study offers a comprehensive bibliometric overview of these contributions, thereby providing a complete overview of family business research conducted in the three dedicated journals in this field, and laying the ground for future developments. We do not limit our effort to describe the field from a bibliometric perspective, but furthermore unearth the most debated topics, link thematically the aspects emerging from our review, and offer promising avenues for future research.

家族企业是世界经济中最普遍的商业组织形式。家族企业评论、家族企业战略杂志和家族企业管理杂志是专门针对此类公司的三大领先学术期刊。自 1988 年这三个期刊中的第一个创刊以来，这些媒体发表了 1381 篇有关家族企业的文章。本研究对这些贡献进行了全面的文献计量概述，从而全面概述了在该领域的三个专门期刊中进行的家族企业研究，并为未来的发展奠定了基础。我们不限制从文献计量学角度描述该领域的努力，而是进一步挖掘最有争议的主题，将我们评论中出现的各个方面进行主题联系，并为未来的研究提供有希望的途径。