Purpose

The purpose of this study is to update a global ranking list of 28 knowledge management and intellectual capital (KM/IC) academic journals. The list should be periodically updated because the pool of active KM/IC researchers changes, researchers adjust their journal perceptions, citation indices change and new journals appear while others become discontinued.

Design/methodology/approach

The ranking list was created based on a survey of 463 active KM/IC researchers and journal citation impact metrics (the h-index and the g-index).

Findings

Journal of Knowledge Management and Journal of Intellectual Capital are ranked A+, followed by The Learning Organization, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Knowledge and Process Management and International Journal of Knowledge Management which are ranked A. VINE, Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management and Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management have shown the most improvement. The recently established Journal of Innovation & Knowledge has demonstrated a strong performance.

Practical implications

KM/IC discipline stakeholders may consult and use the ranking list for various purposes, but they should do so with caution. Highly ranked journals are quite likely to have the Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor or be included in the Clarivate’s Emerging Sources Citation Index. A journal’s longevity is strongly correlated with its citation metrics and is moderately correlated with expert survey scores. Interdisciplinarity is the natural state of the KM and IC research domains, and it should be embraced by the research community.

Originality/value

This study presents the most up-to-date ranking list of KM/IC academic journals.

中文翻译：

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知识管理与智力资本学术期刊全球排名：2021年更新

目的

本研究的目的是更新 28 种知识管理和智力资本 (KM/IC) 学术期刊的全球排名。该列表应定期更新，因为活跃的 KM/IC 研究人员池发生变化，研究人员调整他们的期刊看法，引文索引发生变化，新期刊出现而其他期刊停产。

设计/方法/方法

该排名是基于对 463 名活跃的 KM/IC 研究人员和期刊引用影响指标（h 指数和 g 指数）的调查而创建的。

发现

Journal of Knowledge Management和Journal of Knowledge Capital被评为 A+，其次是The Learning Organization、Knowledge Management Research & Practice、VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems、Knowledge and Process Management和International Journal of Knowledge Management被评为 A 。藤，电子期刊的知识管理和在线杂志应用知识管理已经表现最为改善。最近成立的《创新与知识杂志》表现出了强劲的表现。

实际影响

KM/IC 学科利益相关者可能会出于各种目的查阅和使用排名列表，但他们应该谨慎使用。排名靠前的期刊很可能拥有 Clarivate 的期刊影响因子或被包括在 Clarivate 的 Emerging Sources Citation Index 中。期刊的寿命与其引用指标密切相关，并与专家调查得分中等相关。跨学科是 KM 和 IC 研究领域的自然状态，研究界应该接受它。

原创性/价值

本研究提供了最新的 KM/IC 学术期刊排名列表。