Purpose

Journal of Knowledge Management (JKM) is the foremost academic source of knowledge management research. Therefore, to understand the intellectual structure of knowledge management research, this study aims to examine the thematic patterns and evolution of research in JKM.

Design/methodology/approach

Using bibliographic coupling analysis, this study analyzes and maps the intellectual structure of the research published in JKM from 1977 to 2021. It also presents the trends among methodological choices of JKM authors. The study also explores the major components of JKM’s impact, wherein a negative binomial regression analysis is used to uncover the major factors influencing the journal’s citations.

Findings

The findings suggest that the intellectual structure of JKM broadly consists of four major themes: antecedents and consequences of knowledge management, innovation and knowledge management, complexities in knowledge management and firm performance, and knowledge sharing in knowledge management. The findings also reveal the drivers of citations for JKM through the universalism (article order, open access), social constructivism (European and FT100 institution affiliation, references, funding) and presentation (tables, models, appendices, article age) perspectives.

Practical implications

This inclusive overview of JKM will provide useful insights for its editorial board, readers and scholars to chart the ways forward for JKM and the future of knowledge management.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first of its kind to identify the factors that contribute to JKM's impact from a citation perspective.

中文翻译：

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知识管理的基础：知识管理杂志的知识结构和引文驱动因素

目的

Journal of Knowledge Management (JKM) 是知识管理研究最重要的学术来源。因此，为了了解知识管理研究的知识结构，本研究旨在考察 JKM 研究的主题模式和演变。

设计/方法/方法

Using bibliographic coupling analysis, this study analyzes and maps the intellectual structure of the research published in JKM from 1977 to 2021. It also presents the trends among methodological choices of JKM authors. The study also explores the major components of JKM’s impact, wherein a negative binomial regression analysis is used to uncover the major factors influencing the journal’s citations.

Findings

研究结果表明，JKM的知识结构大致包括四个主题：知识管理的前因和后果、创新和知识管理、知识管理和公司绩效的复杂性以及知识管理中的知识共享。研究结果还通过普遍主义（文章顺序、开放获取）、社会建构主义（欧洲和 FT100 机构隶属关系、参考文献、资助）和演示（表格、模型、附录、文章年龄）视角揭示了JKM引用的驱动因素。

实际影响

JKM的包容性概述将为其编委、读者和学者提供有用的见解，以规划 JKM的前进方向和知识管理的未来。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，这项研究是同类研究中第一个从引文角度确定影响JKM影响的因素。