Business & Society’s 60th anniversary affords an opportunity to reflect on the journal’s achievements in the context of the wider field. We analyze editorial commentaries to map the evolving mission of the journal, assess the achievement of the journal’s mission through a thematic analysis of published articles, and examine Business & Society’s distinctiveness relative to peer journals using a machine learning approach. Our analysis highlights subtle shifts in Business & Society’s mission and content over time, reflecting variation in the relative emphasis on scholarly quality versus policy/practice relevance, and building the journal and its academic community versus addressing issues of concern to wider society. While Business & Society’s intended missions have been substantially and sequentially achieved, an increased emphasis on the society-business nexus and a critical approach to interdisciplinarity could further enhance Business & Society’s leading role within business and society research and attract new generations of contributors and readers.

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任务完成？回顾 60 年的商业与社会

商业与社会60周年纪念提供了一个机会，可以在更广泛的领域背景下反思该杂志的成就。我们分析编辑评论以描绘期刊不断发展的使命，通过对已发表文章的主题分析评估期刊使命的实现，并使用机器学习方法检查商业与社会相对于同行期刊的独特性。我们的分析突出了商业与社会的微妙变化使命和内容随着时间的推移，反映了对学术质量与政策/实践相关性的相对强调的变化，以及建立期刊及其学术社区与解决更广泛社会关注的问题。虽然商业与社会的预期使命已基本实现，但对社会-商业关系的日益重视和跨学科的关键方法可以进一步增强商业与社会在商业和社会研究中的主导作用，并吸引新一代的研究人员。贡献者和读者。