Forty years of the International Journal of Information Management: A bibliometric analysis

In 2019, the International Journal of Information Management (IJIM) celebrated its 40th year of publication. This study commemorates this event by presenting a retrospect of the journal. Using a range of bibliometric tools, we find that the journal has grown impressively in terms of publication and citation. The contributions come from all over the world, but the majority are from Europe and the United States. The journal has mostly published empirical articles, with its authors dominantly using quantitative methodology. Further, the culture of collaboration has increased among authors over the years. The journal publishes on a number of including managing information systems, information technologies and their application in business, technology acceptance among consumers, using information systems for decision making, social perspectives on knowledge management, and information research from the social science perspective. Regression analysis reveals that article attributes such as article order, methodology, presence of authors from Europe, number of references, number of keywords, and abstract length have a significant association with the citations. Finally, we find that conceptual and review articles have a positive association with citations.

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This study commemorates the 40th anniversary of the International Journal of Information Management by presenting a retrospect of the journal, finding impressive growth in terms of publication and citation, with contributions mainly from Europe and the United States. Collaboration culture among authors has increased over the years, and article attributes such as methodology, presence of authors from Europe, and abstract length have a significant association with citations. Conceptual and review articles have shown a positive association with citations.