Intellectual Capital History and Trends: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Scopus Database

Abeer Al-Khoury, Sahraa Anwer Hussein, Muthana Abdulwhab, Zainab M. Aljuboori, Hossam Haddad, Mostafa A. Ali (), Ibtihal A. Abed and Hakeem Hammood Flayyih
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Abeer Al-Khoury: Business Faculty, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman 11831, Jordan
Sahraa Anwer Hussein: Institute of Medical Technology AL-Mansur, Middle Technical University, Baghdad 10011, Iraq
Muthana Abdulwhab: Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, University of Sfax, Sfax 3029, Tunisia
Zainab M. Aljuboori: Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia
Hossam Haddad: Business Faculty, Zarqa University, Zarqa 11831, Jordan
Mostafa A. Ali: Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia
Ibtihal A. Abed: Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia
Hakeem Hammood Flayyih: College of Administration and Economics, University of Baghdad, Baghdad 10011, Iraq

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-22

Abstract: This article aims to provide a bibliometric analysis of intellectual capital research published in the Scopus database from 1956 to 2020 to trace the development of scientific activities that can pave the way for future studies by shedding light on the gaps in the field. The analysis focuses on 638 intellectual capital-related papers published in the Scopus database over 60 years, drawing upon a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer. This paper highlights the mainstream of the current research in the intellectual capital field, based on the Scopus database, by presenting a detailed bibliometric analysis of the trend and development of intellectual capital research in the past six decades, including journals, authors, countries, institutes, co-occurrence, and author’s keywords. The findings imply that intellectual capital researchers do not use broad relevant theories and findings from studies beyond their clusters. Another result is that developing nations continue to be underexplored in terms of intellectual property research due to a lack of trust representation and a lack of appropriate investigators. Finally, the data analysis identifies a number of potential research issues to be investigated regarding intellectual capital development, which serve as raw material for future research. Once again, this study provides a framework for firms to build and implement intellectual capital development plans.

Keywords: intellectual capital; bibliometric analysis; Scopus database; VOSviewer; author keyword co-occurrences; co-authorship; and trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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