Bibliometric Analysis of Social Media as a Platform for Knowledge Management

Saleha Noor, Yi Guo, Syed Hamad Hassan Shah, M. Saqib Nawaz and Atif Saleem Butt
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Saleha Noor: School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China
Yi Guo: School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China
Syed Hamad Hassan Shah: Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, China
M. Saqib Nawaz: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China
Atif Saleem Butt: Department of Management, School of Business, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 2020, vol. 16, issue 3, 33-51

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis to examine the most influential journals, institutions, and countries in social media (SM) publications related to knowledge management (KM). Moreover, various research themes in SM KM publications are also explored. VOSviewer was employed to process 234 SM KM publications retrieved from Web of Science (WoS) in the time period 2009-2019. Different methodologies were used according to the nature of bibliometric analysis and explained in each section. Journal of Knowledge Management was the most influential journal in SM KM publications. USA and England ranked first and second respectively, while the Tampere University of Technology was the most productive institute in SM KM research. Four emerged themes indicated an explicit contribution of SM users in KM through big data, knowledge sharing, innovation, Enterprise 2.0, and social capital. This is the first bibliometric study that explores the overall contribution of SM publications in the KM field.

Date: 2020
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