Conducting systematic literature reviews and bibliometric analyses

Martina K Linnenluecke, Mauricio Marrone and Abhay K Singh
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Martina K Linnenluecke: Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Mauricio Marrone: Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abhay K Singh: Department of Applied Finance, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Australian Journal of Management, 2020, vol. 45, issue 2, 175-194

Abstract: Literature reviews play an essential role in academic research to gather existing knowledge and to examine the state of a field. However, researchers in business, management and related disciplines continue to rely on cursory and narrative reviews that lack a systematic investigation of the literature. This article details methodological steps for conducting literature reviews in a replicable and scientific fashion. This article also discusses bibliographic mapping approaches to visualise bibliometric information and findings from a systematic literature review. We hope that the insights provided in this article are useful for researchers at different stages of their careers – ranging from doctoral students who wish to assemble a broad overview of their field of interest to guide their work, to senior researchers who wish to publish authoritative literature reviews. JEL Classification: C18, C80, C88, M10, M20

Keywords: Bibliographic mapping; citation graph; entity linking; HistCite; R. Bibliometrix; ResGap; science mapping; systematic literature review; text mining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0312896219877678

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