Investigating the emerging COVID-19 research trends in the field of business and management: A bibliometric analysis approach.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH 2020;
118:253-261. [PMID:
32834211 PMCID:
PMC7330579 DOI:
10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.06.057]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has been labeled as a black swan event that caused a ripple effect on every aspect of human life. Despite the short time span of the pandemic-only four and half months so far-a rather large volume of research pertaining to COVID-19 has been published (107 articles indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science). This article presents the findings of a bibliometric study of COVID-19 literature in the business and management domain to identify current areas of research and propose a way forward. The analysis of the published literature identified four main research themes and 18 sub-themes. The findings and propositions of this study suggest that COVID-19 will be the catalyst of several long- and short-term policy changes and requires the theoretical and empirical attention of researchers. The offered propositions will act as a roadmap to potential research opportunities.
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