Social Network Analysis in Knowledge Management Research

Abstract:

This study is a productivity review on the literature gleaned from SSCI, SCIE databases concerning social network analysis in knowledge management research. The result indicates that the number of related literature is still growing especially in recent two years. The main research development country is the United States, then England and German, and from the analysis of the subject area, Information Science & Library Science is the most popular subject. Concerning source title, Knowledge Management Research & Practice is in the priority. Moreover the research focuses on this topic are mainly in close relationship with knowledge network. Typical references were analyzed in detail, including limitations and future research.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 474-476)
• Pages: 1007-1011
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.474-476.1007
• Online since: April 2011
• Authors: Bing Wu, Jun Ge, Wen Xia Xu
• Keywords: Empirical Research, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Network, Research Focus, Social Network Analysis (SNA)

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