Authorship trends and collaboration patterns in business ethics literature

Koseoglu M. A., YILDIZ M., Ciftci T.

BUSINESS ETHICS-A EUROPEAN REVIEW, vol.27, no.2, pp.164-177, 2018 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/beer.12177
  • Journal Name: BUSINESS ETHICS-A EUROPEAN REVIEW
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.164-177
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The primary aim of this study is to clarify the authorship trends, collaboration patterns, and impact factors in business ethics literature by looking at articles published between 1960 and 2015 in four leading business ethics journals: Business and Society, Business Ethics: A European Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, and the Journal of Business Ethics. This study showed the growth type of business ethics literature, authorship trends, collaboration patterns, authors' productivity evolved by subperiods and journals, and authors' dominance factor by subperiods and journals. After providing an evaluation of the results of the study, the authors discuss the study's limitations and suggestions for future research.