Bibliometric analysis of corporate governance research in German-speaking countries: applying bibliometrics to business research using a custom-made database

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 2041 - 2059
• Main Authors: Tunger, Dirk, Eulerich, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Business; Citation analysis; Citation indexes; Computer Science; Corporate governance; Information Storage and Retrieval; Interlocking directorates; Library Science; Network analysis; Germany; Economics; Social network analysis; Bibliometrics; Business research; Co-citation analysis; Mapping; Corporate governance research; Clustering; VOSviewer

The objective of the present study on corporate governance research in German-speaking countries is to portray the networks in this field, identify the central sources and actors, and establish the relations between individual subdisciplines. The present paper therefore uses bibliometric and network...