Bibliometric analysis and presentation of the knowledge map of the global value chain

Document Type : Case Study in Value chain Management

Authors

1 Department of Business Management, Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Ph.D. in Management, Department of Management, kharazmi university, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D student in Futures studies, Faculty of Management and Economics, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of citation analysis of the achievement of scientific theoretical foundations of articles published in the period from 2000 to 2024 and overview of articles in the period from 2019 to 2024 in the Scopus database on the topic of the global value chain.

Methodology: The present research was conducted using the citation analysis method and the number of 1985 articles that mentioned global value chain in the title, abstract and keyword of the articles were selected from the Scopus database. Also, the number of 20 articles with the term global value chain only in their titles were selected for overview. In this research, the data was extracted from the Scopus database for citation analysis. Database selection is the main and most important part of bibliometric analysis

Findings: The results of citation analysis show the increasing trend of studies in the field of global value chain. The results of the overview emphasize the change of research directions along with the growing path of global value chains. Also, the concepts gathered in reviewing the articles of the last 5 years in a systematic way can be placed in three major categories: the facilitating role of the government, the fourth industrial revolution, and the company level strategy.

Conclusion: This research has tried to familiarize researchers and students with this category and the need to examine its various dimensions by introducing authors, sources, authentic articles and up-to-date topics in this field. The position of Iran with the number of 5 articles in the field of the global value chain and the citation rate of 616 among the selected countries indicates that the researchers of our country can produce more scientific productions by studying the capacities and advantages in the framework of the global value chain.

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History

  • Receive Date: 12 March 2025
  • Revise Date: 24 April 2025
  • Accept Date: 25 April 2025
  • Publish Date: 19 February 2025

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