An Analysis of Local and Global Trends of the Knowledge Auditing in the Citation Analysis Database of Clarivate Analytics

Abstract

Knowledge auditing is essential for assessing knowledge management processes and adapting them with the organizational goals. On the other hand, analyzing the process of KM at local and global levels helps to identify the gaps in this field. This is an applied research which follows descriptive-analytical and scientometric methods. The statistical population of this research includes 84 ISI qualified articles of knowledge auditing in the Clarivate Analytics citation database. Data collection tools included checklists and annotation lists, and data analysis co-citation maps were performed by HisCite, VOS viewer, Pajek and Excel software. Findings showed that the publication trends of the knowledge auditing articles has fluctuated through time, and the most frequent article topics related to business finance, management, library and information science, and general and internal medicine. The number of local citations of countries, organizations, authors, journals and topics is very low compared to global citations. Findings also showed that most articles were published in English, and that the United States, England and Canada had the most publication of local and global citations. Universities of Colorado, Alabama, Waterloo and Cornell, and the Journals of Practice and Theory, Accounting Review and Auditing- had the most local and global citations respectively. Co-occurrence maps of the keywords of this area are not coherent. Moreover, among the authors, Bonner, Libby, DeZoort and Salterio composed the most frequently cited at local and global fields. Centrality networks, and close relationship among the authors were not at an acceptable level requiring better planning and policy making.

Keywords

• knowledge
• knowledge management
• knowledge audit
• articles
• database of journals