Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Planning, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

2 M.A. in Educational Administration and Planning, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the research process on the concept of knowledge management using the method of analysis and mapping of scientometrics to show the dispersion of countries, universities, journals, research articles and researchers and their colleagues in different parts of the world. Descriptions of social networks were analyzed on the WOS database from 2000 to 2019, and the structure and patterns of information exchanged in the field of knowledge management research, as well as the interpretation of the relationship between keywords used in research, were used. Keywords used in the research was extracted and analyzed by the VOSviewer software. The statistical population consisted of 25,029 articles, most of which included high-quality, high-impact articles. The results showed that the number of leadership articles from 2000 to 2018 has been increasing. Most of the articles were presented in the form of review articles and complete research articles. The most popular publications are those of the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively, and the universities of Coventry, the University of Turin, the University of Liverpool, and the Islamic Azad University.

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