Summary
Written for the twentieth year of Human Resource Development Review (HRDR), this study looks at the journal’s most recent decade from a structural perspective. We asked which research themes make up the journal’s body of theoretical and conceptual work, how coherent those themes are, and how its authors collaborate.
The dataset contained 217 documents published between 2012 and 2021, written by 318 authors. We applied three complementary computational methods: keyword network analysis, topic modeling, and bibliographic coupling. Clusters formed from normalized distance measures were then compared for structural coherence and semantic relevance.
The results show that the journal’s topics have expanded well beyond the early HRD focus on learning and development. Diversity, critical HRD, and equity issues in organizations and society are now established parts of the journal. We also mapped the author–institution–keyword affiliation network and the author collaboration network, and used them to suggest how scholars in the field could collaborate more widely.
Why it matters
Using three methods on the same corpus gives a cross-checked picture of where a theory-focused journal has moved, which a single method or a narrative review would not provide.
Citation
Yoon, S. W., & Chae, C. (2022). Research topics and collaboration in Human Resource Development Review 2012–2021: A bibliometrics approach. Human Resource Development Review, 21(1), 24–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/15344843211068807
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Citation
@online{2022,
author = {},
title = {Research {Topics} and {Collaboration} in {Human} {Resource}
{Development} {Review} 2012–2021: {A} {Bibliometrics} {Approach}},
date = {2022-03-01},
url = {https://chadchae.github.io/posts_publication/2022-03-01-research-topics-collaboration-hrdr-2012-2021/research-topics-collaboration-hrdr-2012-2021.html},
langid = {en}
}