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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration

1757-4323

Published by: Emerald Publishing

https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/apjba

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Business and Management 557 5 8 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 19
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.961
Impact Factor: 4.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration?

Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration tackles a plethora of topics, such as Marketing, Social psychology, Originality, Structural equation modeling and Human resource management. In addition to Marketing research, the journal aims to explore topics under Knowledge management, Emerging markets, Advertising and Corporate social responsibility. The overlapping concepts between Accounting and Panel data are the key highlights of Emerging markets study.

Corporate social responsibility study tackled is connected to the field of Corporate governance. While it focused on Social psychology, it was also able to explore topics like Test (assessment) and Perception. Originality studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Value (ethics).

The study on Value (ethics) presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Empirical research. The research on Human resource management tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Organization development, Public relations and Human resources. Some problems in Organizational commitment that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Job satisfaction and Affective events theory.

  • Marketing (30.43%)
  • Social psychology (18.26%)
  • Originality (12.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Critical success factors of public private partnership (PPP) implementation in Malaysia (108 citations)
  • Looking for evidence of the relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate financial performance in an emerging market (99 citations)
  • Market orientation, service quality and organizational performance in service organizations in Malaysia (78 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration:

The journal papers investigate areas of study like Marketing, Value (ethics), Originality, Structural equation modeling and Social psychology. The journal papers with studies in Marketing featured incorporate elements of Private sector, Advertising, Affect (psychology) and Human resource management. The journal articles facilitate discussions in Interpersonal communication as part of the larger field of Social psychology, however, they also tackle fields such as Indigenous.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Management
  • Marketing

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration mostly deals with topics like Social psychology, Marketing, Advertising, Business administration and Social media. Test (assessment), Perception and Work behavior are some topics wherein Social psychology research discussed in Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration have an impact. Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration focuses on Marketing but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Likert scale and Recession.

The journal addresses concerns in Advertising which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Customer delight and Information reliability. Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration holds forums on Social media that merges themes from other disciplines such as Service recovery, Competitor analysis, Service (business) and Employee empowerment. The journal explores research in Employee engagement alongside concepts in Corporate social responsibility and other areas of study in Human resource management.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Work during COVID-19: assessing the influence of job demands and resources on practical and psychological outcomes for employees (6 citations)
  • Social media usage in business decision-making: the case of Malaysian small hospitality organisations (4 citations)
  • Impulsivity traits and the rational cognitive process of entrepreneurship: empirical evidence from Vietnam (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Yvon Dufour (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Steane (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Murali Sambasivan (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Suhaiza Ismail (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robin Kramar (3 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Asia-pacific Journal of Business Administration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Macquarie University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mahidol University (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Australian Catholic University (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saint Petersburg State University (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Auckland (4 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 94.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Importance of Business Education in Research

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Top Publications

  • Beyond Industry 4.0: a systematic review of Industry 5.0 technologies and implications for social, environmental and economic sustainability

    Unknown

    (2024)
    74 Citations
  • Marketing mix strategies during and after COVID-19 pandemic and recession: a systematic review

    Davoud Nikbin;Mohammad Iranmanesh;Morteza Ghobakhloo;Behzad Foroughi

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Understanding the purchase intention of fitness wearables: using value-based adoption model

    (2022)
    31 Citations
  • Operational Performance Improvement through Continuous Improvement Initiatives in Micro Enterprises of Turkey

    Guven Gurkan Inan;Zahit Ergun Gungor;Umit Sezer Bititci;Sarina Abdul Halim-Lim

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Modelling services continuance intention: evidence from apps stores

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Effect of augmented reality applications on attitude and behaviours of customers: cognitive and affective perspectives

    (2024)
    3 Citations
  • How does COVID-19 affect employee innovation performance and environmental responsibility engagement in the banking sector? A moderated-mediated perspective

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Consumption value and context-specific attributes: the moderating effect of social class on Halal cosmetics purchase intention

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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