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International Journal of Research in Marketing
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International Journal of Research in Marketing

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Business and Management 69 71 98 29

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Number of Best Scientists*: 101
Documents by Best Scientists*: 131
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 128
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.869
Impact Factor: 7.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Research in Marketing?

International Journal of Research in Marketing mainly tackles studies in Marketing, Advertising, Econometrics, Product (category theory) and Microeconomics. Marketing management, Consumer behaviour, Marketing research, Marketing strategy and Marketing mix studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Marketing presented. Return on marketing investment is a major topic of Marketing management research presented in it.

Brand awareness and Brand equity are all aspects of Advertising discussed in the journal. It connects the study in Brand awareness with the closely related area of Brand management. The Econometrics study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Statistics.

  • Marketing (44.71%)
  • Advertising (19.69%)
  • Econometrics (10.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The C-OAR-SE procedure for scale development in marketing (1709 citations)
  • A Social Influence Model of Consumer Participation in Network- and Small-Group-Based Virtual Communities (1654 citations)
  • The use of LISREL in validating marketing constructs. (1518 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Research in Marketing:

The most cited articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Marketing, Advertising, Product (category theory), Consumer behaviour and Marketing research. Issues in Advertising were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Affect (psychology), Loyalty and Product (business). In addition to Marketing research research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Digital marketing and Management science.

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

  • Marketing
  • Statistics
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Marketing, Advertising, Quality (business), Affect (psychology) and Context (language use). It explores issues in Marketing which can be linked to other research areas like Social media and Field (Bourdieu). International Journal of Research in Marketing addresses concerns in Advertising which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Perception, Product (category theory), Display advertising, Control (management) and Product (business).

While International Journal of Research in Marketing focused on Product (business), it was also able to explore topics like Competition (economics) and Service (business). Topics in Quality (business) explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Matching (statistics) and Customer satisfaction. It explores topics in Context (language use) which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Marketing research and Consumer behaviour.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Factors affecting the study of important marketing issues: Implications and recommendations (13 citations)
  • Vulnerable consumer engagement: How corporate social media can facilitate the replenishment of depleted resources (11 citations)
  • Brand and consumer engagement behaviors on Facebook brand pages: Let's have a (positive) conversation (10 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 International Journal of Research in Marketing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter S.H. Leeflang (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marnik G. Dekimpe (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Stefan Stremersch (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Donald R. Lehmann (20 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 International Journal of Research in Marketing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (69 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tilburg University (55 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (40 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • College of Business Administration (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (33 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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, 7.23% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.68% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.08% of all publications and 42.86% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Machine learning and AI in marketing – Connecting computing power to human insights

    Liye Ma;Baohong Sun

    (2020)
    525 Citations
  • Virtual and augmented reality: Advancing research in consumer marketing

    Michel Wedel;Enrique Bigné;Jie Zhang

    (2020)
    469 Citations
  • The future of marketing

    Roland T. Rust

    (2020)
    235 Citations
  • Examining Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies in Marketing Via a Global Lens: Current Trends and Future Research Opportunities

    Praveen K. Kopalle;Manish Gangwar;Andreas Kaplan;Divya Ramachandran

    (2021)
    229 Citations
  • Retailing and retailing research in the age of big data analytics

    Marnik G. Dekimpe;Marnik G. Dekimpe

    (2020)
    151 Citations
  • Consumer privacy and the future of data-based innovation and marketing

    Alexander Bleier;Avi Goldfarb;Catherine Tucker

    (2020)
    138 Citations
  • Collecting Samples from Online Services: How to Use Screeners to Improve Data Quality

    Aaron D. Arndt;John B. Ford;Barry J. Babin;Vinh Luong

    (2021)
    134 Citations
  • Digital marketing communication in global marketplaces: A review of extant research, future directions, and potential approaches

    Venkatesh Shankar;Dhruv Grewal;Sarang Sunder;Beth Fossen

    (2021)
    114 Citations
  • The impact of online display advertising and paid search advertising relative to offline advertising on firm performance and firm value

    Emanuel Bayer;Shuba Srinivasan;Edward J. Riedl;Bernd Skiera

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Consumers’ technology-facilitated brand engagement and wellbeing: Positivist TAM/PERMA- vs. Consumer Culture Theory perspectives

    Linda D. Hollebeek;Linda D. Hollebeek;Russell Belk

    (2021)
    82 Citations

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