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Journal of Service Management
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Journal of Service Management

1757-5818

Published by: Emerald Publishing

https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1757-5818

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Business and Management 71 67 94 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 81
Documents by Best Scientists*: 107
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 96
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.348
Impact Factor: 7.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Service Management?

Marketing, Service (business), Knowledge management, Service design and Service provider are the subjects of interest in the journal. The Marketing research presented places emphasis on topics like Customer retention, Customer advocacy, Customer satisfaction, Customer to customer and Service quality. The Customer retention study featured in it draws connections with the study of Loyalty business model.

The journal tackles issues in Customer advocacy, particularly in the topics of Customer intelligence and Customer delight. Social psychology, Consumer behaviour and Loyalty are some topics wherein Customer satisfaction research discussed in it have an impact. It facilitates discussions on Service (business) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Service management, Originality and Process management.

The featured works in Co-creation, which all belong in the domain if Knowledge management, also overlaps with concepts under Service (systems architecture). Service design research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Public relations and Service level requirement.

  • Marketing (50.30%)
  • Service (business) (43.03%)
  • Knowledge management (25.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Understanding Generation Y and their use of social media: a review and research agenda (712 citations)
  • Crowd-Funding: Transforming Customers into Investors through Innovative Service Platforms (646 citations)
  • Service as business logic: implications for value creation and marketing (608 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Service Management:

The journal articles focus on Marketing, Service (business), Knowledge management, Customer advocacy and Service design. The studies tackled in the most cited papers, which mainly focus on Marketing, apply to Process (engineering) as well. In addition to Service (business) research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Social psychology, Consumer behaviour, Service management and Process management.

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

  • Marketing
  • Social psychology
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Service Management focuses largely on the fields of Service (business), Knowledge management, Service management, Value (ethics) and Conceptual framework. Research in Quality (business) and the interrelating topic of Service system, Applied psychology and Social relation were among the subjects of interest in the Service (business) studies discussed in Journal of Service Management. Research in the field of Marketing was used to conduct the presented Service system study.

Topics in Knowledge management were tackled in line with various other fields like Situated, Touchpoint, Business model, Empirical research and Thematic analysis. It explores research in Process management and overlapping concepts in Multidisciplinary approach to expand the discourse in Service management. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Conceptual framework by exploring it in line with topics in Co-creation which intersect with Public relations, Perception and Resource (project management) subjects.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dynamics of wellbeing co-creation: a psychological ownership perspective (13 citations)
  • The impact of service innovation on firm performance: a meta-analysis (7 citations)
  • Uncertainty profiles in engineering-service development: Exploring supplier co-creation (3 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 Journal of Service Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bo Edvardsson (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Javier Reynoso (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lars Witell (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Lerzan Aksoy (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jochen Wirtz (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Journal of Service Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Karlstad University (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hanken School of Economics (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Linköping University (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cornell University (13 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, 73.33% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 25.00% 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.

Institutional Quality and Reputation

Institutional Quality and Reputation

In evaluating the impact of research presented in the Journal of Service Management, another critical aspect lies in understanding the reputation and quality of the affiliated institutions. This could be educational institutions or corporate research labs. A research backed by a leading institution often brings more credibility and legitimizes the findings to a certain extent. In this respect, a place should be noted for researchers associated with some of the best business schools in Connecticut who have contributed significantly to the research papers published here. Their findings helped to drive forward academic discussion in the subject area. Alongside these reputable institutions, researchers from lesser-known, but quality-assured institutions also added value to the journal's reputation.

Top Publications

  • Intention to use analytical artificial intelligence (AI) in services – the effect of technology readiness and awareness

    Carlos Flavián;Alfredo Pérez-Rueda;Daniel Belanche;Luis V. Casaló

    (2021)
    335 Citations
  • Building organizational resilience with digital transformation

    Unknown

    (2022)
    326 Citations
  • Reframing service innovation: COVID-19 as a catalyst for imposed service innovation

    Kristina Heinonen;Tore Strandvik

    (2020)
    294 Citations
  • A transformative supply chain response to COVID-19

    Diane A. Mollenkopf;Lucie K. Ozanne;Hannah J. Stolze

    (2020)
    252 Citations
  • Mitigating loneliness with companion robots in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: an integrative framework and research agenda

    Gaby Odekerken-Schröder;Cristina Mele;Tiziana Russo-Spena;Dominik Mahr

    (2020)
    172 Citations
  • Leveraging Service Design for Healthcare Transformation: Toward People-Centered, Integrated, and Technology-Enabled Healthcare Systems

    Lia Patricio;Daniela Sangiorgi;Dominik Mahr;Martina Caic;Martina Caic

    (2020)
    155 Citations
  • Luxury services

    (2020)
    149 Citations
  • Managing the human–chatbot divide: how service scripts influence service experience

    Sean Sands;Carla Ferraro;Colin Campbell;Hsiu-Yuan Tsao

    (2020)
    145 Citations
  • Digital service innovation: a paradigm shift in technological innovation

    Marco Opazo-Basáez;Ferran Vendrell-Herrero;Oscar F. Bustinza

    (2021)
    140 Citations
  • Service robots, agency and embarrassing service encounters

    Valentina Pitardi;Jochen Wirtz;Stefanie Paluch;Werner H. Kunz

    (2021)
    109 Citations

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