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Prolific authors and institutions in leading international business journals

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The science and practice of international business is advanced through scholarly contribution to the leading international business journals. Increased competition among academic institutions has led to increased emphasis on publication in the leading international business journals. Yet, little is known as to the answers to questions such as: (1) Who are the most prolific authors in the leading international business journals? and (2) Which educational institutions appear poised to lead international business scholarship? To examine these questions, the study examines scholarly work in international business over the past eleven years in six leading international business journals (i.e., Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review, Journal of World Business, International Marketing Review, Journal of International Marketing, and International Business Review). Addressing these two research questions provides us with a more complete understanding of the authors and institutions most likely to influence the field of international business.

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  1. For example, JIBS Symposium introductions were treated as guest editorials and were excluded. JIBS Decade Award re-printed articles, as well as invited replies, were excluded. In JIBS 37.3 (2006), both the preface to the essay and the essay itself were excluded. We also excluded the conference report in JIBS 37.2 (2006). In Management International Review, the Executives Forum in issue 36.2 (1996) and Comments in 36.3 (1996) and 36.4 (1996) were excluded. In International Marketing Review, the Internet Forum comments (published in issues 18.4 (2001), 18.5 (2001), 18.6 (2001), 19.2/3 (2002) and 19.4/5 (2002)) were excluded. Invited Reflections on Czinkota and Ronkainen’s International Marketing Manifesto in Journal of International Marketing 11.1 (2003) were excluded. Commentaries in International Business Review were excluded.

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  1. Department of Marketing and Logistics, College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, 310 Stokely Management Center, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Shichun Xu

  2. University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, McConnell Hall, 15 College Road, Durham, NH, 03824-3593, USA

    Goksel Yalcinkaya

  3. Department of Management, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

    Steven H. Seggie

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Correspondence to Goksel Yalcinkaya.

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The authors are grateful to S. Tamer Cavusgil and David A. Griffith for their significant contribution during the research and Mike W. Peng (Editor-in-Chief) for his detailed editorial assistance.

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Xu, S., Yalcinkaya, G. & Seggie, S.H. Prolific authors and institutions in leading international business journals. Asia Pacific J Manage 25, 189–207 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-007-9072-1

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