Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Aims & Scope

Knowledge management is a term that has worked its way into the mainstream of both academic and business arenas since it was first coined in the 1980s.

Interest has increased rapidly during the last decade and shows no signs of abating.

The current state of the knowledge management field is that it encompasses four overlapping areas: -Managing knowledge (creating/acquiring, sharing, retaining, storing, using, updating, retiring) -Organisational learning -Intellectual capital -Knowledge economics Within (and across) these, knowledge management has to address issues relating to technology, people, culture and systems.

Perhaps as a consequence of this diversity, the knowledge management literature is at present fragmented.

Many of the most influential articles on knowledge management appear in journals in fields as diverse as information systems, general management, strategy, organisational sociology or human resources.

The literature also often, somewhat misleadingly, presents the subject as split.

Current examples of these "splits", which should rather be debates, include those between the "codification" and "collaboration" schools of thought, and between "Western" (meaning North American) and "Eastern" (meaning Japanese) approaches.

The intention for this journal is not only to accommodate these and other perspectives, but also to seek common ground between them.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.8
2024	3.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.822

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	56

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6526

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1194

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, Decision Sciences and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The knowledge-creating theory revisited: knowledge creation as a synthesizing process

  Citation: 741

  Authors: Ikujiro, Ryoko

• The theoretical foundations of knowledge management

  Citation: 253

  Authors: Richard, Alina

• Knowledge management and digital transformation for Industry 4.0: a structured literature review

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Andreia, Silvana, Davide, Federico

• Coworking: assessing the role of proximity in knowledge exchange

  Citation: 188

  Authors: Lucia

• A measure of knowledge sharing behavior: scale development and validation

  Citation: 188

  Authors: Jialin

• Trust as an antecedent to knowledge sharing in virtual communities of practice

  Citation: 177

  Authors: Abel, Mark W, Eric, Sandhya

• Critical role of leadership in nurturing a knowledge-supporting culture

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Vincent M, Aleša Saša

• Knowledge sharing in a multi-cultural setting: a case study

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Dianne P, Yolande E

• Relationship between knowledge management processes and performance: critical role of knowledge utilization in organizations

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Halil, Shahnawaz, Merve

• Impact of organizational support on organizational intention to facilitate knowledge sharing

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Hsiu-Fen

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