Purpose: This study, using a new method called Referenced Publication Years Spectroscopy (RPYS), examines the most important historic works written in the area of knowledge management. Design/Methodology/Approach: Preliminary data of this study have been extracted from Web of Science through Scientometric methods. The references used in all the papers in the core journals in this field since 1980 to the end of 2014 were studied. Findings: The distribution of resources in the area of knowledge management based on the publication year indicates that this field of study, during time intervals 1900 to 1980, has seen 8 major mutations. A considerable influence of such fields as economics, business, social networks analysis, organizational learning, and economic sociology on the realm of knowledge management is evident. The association of Polanyi with the mutations of 1958, 1962 and 1967 suggests his obvious influence on the evolution of knowledge management. The ratio of articles to books among the whole documents detected by RPYS was 2 to 13 which could direct us to the point that, the channel for information transformation in knowledge management is more focused on books than on articles. Originality/Value: None of the few studies done by scientometric methods in the realm of knowledge management has been seen through the issue of the historical origins of this area. This piece of research, using a new scientometric method, can be considered the first study in which the origins of knowledge management over time have been studied.
کلید واژگان :Keywords: Knowledge management, Referenced Publication Years Spectroscopy (RPYS), citation analysis, bibliometrics.
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