Journal of Management History: past, present and future contributions to management research

Abstract

Purpose In 2025, the Journal of Management History ( JMH ) will be celebrating its 30th anniversary. At this juncture, it is important to know its evolution and contribution to the management field. This paper aims to analyse the past and present of the JMH by examining its available research corpus covering more than 18 years using a quantitative and structured literature review technique. Design/methodology/approach For the purposes of this paper, the research corpus of the JMH was retrieved from Scopus and analysed using various bibliometric techniques. Specifically, the authors analysed the performance of JMH research and identified the most contributing authors, institutions and countries. The authors also used bibliographic coupling and keyword co-occurrence techniques to establish the knowledge structure of the JMH research corpus. Findings The analysis highlights the primary constituencies, such as the most productive author, the most impactful individual paper, the top contributing institute and country and co-authorship trends. In addition, the authors structured the intellectual capital of the JMH and organised it into nine clusters. In addition, periodic analysis of keywords suggests the evolution and progression of scholarly debates in the JMH . Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first of its kind to have analysed the research corpus of the JMH , available on Scopus, using a systematic and quantitative literature review technique. The findings of this analysis will be useful to the editorial board and other JMH stakeholders, including scholars.