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 Volume 11, Issue 3 (March 2024), Pages: 158-174

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 Original Research Paper

Mapping the growth and trends of knowledge management in health organizations: A bibliometric exploration

 Author(s): 

 Fethia Yahiaoui *, Khalil Chergui, Riad Aichouche

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Economics, Commerce and Management Sciences, University of Oum El Bouaghi, Oum El Bouaghi, Algeria

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5601-9622

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.03.017

 Abstract

This study performs a detailed bibliometric analysis of 168 research papers on knowledge management (KM) in healthcare from the Scopus database, spanning from 1996 to 2023. Utilizing tools like RStudio with the Biblioshiny package, VOSviewer, and KnowledgeMatrix Plus, the analysis reveals a notable increase in publications over the last ten years. The United Kingdom emerges as the top publisher, followed by the United States and Malaysia. Major themes identified include knowledge, KM, and KM systems, especially focusing on significant papers concerning KM systems in healthcare. This thorough analysis offers important insights into the current trends in KM research within healthcare settings, emphasizing key topics, influential works, leading publishing countries, and collaboration patterns. It's suggested that the analysis could improve by directly comparing these findings with existing research and discussing the strengths and limitations in comparison to other studies. Nevertheless, the results offer practical advice for writers, researchers, and practitioners for identifying gaps in research and creating effective KM strategies in healthcare. This paper adds to the existing knowledge base in the field and lays the groundwork for future research and practical implementation of KM strategies in healthcare.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Knowledge, Knowledge management, Knowledge management systems, Healthcare, Health organizations, Bibliometric analysis

 Article history

 Received 23 August 2023, Received in revised form 1 February 2024, Accepted 1 March 2024

 Funding

The authors wish to thank the General Directorate of Scientific Research and Technological Development (GDSRTD) within the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Algeria for their financial support of this study.

 Acknowledgment 

The authors wish to thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their valuable perspectives and helpful recommendations.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

The use of data from the Scopus database adhered to the platform's terms of use and licensing agreements. All data used in this study was publicly available, and no ethical concerns regarding data usage permissions were encountered.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Yahiaoui F, Chergui K, and Aichouche R (2024). Mapping the growth and trends of knowledge management in health organizations: A bibliometric exploration. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(3): 158-174

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