TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kraus, Sascha
A1  - Li, Hongbo
A1  - Kang, Qi
A1  - Westhead, Paul
A1  - Tiberius, Victor
T1  - The sharing economy
BT  - a bibliometric analysis of the state-of-the-art
JF  - International journal of entrepreneurial behavior & research
N2  - Purpose Quantitative bibliometric approaches were used to statistically and objectively explore patterns in the sharing economy literature. Design/methodology/approach Journal (co-)citation analysis, author (co-)citation analysis, institution citation and co-operation analysis, keyword co-occurrence analysis, document (co-)citation analysis and burst detection analysis were conducted based on a bibliometric data set relating to sharing economy publications. Findings Sharing economy research is multi- and interdisciplinary. Journals focused upon products liability, organizing framework, profile characteristics, diverse economies, consumption system and everyday life themes. Authors focused upon profile characteristics, sharing economy organization, social connections, first principle and diverse economy themes. No institution dominated the research field. Keyword co-occurrence analysis identified organizing framework, tourism industry, consumer behavior, food waste, generous exchange and quality cue as research themes. Document co-citation analysis found research themes relating to the tourism industry, exploring public acceptability, agri-food system, commercial orientation, products liability and social connection. Most cited authors, institutions and documents are reported. Research limitations/implications The study did not exclusively focus on publications in top-tier journals. Future studies could run analyses relating to top-tier journals alone, and then run analyses relating to less renowned journals alone. To address the potential fuzzy results concern, reviews could focus on business and/or management research alone. Longitudinal reviews conducted over several points in time are warranted. Future reviews could combine qualitative and quantitative approaches. Originality/value We contribute by analyzing information relating to the population of all sharing economy articles. In addition, we contribute by employing several quantitative bibliometric approaches that enable the identification of trends relating to the themes and patterns in the growing literature.
KW  - bibliometric analysis
KW  - citations
KW  - co-citation analysis
KW  - co-occurrence
KW  - analysis
KW  - research themes
KW  - sharing economy
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2020-0438
SN  - 1355-2554
SN  - 1758-6534
VL  - 26
IS  - 8
SP  - 1769
EP  - 1786
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
CY  - Bingley
ER  -