The Current State of Brand Mangement Research: An Overview of Leaders and Trends in Branding Research Over the Past 20 Years

Abstract

Purpose. The aim of the paper is to identify leaders and trends in branding researches, undertaken during 2000 – 2019. Identification was made in the following categories: 1) most popular subjects; 2) most productive countries; 3) most productive institutions; 4) most productive scholars; 5) most productive sources; 6) most cited publications; 7) most cited scholars. Design/methodology/approach. Bibliometric analysis based on data from Scopus and Dimensions. Findings. The majority of branding publications belong to Business and Management. The interest towards this research field however declines mostly in favour of Cultural Studies, Psychology, Sociology, etc. The majority of publications on branding are concentrated in the USA, United Kingdom and Australia. Griffith University has become a leader in the number of branding publications within 2000 – 2019. T C Melewar is a leader by the number of branding publications among scholars. Journal of Brand Management has been a leader among sources. Journal of Marketing is a leader by the number of the most cited papers. Research limitations/implications: we analyse the automatically formed results on search query without human meddling. Practical implications. – Originality/value. For the first time, bibliometric analysis was carried out simultaneously upon the two bases – Scopus and Dimensions.