A retrospective overview of Transnational Corporations Review: An analysis of past, present and future contributions

Abstract

Transnational Corporations Review (TNCR) is a prominent international journal that publishes quarterly research on emerging markets on various micro to macro-level issues, addressing economists, policymakers, and research experts. This study attempts to demonstrate a retrospective investigation of the TNCR's productivity and target results across 15 volumes published in 2009–2023. Using VOSviewer software, different methods and tools are used for bibliometric analysis on several factors, such as research topic coverage, publications and their impact, top cited authors, the number of citations and co-citations received, and the methodology used in all contributions to TNCR. In addition, R Studio was used to develop graphical visualization and analyze the Journal's thematic evolution. Across more than 14 years of life, TNCR contributed 503 research documents across multidisciplinary themes. Most themes covered that broadly define the TNCR over this time include globalization, internationalization of firms, global supply chains, and institutional innovations: survey, time series, and quantitative studies. The essential purpose of the published work is to examine existing theories related to international trade and transnational corporations. Co-authorship trends are changing from single-authorship to collaborative research. The study is a comprehensive retrospective evaluation of the TNCR. The review shall be helpful to potential contributors, editors, and other stakeholders of the Journal.