Class information for:
Level 1: OUTSOURCING//IT OUTSOURCING//OFFSHORING

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
7163 1398 53.1 46%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
310 3       INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE//INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY 40167
455 2             INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE//MIS QUARTERLY 16030
7163 1                   OUTSOURCING//IT OUTSOURCING//OFFSHORING 1398

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 OUTSOURCING authKW 2575719 29% 29% 402
2 IT OUTSOURCING authKW 1413565 6% 83% 78
3 OFFSHORING authKW 1359937 11% 41% 152
4 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING authKW 611872 3% 68% 41
5 RESHORING authKW 356719 2% 78% 21
6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING authKW 307130 1% 94% 15
7 OUTSOURCING SUCCESS authKW 305767 1% 100% 14
8 BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING authKW 288821 2% 58% 23
9 IS OUTSOURCING authKW 283927 1% 100% 13
10 INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING authKW 251803 1% 82% 14

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Management 77873 51% 1% 716
2 Information Science & Library Science 31991 24% 0% 335
3 Business 18136 21% 0% 295
4 Computer Science, Information Systems 12319 25% 0% 344
5 Operations Research & Management Science 4187 13% 0% 178
6 Engineering, Industrial 3505 9% 0% 124
7 Engineering, Manufacturing 1634 6% 0% 86
8 Computer Science, Software Engineering 669 6% 0% 77
9 Industrial Relations & Labor 634 2% 0% 26
10 Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture 459 4% 0% 49

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 E FINANCE 93100 1% 47% 9
2 OUTSOURCING UNIT 65522 0% 100% 3
3 ROBERT WANG INT BUSINESS EDUC 49918 0% 57% 4
4 STRATEG MANAGEMENT GLOBALIZAT 45380 1% 12% 17
5 SORREL BUSINESS 43681 0% 100% 2
6 CHAIR INFORMAT SYST SERV 29119 0% 67% 2
7 GLOBAL SOURCING SERV 29119 0% 67% 2
8 STRATEG INFORMAT SYST 29119 0% 67% 2
9 OPERAT TECHNOL INNOVAT MANAGEMENT 28077 0% 43% 3
10 BUSINESS ORG 25432 1% 9% 13

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 79750 3% 8% 45
2 INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 50566 3% 6% 39
3 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT 47250 2% 9% 24
4 JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 46605 2% 8% 28
5 MIS QUARTERLY EXECUTIVE 43314 1% 12% 16
6 INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH 33757 3% 4% 35
7 JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 33016 1% 9% 17
8 I-S ANALYZER 28077 0% 43% 3
9 JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 27278 2% 4% 29
10 JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 22564 2% 4% 27

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 OUTSOURCING 2575719 29% 29% 402 Search OUTSOURCING Search OUTSOURCING
2 IT OUTSOURCING 1413565 6% 83% 78 Search IT+OUTSOURCING Search IT+OUTSOURCING
3 OFFSHORING 1359937 11% 41% 152 Search OFFSHORING Search OFFSHORING
4 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING 611872 3% 68% 41 Search OFFSHORE+OUTSOURCING Search OFFSHORE+OUTSOURCING
5 RESHORING 356719 2% 78% 21 Search RESHORING Search RESHORING
6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING 307130 1% 94% 15 Search INFORMATION+TECHNOLOGY+OUTSOURCING Search INFORMATION+TECHNOLOGY+OUTSOURCING
7 OUTSOURCING SUCCESS 305767 1% 100% 14 Search OUTSOURCING+SUCCESS Search OUTSOURCING+SUCCESS
8 BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING 288821 2% 58% 23 Search BUSINESS+PROCESS+OUTSOURCING Search BUSINESS+PROCESS+OUTSOURCING
9 IS OUTSOURCING 283927 1% 100% 13 Search IS+OUTSOURCING Search IS+OUTSOURCING
10 INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING 251803 1% 82% 14 Search INFORMATION+SYSTEMS+OUTSOURCING Search INFORMATION+SYSTEMS+OUTSOURCING

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 LIANG, HG , WANG, JJ , XUE, YJ , CUI, XC , (2016) IT OUTSOURCING RESEARCH FROM 1992 TO 2013: A LITERATURE REVIEW BASED ON MAIN PATH ANALYSIS.INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT. VOL. 53. ISSUE 2. P. 227 -251 146 86% 2
2 LACITY, MC , KHAN, SA , YAN, AH , (2016) REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL BUSINESS SERVICES SOURCING LITERATURE: AN UPDATE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS.JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. VOL. 31. ISSUE 3. P. 269 -328 144 70% 0
3 LACITY, MC , KHAN, S , YAN, AH , WILLCOCKS, LP , (2010) A REVIEW OF THE IT OUTSOURCING EMPIRICAL LITERATURE AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS.JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. VOL. 25. ISSUE 4. P. 395 -433 103 82% 79
4 LACITY, MC , KHAN, SA , WILLCOCKS, LP , (2009) A REVIEW OF THE IT OUTSOURCING LITERATURE: INSIGHTS FOR PRACTICE.JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. VOL. 18. ISSUE 3. P. 130 -146 70 88% 137
5 GONZALEZ, R , GASCO, J , LLOPIS, J , (2006) INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING: A LITERATURE ANALYSIS.INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT. VOL. 43. ISSUE 7. P. 821 -834 109 70% 67
6 MIHALACHE, M , MIHALACHE, OR , (2016) A DECISIONAL FRAMEWORK OF OFFSHORING: INTEGRATING INSIGHTS FROM 25 YEARS OF RESEARCH TO PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR FUTURE.DECISION SCIENCES. VOL. 47. ISSUE 6. P. 1103 -1149 104 51% 1
7 PISANI, N , RICART, JE , (2016) OFFSHORING OF SERVICES: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK.MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW. VOL. 56. ISSUE 3. P. 385 -424 82 69% 0
8 SCHNEIDER, S , SUNYAEV, A , (2016) DETERMINANT FACTORS OF CLOUD-SOURCING DECISIONS: REFLECTING ON THE IT OUTSOURCING LITERATURE IN THE ERA OF CLOUD COMPUTING.JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. VOL. 31. ISSUE 1. P. 1 -31 64 70% 3
9 LACITY, MC , SOLOMON, S , YAN, AH , WILLCOCKS, LP , (2011) BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING STUDIES: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS.JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. VOL. 26. ISSUE 4. P. 221 -258 67 81% 22
10 GONZALEZ, R , LLOPIS, J , GASCO, J , (2013) INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING: MANAGERIAL CONCLUSIONS FROM ACADEMIC RESEARCH.INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. VOL. 9. ISSUE 2. P. 229 -259 68 64% 6

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 16838 INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT//REQUIREMENTS UNCERTAINTY//INFORMATION SYSTEMS FAILURE
2 869 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES//INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES//ALLIANCE
3 2301 IT GOVERNANCE//MIS QUARTERLY//IT INVESTMENT
4 37160 ITIL//IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT//IT INFRASTRUCTURE LIBRARY
5 1334 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT//SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL//SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION
6 3715 SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT//AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT//GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
7 280 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT//KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH & PRACTICE
8 16419 JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS//CAREER ANCHORS//IT WORKFORCE
9 675 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES//ENTRY MODE//INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW
10 36382 BARRY BOEHM//SMART UNIVERSITY//ACCREDITATION COMPETENCIES

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