The Ebb and Flow of Brand Loyalty: A 28-Year Bibliometric and Content Analysis

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Autori principali: Yazdi, Azin, Ramachandran, Sunder, Mohsenifard, Hoda, Nawaser, Khaled, Sasani, Faraz, Gharleghi, Behrooz
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author Yazdi, Azin
Ramachandran, Sunder
Mohsenifard, Hoda
Nawaser, Khaled
Sasani, Faraz
Gharleghi, Behrooz
author_facet Yazdi, Azin
Ramachandran, Sunder
Mohsenifard, Hoda
Nawaser, Khaled
Sasani, Faraz
Gharleghi, Behrooz
contents Business research is facing the challenge of scattered knowledge, particularly in the realm of brand loyalty (BL). Although literature reviews on BL exist, they predominantly concentrate on the pre-sent state, neglecting future trends. Therefore, a comprehensive review is imperative to ascertain emerging trends in BL This study employs a bibliometric approach, analyzing 1,468 papers from the Scopus database. Various tools including R software, VOS viewer software, and Publish or Perish are utilized. The aim is to portray the knowledge map, explore the publication years, identify the top authors and their co-occurrence, reliable documents, institutions, subjects, research hotspots, and pioneering countries and universities in the study of BL. The qualitative section of this research identifies gaps and emerging trends in BL through Word Cloud charts, word growth analysis, and a review of highly cited articles from the past four years. Results showed that highly cited articles mention topics such as brand love, consumer-brand identification, and social networks and the U.S. had the most productions in this field. Besides, most citations were related to Keller with 1,173 citations. Furthermore, in the qualitative section, social networks and brand experiences were found to be of interest to researchers in the field. Finally, by introducing the antecedents and consequences of BL, the gaps and emerging trends in BL were identified, so as to present the di-rection of future research in this area.
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Yazdi, Azin
Ramachandran, Sunder
Mohsenifard, Hoda
Nawaser, Khaled
Sasani, Faraz
Gharleghi, Behrooz
General Economics
Economics
Business research is facing the challenge of scattered knowledge, particularly in the realm of brand loyalty (BL). Although literature reviews on BL exist, they predominantly concentrate on the pre-sent state, neglecting future trends. Therefore, a comprehensive review is imperative to ascertain emerging trends in BL This study employs a bibliometric approach, analyzing 1,468 papers from the Scopus database. Various tools including R software, VOS viewer software, and Publish or Perish are utilized. The aim is to portray the knowledge map, explore the publication years, identify the top authors and their co-occurrence, reliable documents, institutions, subjects, research hotspots, and pioneering countries and universities in the study of BL. The qualitative section of this research identifies gaps and emerging trends in BL through Word Cloud charts, word growth analysis, and a review of highly cited articles from the past four years. Results showed that highly cited articles mention topics such as brand love, consumer-brand identification, and social networks and the U.S. had the most productions in this field. Besides, most citations were related to Keller with 1,173 citations. Furthermore, in the qualitative section, social networks and brand experiences were found to be of interest to researchers in the field. Finally, by introducing the antecedents and consequences of BL, the gaps and emerging trends in BL were identified, so as to present the di-rection of future research in this area.
title The Ebb and Flow of Brand Loyalty: A 28-Year Bibliometric and Content Analysis
topic General Economics
Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13177