TABLE 5.
List of sources with high frequency of co-citation.
| Source of literature | No. of times cited | Half-life period* | Source of literature | No. of times cited | Half-life period |
| Strategic management journal | 258 | 12 | Industrial marketing management | 59 | 10 |
| American journal of sociology | 168 | 10 | Science & technology progress and policy * | 58 | 7 |
| Academy of management review | 166 | 9 | Economic research journal* | 56 | 8 |
| Administrative science quarterly | 164 | 10 | Journal of management | 55 | 11 |
| Academy of management journal | 158 | 10 | Harvard business review | 54 | 10 |
| China industrial economics* | 151 | 10 | Journal of marketing | 51 | 6 |
| Journal of management world* | 134 | 11 | Journal of management studies | 49 | 10 |
| Studies in science of science* | 118 | 7 | Management science | 48 | 6 |
| Organization science | 116 | 11 | China soft science* | 47 | 12 |
| Science research management* | 100 | 9 | Entrepreneurship theory and practice | 47 | 5 |
| Journal of business venturing | 92 | 10 | Structural holes: the social structure of competition | 45 | 6 |
| Research policy | 90 | 10 | Social networks | 44 | 6 |
| Nankai business review* | 88 | 10 | American sociological review | 43 | 8 |
| Journal of business research | 77 | 7 | R & D management* | 41 | 6 |
| Foreign economics and management* | 74 | 8 | Chinese journal of management* | 39 | 5 |
| Science of science and management of S. & T.* | 73 | 9 | Business management journal* | 31 | 6 |
*Half-life period (HLP) was computed by CiteSpace. The higher HLP value is, the more enduring a source is (i.e., the less likely a source is outdated content-wise) (Luo, 1994).
*Sources marked with asterisks are Chinese journals, the others are foreign.