A twenty years bibliometric analysis (2002 – 2021) of business economics research in ASEAN

Figures & data

Figure 1. Document selection.

Table 1. Publication counts over the past two decades among ASEAN countries

Year	Singapore	Malaysia	Indonesia	Vietnam	Thailand	Philippines	Brunei	Cambodia	Myanmar	Laos	Total per year
2002	95	14	11	1	14	12	-	1	-	-	148
2003	152	17	12	4	18	14	-	1	-	-	218
2004	156	11	16	3	22	8	-	-	-	-	216
2005	153	15	13	6	30	11	2	-	-	-	230
2006	210	22	12	6	22	20	-	-	-	-	292
2007	223	34	18	15	49	12	-	-	-	-	351
2008	265	62	22	10	54	28	1	1	-	-	443
2009	308	94	29	27	54	27	-	1	-	-	540
2010	311	153	24	21	73	26	2	2	-	-	612
2011	319	294	37	28	76	34	1	-	-	1	790
2012	384	144	29	33	89	41	1	5	-	-	726
2013	417	186	34	28	100	43	3	4	-	-	815
2014	426	207	50	40	97	72	3	4	1	-	900
2015	520	232	62	54	106	48	1	3	-	2	1,028
2016	479	280	90	69	115	51	5	8	3	3	1,103
2017	576	872	307	157	238	66	23	11	6	1	2,257
2018	607	955	485	249	236	84	14	14	3	2	2,649
2019	685	1,077	687	463	313	115	23	14	4	2	3,383
2020	806	1,319	981	1,014	404	121	32	12	8	2	4,699
2021	795	1,401	1,178	1,039	403	127	58	21	15	2	5,039
Total	7,887	7,389	4,097	3,267	2,513	960	169	102	40	15	26,439
Percentage	29.83%	27.95%	15.50%	12.36%	9.50%	3.63%	0.64%	0.39%	0.15%	0.06%	100%

Figure 2. Trends of annual publication in ASEAN countries (not an accumulation).

Table 2. Citations and h-index

	Singapore	Malaysia	Indonesia	Vietnam	Thailand	Philippines	Brunei	Cambodia	Myanmar	Laos
Total publications	7,887	7,389	4,097	3,267	2,513	960	169	102	40	15
Percentage of citations earned (%)	58.22%	18.31%	5.95%	5.68%	7.79%	3.28%	0.21%	0.37%	0.04%	0.15%
h-index	190	97	59	57	72	49	15	20	6	14

Table 3. Author keywords analysis

Author keywords	Singapore	Malaysia	Indonesia	Vietnam	Thailand	Philippines	Brunei	Cambodia	Myanmar	Laos
agriculture	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,00%	-
Asia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.00%
attitude	-	1.43%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
bank	-	-	-	2.51%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brunei Darussalam	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.33%	-	-	-
china	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.94%	-	-
climate change	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.92%	-	-
corporate governance	1.22%	2.17%	-	-	2.55%	-	-	-	-	-
corporate social responsibility	-	-	-	-	1.71%	-	-	-	-	-
country	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.94%	-	-
covid	-	-	-	2.82%	-	-	3.55%	-	-	-
economic growth	-	2.71%	-	2.97%	-	-	-	2.94%	-	-
efficiency	-	1.99%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethiopia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.50%	-
financial development	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.55%	-	-	-
game	1.34%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
governance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.94%	-	-
growth	-	1.37%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
infrastructure	-	-	-	-	-	1.88%	-	-	-	-
innovation	-	-	-	-	-	2.60%	-	-	-	-
intention	-	-	3.42%	2.27%	1.95%	-	-	-	-	-
Laos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40.00%
leadership	-	-	2.49%	-	1.63%	-	-	-	-	20.00%
malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.92%	-	-	-
market	-	-	-	-	-	3.85%	7.69%	-	7.50%	-
optimization	1.04%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	5.52%	-	-	-	-
price	1.13%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
problem	1.41%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
rice	-	-	-	-	-	2.60%	-	-	-	-
satisfaction	-	-	2.32%	-	1.91%	-	-	-	-	-
service quality	-	-	2.10%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
supplier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.00%
total quality management	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.00%
trade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.50%	-
trust	-	-	2.54%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
value chain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.50%	-
volatility	-	-	-	1.90%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Table 4. Exclusive and non-exclusive author keywords per country

Countries	Exclusive	Non-exclusive
Singapore	game, optimization, price, problem	corporate governance (S, M, T) economic growth (M, V, C) intention (I, V, T) leadership (I, T, L) market (P, B, My) covid (V, B) satisfaction (I, T)
Malaysia	attitude, efficiency, growth
Indonesia	service quality, trust
Vietnam	bank, volatility
Thailand	corporate social responsibility
Philippines	infrastructure, innovation, philippines, rice
Brunei	brunei darussalam, financial development, malaysia
Cambodia	china, climate change, country, governance
Myanmar	agriculture, ethiophia, trade, value chain
Laos	asia, laos, supplier, total quality management

Table 5. Top productive and influential authors per country

Authors	Affiliation	Publ. in WoS	H-Index	Sums of Times Cited	Citing Articles	Impact Percentile
Singapore
Phillips, PCB	Yale University; Singapore Management U.	266	59	30387	18799	78^th
Meng, Q	National University of Singapore	230	51	8033	4685	83^rd
Agarwal, S	National University of Singapore	104	27	2574	2086	75^th
Su, B	National University of Singapore	90	42	5776	3374	96^th
Zhang, J	Nanyang Technological University	46	16	1180	1029	72^nd
Malaysia
Ramayah, T	Universiti Sains Malaysia	363	36	5783	5008	67^th
Rasiah, R	University of Malaya	149	19	1191	965	51^st
Lean, HH	Universiti Sains Malaysia	117	32	3973	3103	72^nd
Baharumshah, AZ	Universiti Putra Malaysia	80	16	912	775	51^st
Law, SH	Universiti Putra Malaysia	15	4	33	33	67^th
Indonesia
Rajiani, I	Universitas Lambung Mangkurat	63	7	135	91	56^th
Maryudi, A	Universitas Gadjah Mada	46	22	1084	542	92^nd
Harymawan, I	Airlangga University	32	5	77	63	53^rd
Trinugroho, I	Universitas Sebelas Maret	25	6	139	126	60^th
Udin	Universitas MuhammadiyahYogyakarta	23	6	96	90	47^th
Vietnam
Vo, XV	Ho Chi Minh City University Economics	195	24	1892	1355	81^st
Vo, DH	Ho Chi Minh City Open University	45	9	186	151	61^st
Nguyen, TT	Massey University; Can Tho University	7	2	27	25	16^th
Nguyen, HT	Vietnam Institute of Industrial Chemistry	43	14	6555	5925	59^th
Nguyen, CV	National Economics University	8	6	100	94	46^th
Thailand
Jiraporn, P	Pennsylvania State U.; Chulalongkorn U.	109	21	2142	1639	79^th
Treepongkaruna, S	Chulalongkorn University	61	10	469	420	60^th
Hayakawa, K	Institute of Developing Economies	49	9	317	286	51^st
Chintrakarn, P	Mahidol University	37	13	566	490	74^th
Zikos, V	Chulalongkorn University	33	9	235	176	57^th
Philippines
Park, D	Asian Development Bank	114	15	1039	975	54^th
Wan, GH	University of New Mexico; ADB	112	19	1594	1273	57^th
Felipe, J	Asian Development Bank	73	17	652	545	44^th
Park, CY	Asian Development Bank	35	11	302	287	61^st
Tian, S	Asian Development Bank	17	4	40	38	54^th
Brunei
Wasiuzzaman, S	Universiti Teknologi Brunei	34	10	246	229	60^th
Anshari, M	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	18	4	24	24	55^th
Abduh, M	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	13	3	80	77	40^th
Premaratne, G	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	11	5	64	64	61^st
Rashid, M	Central Queensland U; U. Brunei Darussalam	6	1	2	1	NA
Cambodia
Durdyev, S	Ara Institute of Canterbury	50	16	694	478	85^th
Flores, G	Southwestern University; Miguel Lillo Found.	25	9	553	495	70^th
Carter, S	World Resources Institute	20	13	761	727	88^th
Oum, S	Royal University of Phnom Penh	9	4	58	56	59^th
Ehara, M	Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute	7	4	49	47	48^th
Myanmar
Minten, B	IFPRI Myanmar Office	87	31	3086	2445	87^th
Akter, S	NUS; IRRI Myanmar	36	16	1024	916	74^th
Lambrecht, I	IFPRI Myanmar Office	17	9	390	369	83^rd
Tamru, S	IFPRI Myanmar Office	14	8	170	153	88^th
Paez, GN	Myanmar Development Institute	5	0	0	0	0^th
Laos
Menon, J	ISEAS; Laos Off Reg Econ Integrat. ADB	53	11	362	319	54^th
Akkhavong, K	Lao Tropical & Public Health Institute	38	19	2461	2187	70^th
Kyophilavong, P	National University Laos	35	11	379	361	36^th
Nolintha, V	National Economics Research Institute Laos	3	3	11	9	49^th
Rasphone, S	National Economics Research Institute Laos	2	1	6	6	39^th