A bibliometric analysis of team autonomy research

Figures & data

Table 1. Basic information about the searching in the WoS (Source: own elaboration)

Term	A search query in the WoS	A search query in the Scopus
Self-managing team	TS = “self manag* team*”	TITLE-ABS-KEY (“self manag* team*”)
Self-directed team	TS = “self direct* team*”	TITLE-ABS-KEY (“self direct* team*”)
Self-organizing team	TS = “self organiz* team*”	TITLE-ABS-KEY (“self organiz* team*”)
Self-regulating team	TS = “self regulat* team*”	TITLE-ABS-KEY (“self regulat* team*”)
Semi-autonomous team	TS = “semi-autonomous team*”	TITLE-ABS-KEY (“semi-autonomous team*”)

Table 2. Comparison of the development of the terms (Source: own calculations based on data from the WoS and Scopus)

Term	Time span in the WoS	Number of records in the WoS	Time span in the Scopus	Number of records in the Scopus
Self-managing team	1985:2021	385	1985:2021	463
Self-directed team	1990:2021	96	1991:2021	134
Self-organizing team	1998:2021	92	1971:2021	180
Self-regulating team	1994:2020	17	1989:2020	16
Semi-autonomous team	1997:2021	14	1991:2021	20
Total	1985:2021	604	1971:2021	813

Figure 1. Coverage of the terms in time in the WoS (Source: own calculations based on data from the WoS, created in the Power BI).

Figure 2. Coverage of the terms in time in the Scopus (source: own calculations based on data from the Scopus, created in the power BI).

Figure 3. Coverage of the terms based on the country of correspondence author (Source: own calculations based on data from the WoS, created in the Power BI).

Figure 4. Coverage of the terms based on the country of correspondence author (Source: own calculations based on data from the Scopus, created in the Power BI).

Table 3. Coverage of the terms based on the country of correspondence author (Source: own calculations based on data from the WoS)

Self-managing team		Self-directed team		Self-organizing team		Self-regulating team		Semi-autonomous team
USA	180	USA	50	USA	19	USA	5	England	4
Netherlands	55	Germany	6	New Zealand	13	England	3	USA	3
China	26	England	5	Germany	7	Germany	2	Germany	2
Australia	19	Netherlands	5	China	7	Netherlands	2	Netherlands	2
England	18	Australia	4	Australia	6	Switzerland	2	Norway	2
Norway	15	Canada	4	Sweden	6	Australia	1	Australia	1
Canada	11	Japan	2	Finland	5	Austria	1	Austria	1
Spain	10	China	2	Iran	4	Canada	1	Belgium	1
Belgium	7	South Africa	2	Canada	3	Czech Republic	1	Brazil	1
Germany	7	India	1	Japan	3	Denmark	1	Malaysia	1

Table 4. Coverage of the terms based on the country of correspondence author (Source: own calculations based on data from the Scopus)

Self-managing team		Self-directed team		Self-organizing team		Self-regulating team		Semi-autonomous team
USA	179	USA	80	USA	40	USA	5	USA	7
Netherlands	61	Canada	7	New Zealand	17	Italy	3	Germany	3
England	34	Australia	6	Germany	14	Australia	2	England	3
Australia	25	Netherlands	6	Australia	10	Germany	2	Australia	2
Norway	17	Germany	5	Canada	7	Switzerland	2	Canada	2
China	16	England	5	China	7	Austria	1	Netherlands	2
India	15	Finland	3	Finland	7	France	1	Norway	2
Spain	13	South Africa	3	Norway	7	Netherlands	1	Argentina	1
Canada	12	Argentina	1	Sweden	7	Singapore	1	Belgium	1
Germany	8	Japan	1	Switzerland	7	Spain	1	New Zealand	1