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Prerna Ahuja, Meenu Gupta, Jinesh Jain, Kiran Sood, Luan Vardari: HR Analytics Research
Landscape (2003–2024): A Systematic, Bibliometric, and Content Analysis

RESULTS OF ANALYSIS
As the study includes structural and scientific constructs, Content analysis and
Bibliometric analysis are the best fit for the study [Zupic I, Čater T. 2014]. Although
used in information sciences, bibliometric analysis is now used in management studies
as well [Ahuja P, Singh N.,2022].

Chronological publication trend
The analysis was conducted using R Studio with the Bibliometrix package. After
filtering the grey literature, the software analysed the publication trend through the
years. Figure 2 illustrates the annual trend in HR analytics publications. The first
significant study was published in 2003, and the highest number of publications
occurred in 2023. While the topic remained stagnant till 2012, it gained momentum
after 2013. The annual growth rate of publications is 20.36%, indicating that a
significant number of researchers are working on the topic.

Figure 2: Publications trend
Source: Author’s findings

Journal Quality Analysis
Using the same bibliometrix package, the journal quality analysis was conducted, and the
contribution of the top 10 journals accounts for 39.4% of the total articles published on
the topic. Table 1 illustrates the top 10 journals and their published articles on the HR
analytics domain. The Human Resource Management journal leads in articles published
on HR analytics, followed by the Journal of Organisational Effectiveness. Personnel
Review, Human Resource Management International Digest, and International Journal of
Human Resource Management are other influential journals.

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