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The Rise of “Trade Liberalization”: Bibliometric Analysis of Trade Liberalization Study

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  • Muhammada Murtala

    (Department of International and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

  • Ahmed Abubakar

    (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

  • Lola Gold Kafilah

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

  • Usman Usman Mikail

    (Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

  • Ebrahim Nader Ale

    (Research Support Unit, Center for Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring University of Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to assess the universal scientific trends and examine the patterns in the intellectual research published on trade liberalization over a period of 35 years (1980-2015). The data were collected from a leading indexing and abstracting database Thomson Reuters Web of Science. The Kruskal-Walis test, ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation were employed in analyzing the retrieved data. Based on the citation trend of first 100 highly cited published articles with the least number of authors are found to have received the highest number of citations. Our result shows that there is actual statistical significance (p˂ 0.001) between the total citations attracted by articles published by 1 author and those published by 3 and 4 authors. The word trade liberalization has become dominant and consistent in the field of the study. These research trend and interest could provide focus to researchers for future research.

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  • Muhammada Murtala & Ahmed Abubakar & Lola Gold Kafilah & Usman Usman Mikail & Ebrahim Nader Ale, 2017. "The Rise of “Trade Liberalization”: Bibliometric Analysis of Trade Liberalization Study," Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, Sciendo, vol. 8(2), pages 97-103, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mjsosc:v:8:y:2017:i:2:p:97-103:n:40
    DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2017.v8n2p97
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