Talent Management – Bibliometric Analysis

Purpose: The aim of this article is to identify the main trends in talent management research. This primarily concerns trends in talent management research over time, across various scientific disciplines, and the identification of leading academic centres, countries, and key publications in the field. Design/methodology/approach: The main research question is: What are the main trends in academic research on talent management over time? Bibliometric methods were used for the analysis, and the dataset was retrieved from the academic bibliographic database Scopus. The dataset consisted of 1,571 records of academic articles (including reviews and conference papers) in English from 2001 to 2023. Findings: Talent management research is a relatively new research field (dataset started in 2001) that is becoming increasingly attractive to contemporary researchers (an upward trend). Talent management research is primarily located in management sciences, where the highest concentration of articles has been observed. The concentration within academic centres is not high, but two universities can be identified where talent management research is conducted relatively most frequently and enjoys high academic recognition (University of Galway and KU Leuven). The most important countries where research in this area is conducted are the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as India and Ireland. Analysing the articles most valued by the academic community (with the highest citation rates), it was noted that these are primarily conceptual, theoretical, or review papers. Research limitations/implications: The analyses and their results refer to data retrieved from the Scopus database, at a specific time, using a specific search phrase. Analyses based on data obtained using other phrases in other databases and at a different time may yield different results and conclusions. Orginality/value: The research area of talent management is becoming increasingly saturated. An ever-larger knowledge base is being built through a growing body of research, which, being available to researchers, contributes to research progress.