A scientometric analysis of the women empowerment (1985-2018)

Over recent decades, the researcher's interest in women empowerment (WE) has grown stronger and WE have become a prominent topic of discussion in business and management studies. Despite the large amount of work in this direction, the topic is itself somewhat unclear in terms of the shared understanding of the scholars regarding what makes their field. To fill this gap in literature, the current study applies scientometric (a combination of co-occurrence, co-citation, and overlay visualization) techniques to study the evolution of the field of WE between 1985 and 2018. Our empirical analysis reveals the presence of WE in development aspects in various fields. It also identifies 15 topic clusters, 4 author-based co-citation cluster, 4 journal-based co-citation cluster, 5 clusters covering hot topic, and another 5 clusters for the new topics in the study of WE. Overall, the analyses revealed patterns of convergence and divergence and the diversity of topics, specialization, and interdisciplinary engagement in WE research, thus offering the latest insights on the field of WE research.