Stakeholder management: a bibliometric analysis to understand the evolution of the research field

Objetive. The aim of this paper is to provide a general overview of research performed in stakeholder management using bibliometric methods, to analyze three main relevant factors: general productivity, research approaches and influence structure at country, institution, author and related subject´s level.Method. The analysis made in the present work will take into consideration bibliometric indicators.Results. The main advantage of this approach is that it identifies the most productive and influential authors, journals, institutions and countries are presenting the major productivity in the field. By doing so, the reader can clearly identify where is the leading research taking place since 1969 to the date. In what corresponds to the research questions, the main findings are listed as follows.Conclusions. the results show that there is an important concentration of productivity mainly in seven countries: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Germany and Spain, with an overall predominance of the United States in terms of total citation.