IDP citation data

Since the seminal work of J. H. Dunning in the middle of the 1980s on the investment development path, several studies have been published on the subject, with studies referencing previous ones on the subject. How have these citations varied and what factors explain the citations? In response to these questions, we examined the citation behaviour of authors of studies on the investment development path. We searched for studies on the investment development path with the keyword ‘investment development path’ in Google Scholar and Scopus through Publish or Perish Software. To be eligible, the study must be on the investment development path. This must be in the title or as a keyword. 127 investment development path studies published from 1986 to 2023 and fitted the data to the data to the negative binomial estimator. We found that open access enhances citations of IDP studies. Also, how long a publication is in circulation increases citation. Peer-reviewed publications attract more citations than non-peer-reviewed publications. The number of authors on an investment development path paper did not distinguish how many citations the paper would attract. We did not provide interaction effects but single variable effects. Generally, authors of investment development path papers seeking to increase citations must publish in peer-reviewed journals, indexed in the Web of Science and with open access status.

自20世纪80年代中期J. H. 邓宁（J. H. Dunning）开展关于投资发展路径（investment development path，下文简称IDP）的开创性研究以来，该领域已涌现出大量相关研究，且后续研究均对前期相关成果进行了引用。这些引用情况呈现出怎样的变化规律？又有哪些因素能够解释引用量的差异？针对上述问题，本研究针对IDP相关研究的作者引用行为展开了分析。

研究人员借助Publish or Perish软件，在谷歌学术（Google Scholar）与斯高帕斯（Scopus）数据库中，以“investment development path”为关键词检索相关研究。纳入标准为：研究主题需围绕IDP，且关键词或标题中需包含该术语。最终共筛选得到1986年至2023年间发表的127篇IDP相关研究，并采用负二项估计（negative binomial estimator）对数据进行拟合分析。

研究结果显示：开放获取（open access）能够提升IDP相关研究的引用量；文献公开流通的时长越长，其引用量越高；经过同行评议（peer-reviewed）的出版物相较于非同行评议出版物，能够获得更多引用。而IDP相关论文的作者数量，并不会对其最终获得的引用量产生显著区分性影响。本研究未考察变量间的交互效应，仅报告了单变量的独立影响效果。总体而言，若希望提升IDP相关研究成果的引用量，作者应选择发表于被Web of Science收录、且开放获取的同行评议期刊中。