Figure 4
The figure includes a table on the left and an adjacent horizontal bar graph on the right. The table has 11 rows and 3 columns. Row 1 has the column headers as follows: Column 1: “Author,” Column 2: “Author’s discipline,” and Column 3: “Publications.” The data entries in the table are as follows: Row 2: Author: Laskin, A.; Author’s discipline: Public Relations, and Publications: 10. Row 3: Author: Nel, G.; Author’s discipline: Finance, and Publications: 10. Row 4: Author: Palmieri, R.; Author’s discipline: Strategic Comm., and Publications: 8. Row 5: Author: Hoffmann, C.; Author’s discipline: Comm. Management, and Publications: 7. Row 6: Author: Marston, C.; Author’s discipline: Accounting, and Publications: 6. Row 7: Author: Hu, Y.; Author’s discipline: Accounting, and Publications: 5. Row 8: Author: Rocci, A.; Author’s discipline: Language sciences, and Publications: 5. Row 9: Author: Baard, R.; Author’s discipline: Accounting, and Publications: 4. Row 10: Author: Esterhuyse, L.; Author’s discipline: Accounting, and Publications: 4. Row 11: Author: Feng, Y.; Author’s discipline: International business, and Publications: 4. Adjacent to this table, a plot graph is presented with 11 horizontal lines that correspond to the rows in the table, on the vertical axis. The horizontal axis is labeled with years ranging from “1997” to “2023” in increments of one unit. The legend at the bottom shows a color gradient: A blue gradient represents Accounting and Business, and ranges from 3 to 0 on the left, transitioning from dark blue to white. A red gradient represents Social Science, ranging from 0 to 3, transitioning from white to dark brown. The intensity of the color represents the number of publications, and the boxes in the graph are shaded accordingly with the count displayed as a number inside. The graph data for each row is as follows: Row 1: 2006: orange shaded block number 1; 2009: orange shaded block number 1; 2010: orange shaded block number 1; 2011: orange shaded block number 1; 2014: Brown shaded block number 3; 2018: Red shaded block number 2; and 2022: orange shaded block number 1. Row 2: 2006: Blue shaded block number 1; 2007: Blue shaded block number 1; 2011: Blue shaded block number 1; 2016: Blue shaded block number 1; 2017: Blue shaded block number 1; 2018: Blue shaded block number 1; 2019: Dark blue shaded block number 2; 2020: White shaded block with orange outline number 1; and 2021: Blue shaded block number 1. Row 3: 2015: Red shaded block number 2; 2016: Red shaded block number 2; 2018: Red shaded block with blue outline number 3; and 2022: Orange shaded block number 1. Row 4: 2012: Orange shaded block number 1; 2016: White shaded block with blue outline number 1; 2017: Orange shaded block number 1; 2018: Orange shaded block number 1; 2020: Orange shaded block number 1; 2021: Orange shaded block number 1; and 2023: Orange shaded block number 1. Row 5: 1997: Blue shaded block number 1; 1998: Blue shaded block number 1; 1999: Blue shaded block number 1; 2001: Blue shaded block number 1; 2008: Blue shaded block number 1; and 2010: Blue shaded block number 1. Row 6: 2008: White shaded block with orange outline number 1; 2010: Blue shaded block number 1; 2011: Blue shaded block number 1; and 2014: Blue shaded block with orange outline number 2. Row 7: 2015: Red shaded block number 2; 2019: White shaded block with blue outline number 1; 2020: Orange shaded block with blue outline number 1; and 2021: White shaded block with blue outline number 1. Row 8: 2006: Blue shaded block number 1; 2007: Blue shaded block number 1; 2011: Blue shaded block number 1; and 2020: White shaded block with an orange outline number 1. Row 9: 2016: Blue shaded block number 1; 2018: Blue shaded block number 1; and 2019: Dark blue shaded block number 2. Row 10: 2007: White shaded block with an orange outline number 1; and 2008: Dark blue shaded block with an orange outline number 3. The rest of the section and entries in the table are blank.Most productive authors. Note: Colored cells show publications in the main categories of “Accounting and Auditing” and “Business and Management,” or “Social Sciences” (e.g. communication science). Numbers represent the number of publications per year. Colored outlines indicate publications outside the author’s core discipline. Source: Author’s own work