Figure 6
The keyword overlay network shows the evolution of research themes in business-to-business relationship literature over time. Nodes represent keywords and links represent relationships among them. The colour scale ranges from 2012 to 2018, indicating the average publication period associated with each keyword. Earlier topics include Alliance, Control, T C E, Relationship Marketing, and Commitment, while more recent topics include Supply Chain, B 2 B, S M E s, Disruption, Covid-19, Risk Management, and Resilience. B 2 B Relationship, Opportunism, Trust, Contracts, Governance, Performance, Innovation, and Supply Chain remain prominent and highly connected throughout the network. The figure highlights the shift in research attention towards supply chain resilience, disruption, and risk-related topics in more recent years.Temporal mapping of top 50 keywords
Note(s): Node size reflects the frequency of keywords and color indicates average publication year, with older research topics appearing in blue and more recent ones in yellow
Source: VOSviewer