Marginalized Knowledge: An Agenda for Indigenous Knowledge Development and Integration with Other Forms of Knowledge

Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha³⁶- ([e-mail])

University of South Africa

Department of Information Science

University of South Africa

Abstract

Forecasting future trends relies heavily on previous trends. Research and development trends in given disciplines or subject domains can be measured by an assessment of published literature. Knowledge management (KM), a relatively new concept, is no exception. Using trend analysis, this paper reports on the growth of literature on KM and its related concepts in order to draw conclusions concerning its future prospects. Data was analyzed in order to obtain the total number of records per concept; the yearly distribution of the records; citations and average cites per record; yearly distribution of the number of authors; countries of origin of the records; document types; institutional affiliation of the authors; sources that publish the literature; and subject categories that utilize KM research. Recommendations for further research are also provided.