Abstract
The complexity and diversity of the nonprofit sector provides a rich landscape for academic scholarship; and, growing numbers of nonprofit scholars and their associated research publications have established the field of nonprofit research. Yet, it is unclear if this research has been applied appropriately to the evolving landscape of the sector. Although literature reviews have helped us to understand the status of academic scholarship in the field of nonprofit research, these reviews have primarily focused on particular topics without considering the field as a whole. Thus, in this study we review all contemporary nonprofit scholarship (n=972) from three prominent nonprofit journals. The review documents the development of nonprofit research as presented in these journals over the last five years and offers recommendations for future research consideration.
Highlights
Single authored manuscripts accounted for approximately 31% of the articles in the sample (n=297)
The United States (US) dominating as the country of the primary authors is not entirely surprising since Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ) and Nonprofit Management and Leadership (NML) are based in the US
With the diverse and complex nature of the nonprofit sector, this study advances the field by focusing attention on a broad sample of contemporary nonprofit research and evaluating trends over the last five years
Summary
The purpose of this study was to provide a contemporary survey of nonprofit research from the field’s three prominent journals
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