*3.4. Citations*

In terms of citations, 1166 are present in the total 60 articles under analysis (see Figure 8), in plain terms, an average of 19.43 citations per article. However, a more detailed analysis reveals that both the mode and the median correspond to the interval 0–50. Therefore, we know that most articles contain relatively few citations per article, but 6 articles contain more than 50 citations; this means that 10% of the total published articles contain more than 50 citations. In this case, both mode and median tend to be more reliable because extreme values do not affect them, unlike the mean which is very permeable to this influence. The article with the highest number of citations is also the oldest one, 'Employer Branding and its Influence on Managers' published in the *European Journal of Marketing* from the Emerald Group Publishing. Next, with 174 citations, the article 'Six Principles of Effective Global Talent Management', published in the *MIT Sloan Management Review* in 2012.

**Figure 8.** Number of citations. Source: WoS and Scopus (27 January 2021).

#### *3.5. References by Article*

Concerning references, the mode is in the interval of 60–80; almost a third of the articles are on this interval (see Figure 9). Only 1 article presents more than 200 references, and 6 others reveal up to 20 references. Considering references values between 40 and 100, 43 articles were found, which means that these values accommodate most of the studies' references choice to develop their research. We conclude concomitantly that the scientific production itself is fueling new research, but no other inference can be made regarding this selection of articles. This suggests that the quality of the studies is beyond the references upon which the authors based their research.

**Figure 9.** References per article. Source: WoS and Scopus (27 January 2021).
