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Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

ISSN : 1355-5855

Article publication date: 3 June 2022

Issue publication date: 4 April 2023

This study deployed a bibliometric analysis of 604 academic articles on celebrity endorsement collected from the Scopus database from January 1960 to August 2021 (the first published article dated back to 1976). This study integrated three bibliometric analyses: timeline visualization, co-citation cluster analysis, and historical direct citation analysis. This study conducted a qualitative review to further examine the obtained quantitative results.

Design/methodology/approach

This study reviewed the existing research on the celebrity endorsement domain. Based on a bibliometric review of existing literature, this study aimed to provide main theoretical roots and research trajectories and propose new research avenues concerning the theory, context, characteristics, and research methodologies adopted within the marketing discipline.

The findings revealed that the existing relevant research focused on celebrity endorsement in different periods. The main theoretical roots and research trajectories identified were developed under the influence of primary articles from co-citation analysis and historical direct citation.

Research limitations/implications

Based on the quantitative bibliometric analysis and a qualitative literature review, this study has provided a comprehensive overview of the current stage of this domain. The study also has underscored an abundance of celebrity endorsement literature and revealed the research topics that require further investigations to theoretically and empirically advance the understanding of celebrity endorsement.

Practical implications

Some topics were recommended for further research within the theory, context, characteristics, and methodology aspects. Some practical examples and suggestions are also given in the study.

Originality/value

This study proposed a bibliometric overview of celebrity endorsement in the marketing discipline, especially based on timeline visualization, co-citation cluster analysis, and historical direct citation analysis. Furthermore, this study offered a research agenda for further studies in the marketing discipline.

  • Celebrity endorsement
  • Bibliometric review
  • Network visualization
  • Literature review

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the funding support by the University of Macau (Grant number: MYRG2018-00078-FBA).

Wang, S. and Liu, M.T. (2023), "Celebrity endorsement in marketing from 1960 to 2021: a bibliometric review and future agenda", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics , Vol. 35 No. 4, pp. 849-873. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-12-2021-0918

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... In general, research on endorsement effects has shown that consumers are more likely to positively evaluate brands and products endorsed by people that they perceive to be credible (Erdogan 1999; Bergkvist and Zhou 2016). ...

... …permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. effectiveness (e.g., Atkin and Block 1983; Erdogan 1999; Amos, Holmes, and Strutton 2008; Bergkvist and Zhou 2016). ...

... Whereas the effectiveness of traditional celebrity endorsement has been widely investigated (Bergkvist and Zhou 2016), the impact of influencer endorsement on brand responses is relatively understudied. ...

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... In addition, various advertising studies have shown that the effectiveness of advertisements varies across time (Bergkvist and Zhou 2016). ...

... …Knoll [email protected] 1 Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 29, A-1090 Vienna, Austria are conflicting results of individual studies, for instance, when it comes to the endorser’s sex or endorsement repetition (Bergkvist and Zhou 2016; Erdogan 1999). ...

... As a result, theoretical depth is rather low (Bergkvist and Zhou 2016). ...

... BThe dearth of research on endorser gender effects is somewhat surprising as persuasion research shows that men and women respond differently to male and female communicators^ (Bergkvist and Zhou 2016, p. 11). ...

... Consumers are highly likely to encounter celebrity endorsements multiple times via various media channels, including TV, billboards, print advertising, radio, and the Internet. ...

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... There is a fair amount of research on celebrity source effects drawing on the work of Hovland and associates (e.g., Hovland and Weiss 1951 52; Hovland, Janis, and Kelley 1953) and McGuire (1985). ...

... The theoretical frameworks are based on the work of Hovland (Hovland and Weiss 1951 52; Hovland, Janis, and Kelley 1953) and McGuire (McGuire 1985), and there are few attempts, if any, to address the contradictory results for source effects. ...

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