A bibliometric analysis of innovation research

Abstract

Innovation research is becoming very significant during the last decades due to the strong development of research and technology worldwide. The aim of this study is to present the evolution of academic research in innovation between 1989 and 2013. In order to do so, this work uses the Web of Science database, which is usually regarded as the most significant one for scientific research. The article analyzes the annual numbers of studies in innovation and compares it with the total number of articles published annually in the database. Next, the work studies the citation structure in this field in order to see the number of cites obtained by any article in the field. The study ends analyzing the most influential journals in this field. The results show a strong increase of innovation research during the last years with many leading management journals publishing significant studies in this field.