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A Bibliometric Analysis on Innovation Management Research

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Soft Computing and Fuzzy Methodologies in Innovation Management and Sustainability

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This article aims to provide an analysis of the information on scientific research publications related to Innovation Management available on the Web of Science. For this, a bibliometric study of the publications of the Web of Science Core Collection database on Innovation Management is carried out. The study considers all the documents published during the period from 1982 to 2018. In the search, the type of document selected is by article, review, and note for researchers interested in the subject. The study graphically maps the bibliographic material by using the VOS viewer software, to provide a more in-depth analysis of data obtained from the search. The present work shows the analysis of data of the publications on Innovation management. Identify the leading publications, the most productive authors, the most productive countries, the most productive institutions, and analyze their evolution over time. The above are some of the data obtained in the analysis. Therefore, the results of the bibliometric study show that Innovation Management remains a topic of interest in research, presents significant development of the journal over time, and provides a synthesis of research for new researchers.

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    Denisse Ballardo-Cárdenas

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Ballardo-Cárdenas, D., León-Castro, E., Blanco-Mesa, F., Martínez-Huerta, R. (2022). A Bibliometric Analysis on Innovation Management Research. In: León-Castro, E., Blanco-Mesa, F., Alfaro-García, V., Gil-Lafuente, A.M., Merigó, J.M., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Soft Computing and Fuzzy Methodologies in Innovation Management and Sustainability. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 337. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96150-3_17

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