Product innovation research over the past 60 years: a bibliometric analysis of intellectual structure and emergent trends

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Benchmarking-An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI:10.1108/bij-09-2022-0595

M. Aboelmaged, Shaker Bani-Melhem, M. A. Al-Hawari, Imran Ali

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Abstract

PurposeLiterature on product innovation (PI) has witnessed tremendous growth over the past 60 years. Yet, there has been a dearth of a comprehensive review of the extant PI research maintaining the breadth and depth of the topic. To seal this gap, this paper aims to explore the intellectual foundations and emergent trends in 2,588 research papers on PI from 1962 to 2022.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts a bibliometric analysis approach via visualization maps of prolific contributions, co-citation, co-occurrence and thematic networks.FindingsEmerging streams, frontiers and hotspots in PI research are revealed and a knowledge graph is developed. The review provides a broad spectrum of opportunities that enrich imminent research to better inform business decisions.Practical implicationsThe review addresses 20 research questions associated with barely examined areas in PI research that require further analysis in imminent research.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first review that comprehensively synthesizes the intersected knowledge base of PI research using bibliometric analysis of a vast number of documents within a long time span.

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过去60年的产品创新研究:知识结构和新兴趋势的文献计量学分析

在过去的60年里，关于产品创新(PI)的文献经历了巨大的增长。然而，缺乏对现有PI研究的全面审查，以保持该主题的广度和深度。为了填补这一空白，本文旨在探讨1962年至2022年期间关于PI的2588篇研究论文的知识基础和新兴趋势。设计/方法/方法本文采用文献计量学分析方法，通过对高产论文、共被引、共现和专题网络的可视化地图进行分析。揭示了PI研究的新兴流、前沿和热点，并构建了PI知识图谱。该审查提供了广泛的机会，丰富了即将进行的研究，从而更好地为商业决策提供信息。实际意义本综述提出了20个研究问题，这些问题与PI研究中几乎没有研究过的领域有关，需要在即将进行的研究中进一步分析。原创性/价值据作者所知，这是第一次全面综合PI研究的交叉知识库，使用文献计量学分析在很长一段时间内的大量文献。

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Benchmarking-An International Journal MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

16.10%

发文量

154

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