The emerging dynamic structure of national innovation studies: a bibliometric analysis

The state is still the significant unit for innovative studies during the age of R&D globalization and innovation regionalization. Using the bibliometric method, this paper attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of national innovation studies based on data derived from the Web of Knowledge. In particular, we identify the most significant countries and institutions, major journals, seminal contributions and contributors, and clusters in the network of citations in the field of national innovation studies. The results are useful for understanding and promoting the field of national innovation. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under the Grant No. 71203020, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT15ZD111), and the EU 7th Framework Programme-Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (MC IIF) peer-reviewed