Analyzing the Academic Social Networks of Open Innovation Field

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. Candidate of Systems Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Public Administration, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

4 Professor, Department of Business Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Purpose:Analyzing social networks of open innovation field for drawing the intellectual and conceptual structure of this field.
Methodology: This research is applied research that has been done by academic social network analysis. In this research, 2099 documents of open innovation field that published between 2003-2018 in Web of Science were analyzed. We use CitNetExplorer and VOSviewer for analyzing data.
Findings: The number of studies in open innovation represents a sharp increase since 2014. Subjects and concepts that relate to open innovation have not been changed dramatically. Ten important journals received 20% of citations, and 14% of all citations pertain only to 10 articles. Common theoretical background categorized in 4 clusters and contemporary research streams categorized in 5 major clusters. The US has published the most documents in this field, and Iran is the 46th country with only five documents.
Conclusion: Open innovation paradigm has been applied in many areas and according to its role in wellbeing, economic growth, environmental improvement, and etc. more attention to this field is needed. Purposeful research and collaboration with other countries are necessary.

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