A bibliometric study of the literature on technological innovation: an analysis of 60 international academic journals

This paper aims to contribute to the debate on technological innovation,
organization and work. Although technological innovation remained a debated
topic in the academic literature during the past years, its implications for organizational
processes seem still not sufficiently theorized and empirically investigated.
By using two complementary journals’ rankings a search in the ISI Web of
Science platform from 1985 through 2013 was performed. To analyze the 998
scientific retrieved contributions a bibliometric analysis has been conducted,
adopting also Social Network Analysis tools. Our results reveal a significant
growth of the technological innovation literature over the investigated period, the
multidisciplinarity of the field and, particularly, the relevance of management and
business and economics contributions. Overall, this study offers a broad overview
of the literature on technological innovation and emphasizes the opportunity to
investigate the role of technological innovation within the organizational life.