OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS ON THE INNOVATION PROCESS: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY

Abstract

This article presents Bibliometric study concepts of Innovation Process. There were five stages for the configuration of this article, such as: 1. identification of the keyword -- Innovation Process -- and selection of the search criteria; 2. selection of articles and listing them according to the number of citations under the search criteria; 3. selection of 10 articles with the highest number of citations; 4. analysis of the selected articles; and 5. discussion about the conclusions. The study makes it possible to identify the main published articles on Innovation Process based on the number of citations, length of time and date, countries, areas of knowledge, journals, authors and universities of publication. According to the findings, it seems advisable for developing countries' scholars to foster further research on Innovation Process, as well as more productions on Bibliometric research as a whole.