Exploring Current Trends in Scientific Research on Smart Specialisation

Mora, Luca; Deakin, Mark; Reid, Alasdair

Abstract

This paper describes current trends in scientific research on Smart Specialisation by answering the following questions: (1) How many scientific publications on Smart Specialisation have been produced since this concept emerged and what are their characteristics in terms of type and influence?; (2) How large is the community of researchers, organisations and countries working in this field?; (3) What is their influence and productivity?; (4) What are the main regional knowledge hubs and the key knowledge producers?; and (5) What are the highly-cited knowledge objects published by the research community? The answers are sourced from a bibliometric analysis of the scientific publications produced during the first 12 years of research on Smart Specialisation.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 21, 2018
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Deposit Date: Jan 20, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 30, 2019
• Journal: Scienze Regionali: Italian Journal of Regional Science
• Print ISSN: 1720-3929
• Publisher: Regional Science Association International
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 397-422
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.14650/94657
• Keywords: Smart Specialisation; Research Trends; Core Literature; Knowledge Producers
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1506180
• Contract Date: Jan 20, 2019